SF YA story id
January 18, 2016 11:29 AM Subscribe
Trying to identify a book I read in middle school.
Trying to identify a science fiction book I read:
* I read it in middle school, so published in 1987 or earlier. But it wasn't super old feeling, so probably 70s at earliest.
* It was a YA (or whatever middle grade books were classified as back then), not an "adult" book.
* The basic premise was a kid (or maybe a kid and his brother) went into this new ice cream shop that hadn't been there before. The store had all kinds of weird flavors, I think. When they came out, they were in the future - everything was skyscrapers, people were bald and wore shiny one piece outfits. It was somewhat dystopian, though, and the kid(s) have to flee into the wilderness to avoid the cops.
* The cover was definitely the kid(s) coming out of the store and being surprised by bald people in the shiny unitards.
Help me, people of the future!
Trying to identify a science fiction book I read:
* I read it in middle school, so published in 1987 or earlier. But it wasn't super old feeling, so probably 70s at earliest.
* It was a YA (or whatever middle grade books were classified as back then), not an "adult" book.
* The basic premise was a kid (or maybe a kid and his brother) went into this new ice cream shop that hadn't been there before. The store had all kinds of weird flavors, I think. When they came out, they were in the future - everything was skyscrapers, people were bald and wore shiny one piece outfits. It was somewhat dystopian, though, and the kid(s) have to flee into the wilderness to avoid the cops.
* The cover was definitely the kid(s) coming out of the store and being surprised by bald people in the shiny unitards.
Help me, people of the future!
Best answer: Sorry, it's The Tutti Frutti Connection. Check out the unitard aliens on the cover ;)
posted by the webmistress at 11:37 AM on January 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by the webmistress at 11:37 AM on January 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: That's it! I'd forgotten about the slidewalks.
posted by Chrysostom at 11:52 AM on January 18, 2016
posted by Chrysostom at 11:52 AM on January 18, 2016
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posted by the webmistress at 11:35 AM on January 18, 2016