02438cam a2200337 4500 943027286 TxAuBib 20230819120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781538765494 1538765497 B0BZHT26LV Amazon c0488a54-95fc-484d-af34-b048d3a03ca7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9722437 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower [Libby]. Grand Central Publishing, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1126kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fantasy. Fiction. African American Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:<b>This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with <i>1984</i> or <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, <i>New York Times</i>).</b><br /> 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.<br /> 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-08-18 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c0488a54-95fc-484d-af34-b048d3a03ca7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c0488a54-95fc-484d-af34-b048d3a03ca7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c0488a54-95fc-484d-af34-b048d3a03ca7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)