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American WarOmar El Akkad

American War

2017352 pages
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17 editions · 4 languages
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"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…

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Editions

17 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Picador · 9781509852215
  • Hardcover · English · 2017
    McClelland & Stewart · 352 pages · 9780771009396
  • Audiobook · English · 2017
    Random House Audio · 9781524779795
  • Other · English · 2018
    American War [Paperback]
    PICADOR · 9781509892662
  • Other · English · 2018
    American War: A Novel
    Vintage · 432 pages · 9781101973134
  • Other · English · 2018
    Vintage · 9780525563303
Civil warFictionYoung womenScience fictionFICTION / War & MilitaryFICTION / LiteraryHistoryFiction, dystopian