I am recommending the book Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. I recently read the book and couldn’t put it down. It is a sci-fi fiction novel that follows Dana, an African American woman, who is transported from California to Maryland. The interesting part about this book is that she crosses not only space, but time. In California the year is 1976 and on her first visit to Maryland it is the year 1815. She is transported several times. She meets her ancestors and realizes that they are the reason she is traveling between two worlds. Dana has to keep going back to Maryland to save her future existence.
I thought I would include some reviews from students your age that enjoyed reading this book.
“I chose this novel for my outside reading in my English class. As usual, I was prepared to sit through another boring English book – but boy was I wrong? The book is great – and I would recommend it to anyone. Don’t be turned off because it’s considered ‘science fiction’ – it’s not about space or little green aliens or even going into the human body. It’s a wonderful story of human values and integrity”.
- Jessica, 11th grade
“This is a great sci-fi historical fictional novel. Personally, I have historical fiction, but this was, well, amazing. Octavia E. Butler joins both in an unimaginable way, making this novel so memorable. I’ve already read the book twice and I bought it a month ago. I was so surprised at how good the book was! THIS IS A MUST READ!!
- Ima, 10th grade
I hope I have sparked your interest in suggesting this book.
Elaina
Barnes and Noble. Kindred customer reviews. 13 March. 2008
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780807083697&tabname=custreview&crvAll=1&crvStart=1&displayonly=CRV#CR
