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Source: Text Publishing
y separately published work icon The Road to Winter single work   novel   young adult  
Is part of Wilder Mark Smith , 2016 series - author (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Road to Winter
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'Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his loyal dog Rowdy for company. He has stayed alive for two winters—hunting and fishing and trading food, and keeping out of sight of the Wilders, an armed and dangerous gang that controls the north, led by a ruthless man named Ramage. But Finn’s isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach. Rose is a Siley—an asylum seeker—and she has escaped from Ramage, who had enslaved her and her younger sister, Kas. Rose is desperate, sick, and needs Finn’s help. Kas is still missing somewhere out in the bush. And Ramage wants the girls back—at any cost' (publication blurb).

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  • The Road to Winter is the first of a projected trilogy of novels. The sequel is due for publication in 2017, with the third book slated for 2018.
  • In his interview with Reading Time, Smith recalls the origins of the story:

    The Road To Winter began as a short story called Breathing In And Out. I thought it had the potential to be developed into a full length novel. My initial intention wasn’t to write a YA novel, but once I found the voice of Finn, my 16-year-old narrator, it moved more and more in that direction.

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2016 .
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      Source: Text Publishing
      Extent: 240p.
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      • Published 27 June 2016
      ISBN: 9781925355123

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y separately published work icon Mark Smith's the Road to Winter : Text Guide Timothy Roberts , Cheltenham : Insight Publications , 2023 27820686 2023 single work criticism
Nature and Its Elements : Reading Patterns in Dystopian Texts Patricia Dowsett , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond the Dark : Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom 2020; (p. 127-159)
Dark Lands : Setting as a Generic Feature of Dystopian Fiction Ellen Rees , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond the Dark : Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom 2020; (p. 85-103)
Up Close : The Road to Winter 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2016; (p. 56)
'Mark Smith’s new post-apocalyptic YA novel, The Road to Winter, is being compared to John Marsden’s Tomorrow When the War Began.'
Rim of Fire Consumes a Family at War Margot Lloyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 June 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel ; The Road to Winter Mark Smith , 2016 single work novel
Rim of Fire Consumes a Family at War Margot Lloyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 June 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Ruins Rajith Savanadasa , 2016 single work novel ; The Road to Winter Mark Smith , 2016 single work novel
Review : The Road to Winter Tehani Croft , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2016;

— Review of The Road to Winter Mark Smith , 2016 single work novel
Meet Mark Smith 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time , July 2016;

'We asked Mark Smith to give us some background to his debut novel, The Road to Winter which has just been released by Text Publishing. This novel looks like being very popular, not only among young adult audiences. ...'

Up Close : The Road to Winter 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2016; (p. 56)
'Mark Smith’s new post-apocalyptic YA novel, The Road to Winter, is being compared to John Marsden’s Tomorrow When the War Began.'
Dark Lands : Setting as a Generic Feature of Dystopian Fiction Ellen Rees , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond the Dark : Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom 2020; (p. 85-103)
Nature and Its Elements : Reading Patterns in Dystopian Texts Patricia Dowsett , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Beyond the Dark : Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom 2020; (p. 127-159)
y separately published work icon Mark Smith's the Road to Winter : Text Guide Timothy Roberts , Cheltenham : Insight Publications , 2023 27820686 2023 single work criticism
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