The Resource American war, Omar El Akkad
American war, Omar El Akkad
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The item American war, Omar El Akkad represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item American war, Omar El Akkad represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- "An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle--a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she begins to grow up shaped by her particular time and place. But not everyone at Camp Patience is who they claim to be. Eventually Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. The decisions that she makes will have tremendous consequences not just for Sarat but for her family and her country, rippling through generations of strangers and kin alike"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 333 pages
- Isbn
- 9780451493583
- Label
- American war
- Title
- American war
- Statement of responsibility
- Omar El Akkad
- Subject
-
- Science fiction
- trueCivil war
- Civil war -- United States -- Fiction
- Drone aircraft -- Fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Dystopias -- Fiction
- trueIdeology
- trueLouisiana
- trueNear future
- Political fiction
- trueRefugee camps
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- trueUnited States -- History -- 21st century
- trueWar
- War fiction
- Young women -- United States -- Fiction
- trueAtrocities
- trueChild refugees
- trueChild soldiers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle--a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she begins to grow up shaped by her particular time and place. But not everyone at Camp Patience is who they claim to be. Eventually Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. The decisions that she makes will have tremendous consequences not just for Sarat but for her family and her country, rippling through generations of strangers and kin alike"--
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2018.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2017
- New York Times Notable Book, 2017
- Oregon Book Awards, Ken Kesey Award for Fiction, 2018.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10554759
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1982-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- El Akkad, Omar
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3605.L12
- LC item number
- A78 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civil war
- Young women
- Drone aircraft
- Soldiers
- Dystopias
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- American war, Omar El Akkad
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 333 pages
- Isbn
- 9780451493583
- Lccn
- 2016042308
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 959034199
- (OCoLC)959034199
- Label
- American war, Omar El Akkad
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 333 pages
- Isbn
- 9780451493583
- Lccn
- 2016042308
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 959034199
- (OCoLC)959034199
Subject
- Science fiction
- trueCivil war
- Civil war -- United States -- Fiction
- Drone aircraft -- Fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Dystopias -- Fiction
- trueIdeology
- trueLouisiana
- trueNear future
- Political fiction
- trueRefugee camps
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- trueUnited States -- History -- 21st century
- trueWar
- War fiction
- Young women -- United States -- Fiction
- trueAtrocities
- trueChild refugees
- trueChild soldiers
Genre
Included in
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2017
- trueApocalypse Now
- trueOregon Book Awards: Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2018
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2017
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