Book review

   Book Review

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I Basic Information:
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
295 pages
1993


II 4-5 sentence summary of the book
This book brings you to the years 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027. We get to know the life of a girl named Lauren Olamina. She lives in a town call Robledo. Robledo town is bounded by walls. Lauren is a good girl. She has the syndrome and she wants to start her own religion. Even though she was baptized by her father’s religion, she doesn’t believe in it. A lot of things start happening in Robledo and she is trying to figure it out.
III Rating
How many stars? ****   * **   ***   ****   *****
Why? 
1. This book is a scape of reality.
 2. I think is really interesting to see how some people feel about religion.
3.  A lot of people suffer for the decisions of our parent's beliefs.

IV Character(s)
Lauren Olamina (Main Character)
Keith Olamina (Lauren’s brother)
Cory Olamina (Lauren’s stepmother)
Harry Balter (one of the survives after the massacre)
Zahra Moss (one of the survives after the massacre)\
Joanne Garfield (Lauren’s best friend)

 V Favorite passage/quote
"We're a pack, the three of us, and all those other people out there aren't in it. If we're a good pack, and we work together, we have a chance. You can be sure we aren't the only pack out here."

Chapter 16
VI Setting
The last survivors of the massacre
Lauren, Harry, and Zahra 

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