Book
Beloved
- Published
- 1987
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Vintage International
- Pages
- 324
- Words
- 95418
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6149.Beloved?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 6.0
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 870L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Her new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.
Collections
Time Magazine 1923-2005
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781400033416
- ISBN-10
- 1400033411
Tags
Award Winners-Pulitzer PrizeHistory-SlaveryRecommended Reading-ALA Outstanding Books for the College BoundRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Social Issues-PrejudiceTime Magazine Best BooksUnited States-Ohio