Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler • Related Edition: Graphic
From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1988
Word Count 96,452
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 580L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 73467, 14.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Time travel--Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Slavery--Fiction
- African American women--Fiction
- Slaveholders
- African American women
- Slaveholders--Fiction
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Slaves--Fiction
- Slavery
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction - Science Fiction
- Time travel
- Science fiction
- Southern States--Fiction
- Fiction | Science Fiction | General
- Slaves
- Southern States
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