Dustland by Hamilton, Virginia - 1980

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Clean copy with mild reading and handling wear. The dust jacket's rear flap is creased, otherwise fine. 180 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Celia [?], Best wishes - Love, Virginia Hamilton." Second book in Virginia Hamilton's compelling dystopian fantasy series, the Justice Trilogy (Justice and Her Brothers, Dustland, and The Gathering). From the publisher: " Their psychic power brought them to Dustland together. But will that same power tear them apart? Using their psychic abilities, Justice, the Watcher, Dorian, the healer, Thomas, the magician, and Levi, the sufferer, have formed their unit. Together, they mind-travel to a strange future world called Dustland. Together, they can survive anything. But when tensions run high between Thomas and Justice, will Thomas leave them stranded in this desolate land? With the future of their unit uncertain, the children are threatened by an even greater danger: Mal, the evil entity that controls Dustland. Will the unit be restored in time to fight against this new threat?".