Here’s another great infographic, this time on the various themes and backdrops Dystopian YA seems to fall back on. It’s made me realise I seem to favour books with Totalitarian Governments, though I recently read The Fire Sermon, which has the latter as well as a nuclear holocaust backdrop.
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