American war
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,
2018.
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| Edition: | First Vintage Books edition. |
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | 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. Eventually Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. |
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| Physical Description: | 413 pages : maps ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781101973134 1101973137 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
