a slave girl on her birthday is chosen to be the successor of this old guy... whose job it is to find places to dig coal. because the world is a mess where the sun is blocked out by dark clouds. oh and all slave class kids are branded at 12 or something like that... some kind of brand that covers one of thier eyes. through the course of the book she find out the truth of how the slave class came to be (they were conqured and made into slaves by a invading civilization). she also developes a method of warming your own body through meditation so that the country is no longer dependant on coal to warm them. well thats about all i remember... :p i know it's over 10 years old and a kind of sci-fi genre...
2007-05-25 16:21:59 · 2 answers · asked by tamiko_hime 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Winter of Fire" by Sherryl Jordan, I think. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0785754849/24680e-20
2007-05-25 16:28:47 · answer #1 · answered by The Skin Horse (formerly ll2) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I tried searching with the clues you gave, but didn't have any success.
If you think of a character's name or even a portion of the title, it would help.
2007-05-25 23:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋