There’s a book I’ve been looking for over the course of maybe 20 years at this point. A while ago I came to the conclusion that I dreamed it or otherwise made it up, but maybe it actually does exist! I probably read it around 1993 or so.
The only plot points I remember are that it’s a group of kids and one adult (a teacher?) that escaped a global apocalypse of some sort and are traveling around in an airship. Somewhere in my head the phrase “purple cloud” popped up, which is great because it does seem to be the title of a classic post-apocalyptic sci-fi story. Unfortunately, that book doesn’t seem to have anything to do with what I remember. And since I’ve been searching for so many years it’s also possible that I’ve now conflated all the other things that came up with the book in question.
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Lost Classics of Teen Lit: Name That Book! 