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Parable of the Sower -- Octavia E. Butler - Paperback

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 h Book and Mortar Record Store Parable of the Sower -- Octavia E. Butler 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. Author: Octavia E. Butler Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: 04/30/2019 Pages: 368 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.64lbs Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d ISBN: 9781538732182 Accelerated Reader: Reading Level: 4.6 Point Value: 15 Interest Level: Upper Grade Quiz #/Name: 66160 / Parable of the Sower About the Author OCTAVIA E. BUTLERwas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur Genius Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including Parable of the Sower, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006

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Label: Grand Central Publishing

Artist: Butler, Octavia E.

Album: Parable of the Sower (Parable, 1)

Book Title: Parable of the Sower

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Publication Year: 2019

Item Height: 1 in

Topic: African American / Contemporary Women, Dystopian, African American / General, Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction / General

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 11.7 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Octavia E. Butler

Book Series: Parable Ser.

Item Width: 5.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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