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Book cover of 'Fledgling' by Octavia E. Butler with a stylized face and vibrant colors.

Fledgling

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Octavia E. Butler's final novel is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted--and still wants--to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself.

"A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature." -- The Washington Post

Book Details

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

First Published: September 8, 2005

Pages:

  • Hardcover: 336
  • Paperback: 320

ISBN:

  • Hardcover: 9781644211298
  • Paperback: 9781538724583

Physical Information:

  • Hardcover: 1.4" H x 8.7" L x 5.9" W (1.2 lbs)
  • Paperback: 0.85" H x 8.02" L x 5.26" W (0.58 lbs)
Artistic portrait of a person with a colorful, circular background
About the Author

Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) was the renowned author of numerous groundbreaking novels including Kindred, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. Recipient of the Locus, Hugo and Nebula awards, and a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work, in 1995 she became the first science-fiction writer to win the MacArthur Fellowship. An Afrofuturist pioneer, her dystopian novels explore myriad themes of Black injustice, women's rights, global warming, and human survival, and her work is taught in over two hundred colleges and universities nationwide.

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