This lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with Dark Parties. Amnesty International worked in partnership with CILIP to award the Amnesty CILIP Honour commendation to one book from each of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlists, that most distinctively illuminated, upheld or celebrated human rights.
Set in the future, the Homeland has been cut off from the rest of the world by an electrified dome the Protectosphere, which is supposed to protect, but also imprisons. The isolation has led to inbreeding, lack of resources and food shortages, and life is so controlled and monitored that rebellious behaviour is punished by work camps, torture and even disappearances. Sixteen-year-old Neva plots to escape this world. She and her friends question the frightening restrictions they live under and try to discover more about the disappeared and what lies beyond the Protectosphere. This leads them into grave danger but also to an even more horrifying truth – one they could never have imagined. Neva has to decide what she will sacrifice for freedom. This dystopian thriller touches on human rights, diversity, identity and forbidden love.
Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from slavery & servitude, Freedom from torture, Freedom of assembly and association, Freedom of movement, Freedom of opinion and expression, Freedom of thought, conscience & religion
