Siberia

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 233, [1]. Purple cloth boards, lettered in silver to spine. Jacket illustrations by Laura Brett.

Signed as "Ann Halam (aka Gwyneth Jones)" on title page.

Shortlisted for the 2005 Booktrust Teenage Prize. Gr. 5–8. "Siberia is not a place, it's a state of mind." Part dystopian thriller, part science fable, Siberia is set in the frozen wastes of a near future where the families of criminals and dissidents are banished to prison camps, and wild mammals have become extinct. Ann Halam is a pseudonym Gwyneth Jones uses to pen Young Adult Fantasy Fiction.

"Siberia is proof that teen fantasy can deal with complex and difficult themes as adequately as adult fiction. [...] A quietly impressive book." –Jon Courtenay Grimwood, The Guardian