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Lagoon

Lagoon( )
Author: Okorafor, Nnedi
ISBN:978-1-4814-4087-5
Publication Date:Jul 2015
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Imprint:SAGA Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $24.99
Book Description:

It's up to a famous rapper, a biologist, and a rogue soldier to handle humanity's first contact with an alien ambassador--and prevent mass extinction--in this novel that blends magical realism with high-stakes action. After word gets out on the Internet that aliens have landed in the waters outside of the world's fifth most populous city, chaos ensues. Soon the military, religious leaders, thieves, and crackpots are trying to control the message on YouTube and on...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General
Fiction / Fantasy / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:0.9 Pounds
Author Biography
Okorafor, Nnedi (Author)
Nnedi Okorafor was born on April 8, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a graduate of Clarion Writers Workshop in Lansing, Michigan and earned her PhD in English from the University of Illinois. Currently she is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

Her awards include a 2001 Hurston-Wright literary award for her story Amphibious Green, The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa for Zahrah the Windseeker, the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for The Shadow Speaker, the 2007-08 winner of the Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa for Long Juju Man, the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Who Fears Death, and her science fiction novella Binti won the 2016 Nebula Award (Best Novella) and the 2016 Hugo Awards for Best Novella.

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