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Parable of the sower / Octavia E. Butler ; foreword by LeVar Burton.

Butler, Octavia E., (author.). Burton, LeVar, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"The collector's edition of the acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the visionary Octavia Butler, now with a new introduction by LeVar Burton. 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." -- Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 153875939X
ISBN: 9781538759394
Physical Description: xiii, 375 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing Group, a division of Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Copyright: ©2000

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Copyright © 1993 by Octavia E. Butler. Foreword copyright ©2023 by LeVar Burton. Afterword copyright ©2019 by Hachett Book Group, Inc. Reading group guide copyright © 2000 by Octavia Butler and Hachette Book Group."--Title page verso.
Study Program Information Note:	Reading Counts RC High School 7.1 16 Quiz: 08885 Guided reading level: NR.