Z for Zachariah
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| Author | Robert C. O'Brien |
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| Cover artist | Larry Rostant |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children, Science fiction |
| Publisher | Atheneum Books |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardback & Paperback |
| Pages | 192 (249 in Hardback version) |
Z for Zachariah is a novel by Robert C. O'Brien which was published posthumously in 1975. He died when writing the last chapter, so his family finished the book for him. It is written from the first person perspective of a sixteen-year-old girl named Ann Burden, who survives a nuclear war in a small American town. The town's location is in a geographically distinct and remote valley that shelters it from the nuclear fallout. The book takes the form of a diary kept by Ann as she recounts the events that followed the war.
Z for Zachariah won an Edgar Award in the juvenile category in 1976. Z for Zachariah was adapted by the BBC as part of its Play for Today series and screened on 28 February 1984. The setting was changed from America to Wales.