Parable of the Sower (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781538732182)

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
ISBN-10: 1538732181
ISBN-13: 9781538732182
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2019
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 66160 / Parable of the Sower