The Broken Wheel

The Broken Wheel
AuthorKerry Greenwood
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult, science fiction
PublisherMoonstone
Publication date1996
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages155 (first edition)
ISBN978-0-7322-5621-0

The Broken Wheel is a 1996 young adult science fiction novel by Kerry Greenwood.[1]

Background

The Broken Wheel was first published in Australia in 1996 by Moonstone in paperback format.[2] It won in a tie situation with Hillary Bell's Mirror, Mirror the 1996 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.[3]

Plot summary

After an apocalyptic event, the survivors have formed into groups. These include the Travellers, who trade in small goods; the medievalists in the enclave Thorngard; the Tribe, a loose gathering of nomads; and in the city the Breakers, who destroy every machine they find, blaming the machines for the disaster. Sarah, a child of the Breakers, joins with the Travellers in an attempt to save the world from destruction.

Critical response

In a short review of the novel in SF Commentary Colin Steele noted that it involves "a quest to find the last computer [which] disintegrates into a Mills & Boon-type romance." He went on to state that the novel is "clearly influenced by Greenwood’s real life role-playing with the Society for Creative Anachronism, which may not be to the advantage of her writing."[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Broken Wheel by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Bibliography: The Broken Wheel". ISFDB. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  4. ↑ ""Australian Fantasy"" (PDF). SF Commentary 77. Retrieved 2 July 2026.


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