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\n"Thi s acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winnin g author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale " and includes a for eword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green\, New York Times ). When global climate change and economic crises lead to socia l chaos in the early 2020s\, California becomes full of dangers\, from per vasive 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 c ommunity with her preacher father\, family\, and neighbors\, sheltered fro m the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk\ , she suffers from hyperempathy\, a debilitating sensitivity to others' em otions. Precocious and clear-eyed\, Lauren must make her voice heard in or der to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small commun ity 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 vi sion of human destiny." -- Bbibliocommons
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