03119cam a2200349 4500 406302505 TxAuBib 20191013120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781524779825 1524779822 37dc9fe8-8951-4854-9e93-5a37013c842b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2968442 OverDrive (Product ID) 2968442 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib El Akkad, Omar, 1982- American War [Libby] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 340MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 340MB. Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>"Powerful . . . As haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy [created] in <i>The Road,</i> and as devastating a look as the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in <i>The Plot Against America.</i> . . . Omar El Akkad's debut novel, <i>American War,</i> is an unlikely mash-up of unsparing war reporting and plot elements familiar to readers of the recent young-adult dystopian series <i>The Hunger Games</i> and <i>Divergent."</i></b><br /> <b>—Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br /> 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.<br /> 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. Media Type: Audiobook. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2019-12-13 22:00:03. Graham, Dion, (narrator.) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2968442-AmericanWar.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=37dc9fe8-8951-4854-9e93-5a37013c842b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2968442-AmericanWar.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=37dc9fe8-8951-4854-9e93-5a37013c842b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)