Shelley K. (larinzia) reviewed on 8/13/2008 + 21 more book reviews

Shori is an apparently young amnesiac girl whose alarming needs and abilities lead her to a startling discovery: she is in fact a 53-year-old vampire, genetically modified to walk in the light of the day.

The only survivor of a vicious attack on her community, with no memory of her past life, Shori must now struggle to rebuild her family and learn who would want - and still wants - to destroy her.

A captivating novel that test the limits of otherness and questions what it means to be human, Fledgling is Octavia E. Butler's first book since Parable of the Talents won the coveted Nevula Award for the Best Novel in 1999.

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