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read about 1980: world with no adults, so kids form groups they call "planets"

Looking for a book my husband read about 1980. He was sevenish, but the book could have been for older kids. Here's what he remembers:

It was a world with no adults. Kids formed different groups called "planets."

It had an urban setting. the "planets" were outdoors in alleys, etc. No one lived in houses.

Newer kids to the planets were taught the group rules by the other kids: this is how we do things in our planet, etc.

It may have featured all Black characters, but he may be confusing that with another book.

I've been going through lists of books where there aren't any adults, including The Girl Who Owned a City, but can't find any that refer to kids forming groups called planets.

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Voyager something?? 1980's mystical novel - updated post

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to find a particular book for my husband for a while now but having no actual title, author and a bit of a sketchy description I'm getting nowhere! I would be so grateful if someone could help out, it's become something of a mission for me.

The details I have are as follows; he thinks the title is voyager or voyager something (he isn't 100% sure though!) He read it in the 80's although it could have been written before this for all I know. The vague plot he remembers is that it started as a sort of mystery thriller, a man was missing so the main character travels to somewhere remote (possibly nepal) to find him. When he gets there it turns mystical with the man explaining to him that the earth is intelligent, self governing and adjusts itself accordingly to temperatures rising, changes in atmosphere etc. So humans are a bit like a virus and are controlled in numbers by climate change etc. Something like that anyway, he was very vague and this is the most I managed to get out of him. Anybody have any clue?

Current Mood: nostalgic

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The book cover looked like a scenery set in Africa with setting/rising sun

I read this when I was in about Grade 3/4 (almost ten years ago) like early 2000's, my teacher made the whole class read it, we took turns reading a page at a time.

I can't exactly remember how it went but I think there was an Africna tribal boy who for reasons I can't remember wanders in the wild and by some reasons again I can't recall meets a girl who has zero-knowledge about surviving in the wild. There is a some kind of language barrier, so he teaches the girl by pointing out objects (water, ground, sky) and exchange words.

The book ended with the girl confident enough to survive in the wild, I don't know what happened to the boy, but I do remember a scene where they tried to drink water but it was too murky. So the boy took a water plant nearby, placed in the water and drank through the plant then showed it to the girl to do the same.

At the end of the book, it also had a vocab list of words and translations used throughout the novel.

EDIT: Book found!! It's Walkabout by James Vance Marshall.