| The Handmaid's Tale Contributor(s): Atwood, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 038549081X ISBN-13: 9780385490818 Publisher: Anchor Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 1998 Annotation: In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies? Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now.... Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, "The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97042966 |
| Age Level: 14-18 |
| Grade Level: 9-13 |
| Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 976 Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2008 pg. 98 Entertainment Weekly 07/09/2010 pg. 81 Entertainment Weekly 06/28/2013 pg. 28 Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 98 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8109 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: #1 New York Times Bestseller An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, available now. In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid's Tale is a modern classic. Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood |
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