Parable of the Sower Contributor(s): Butler, Octavia E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1538732181 ISBN-13: 9781538732182 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | African American - Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2019011221 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (0.68 lbs) 368 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 66160 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
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Publisher Description: This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny. |
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