{"product_id":"kindred-gift-edition-9780807006924","title":"Kindred: Gift Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. (\"You have to read them.\") \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author's time-travel classic that makes us feel the horrors of American slavery and indicts our country's lack of progress on racial reconciliation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDana's torment begins when she suddenly vanishes on her 26th birthday from California, 1976, and is dragged through time to antebellum Maryland to rescue a boy named Rufus, heir to a slaveowner's plantation. She soon realizes the purpose of her summons to the past: protect Rufus to ensure his assault of her Black ancestor so that she may one day be born. As she endures the traumas of slavery and the soul-crushing normalization of savagery, Dana fights to keep her autonomy and return to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlazing the trail for neo-slavery narratives like Colson Whitehead's \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e and Ta-Nehisi Coates's \u003ci\u003eThe Water Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e, Butler takes one of speculative fiction's oldest tropes and infuses it with lasting depth and power. Dana not only experiences the cruelties of slavery on her skin but also grimly learns to accept it as a condition of her own existence in the present. \"Where stories about American slavery are often gratuitous, reducing its horror to explicit violence and brutality, \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e is controlled and precise\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Octavia E. Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807006924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e73467 \/ Kindred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOctavia E. Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (1947-2006) is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of many novels, including \u003ci\u003eDawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWild Seed\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the recipient of a MacArthur \"Genius\" Grant, a PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award, 2 Nebula Awards, and 3 Hugo Awards, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Octavia E. Butler \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47283565133981,"sku":"9780807006924","price":47.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a0570e5b-3481-4a78-8375-80b856369f57.jpg?v=1759967989","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/kindred-gift-edition-9780807006924","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}