| The Broken Wheel | |
| Author: | Kerry Greenwood |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Young adult, science fiction |
| Publisher: | Moonstone |
| Pub Date: | 1996 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages: | 155 (first edition) |
| Isbn: | 978-0-7322-5621-0 |
The Broken Wheel is a 1996 young adult science fiction novel by Kerry Greenwood.
The Broken Wheel was first published in Australia in 1996 by Moonstone in paperback format.[1] It won in a tie situation with Hillary Bell's Mirror, Mirror the 1996 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.[2]
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.