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The author: - he was born as Samuel Youd in 1922 in Lancashire
- after the war he started writing short stories
- his first successful adult novel The Death of Grass was filmed in
the 60s
- his first book for younger readers, The White Mountains,
appeared in 1967
- John Christopher is especially known as a writer of children's
science fiction books
- he won with The Guardians the Guardian Award for children's
literature
- Samuel Youd now lives in Rye, Sussex/South England
The places: The Country is separated by the Barrier into the
Conurb: a concentration of cities where the underclass live and
the County: the country England for the overclass
The main characters:
Robin Randall: he's 14 years old and lives in the Conurb until his father died
Mike Gifford: he's 14 years old too and lives in the County
The other characters:
Jack Randall: Rob's father and a revolutionary, works as an electrician
Mr. Keannealy: a friend of Rob's father and a revolutionary too
Cecily, Mr. and Mrs Gifford: Mike's family
Sir Percy Gregory: Governor of the County and one of the Guardians
Daniel and Roger Penfold: members of the revolution organization
Guardians: control the manipulated mankind and fight against riots
The plot: - Rob's parents are dead, first he lived with his parents but he had to go to a
boarding School
- he escapes in direction to the County to find out were his mother lived in former
times
- He meets Mike there and his parents admit Rob
- He finds out that the people get manipulated by the Guardians
- A few inhabitants, Mike and school friends of Rob want to start a riot against the
Guardians but it fails
- The revolutionaries are searched. They are to undergo a brain washing
- Mike visits Rob at night and escapes into the Conurb
- Rob is brought to Old Hall to Sir Percy Gregory and he has to say what he knows
about Mike and the other revolutionaries
- Rob goes back to the Conurb to Mike to fight against the Guardians just like his
father did
Topics: - It's a vision of the future with oppressing parallels to the present
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