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Author El Akkad, Omar, 1982- author.

Title American war / Omar El Akkad.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  SF EL AKKAD, O.    In Transit
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION EL AKKAD    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Sci-fi/Fantasy  F EL AKKAD    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Fiction  F EL AKKAD    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION EL AKKAD    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  SCIENCE FICTION EL AKKAD    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F ELAKKAD    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  SCI FIC ELAK    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  F EL AKKAD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  EL AKKAD, OMAR    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Civil war -- United States -- Fiction.
Young women -- United States -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Dystopian fiction.
Science fiction.
War stories.
Other Form: Online version: El Akkad, Omar, 1982- American war First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9780451493590 (DLC) 2017002434
ISBN 9780451493583 (hardback)
0451493583 (hardback)
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