Fahrenheit 451 - Book

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Reading Level: Grades 10-12 

Lexile Level: 890L

Setting: Futuristic United States

Genre: American Literature, Science Fiction

Page Count: 256

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Description

Guy Montag, a fireman of the future, is responsible for starting fires, not stopping them. In his society, books have been banned - all books, save the firemen's own rule books, which contain the ominous order: "Burn everything." Books are only filled with confusing and contradictory ideas, and it is more important to have fun and to be entertained.
He finds pleasure in his job until one autumn evening when a teenage neighbor, Clarisse McClellan, asks him a simple, haunting question: "Are you happy?" When an old woman refuses to leave her books and dies in the flames, he wonders, what in her books inspires such passion? He determines to discover it for himself, though his rebellion, and his confusion, may cost him his life.

A good examination of censorship and our responsibility to understand.

Content Warning: Mild language. 

Book Awards:
Prometheus Award   •   Hugo Award   •   One of the New York Public Library's Books of the Century

Extra Information

Brand:
Simon & Schuster, New York
Recommended Grade Level:
10-12
Setting:
Futuristic United States
Genre:
American Literature, Science Fiction
Page Count:
205 pages
Author:
Ray Bradbury
Lexile Level:
890L
Book ISBN:
9781451673319
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