The secret life of bees
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Penguin, 2003.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xii, 302 pages, 15 ; 20 cm
Lexile measure:
840L
Rating:
840L
Status:
East Hampton Adult Fiction
FIC KID
Description
14-year-old Lily Owen, neglected by her father and isolated on their South Carolina peach farm, spends hours imagining a blissful infancy when she was loved and nurtured by her mother, Deborah, whom she barely remembers. These consoling fantasies are her heart's answer to the family story that as a child, in unclear circumstances, Lily accidentally shot and killed her mother. All Lily has left of Deborah is a strange image of a Black Madonna, with the words "Tiburon, South Carolina" scrawled on the back. The search for a mother, and the need to mother oneself, are crucial elements in this well-written coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s against a background of racial violence and unrest. When Lily's beloved nanny, Rosaleen, manages to insult a group of angry white men on her way to register to vote and has to skip town, Lily takes the opportunity to go with her, fleeing to the only place she can think of--Tiburon, South Carolina--determined to find out more about her dead mother. Although the plot threads are too neatly trimmed, The Secret Life of Bees is a carefully crafted novel with an inspired depiction of character. The legend of the Black Madonna and the brave, kind, peculiar women who perpetuate Lily's story dominate the second half of the book, placing Kidd's debut novel squarely in the honored tradition of the Southern Gothic.
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More Details
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
0142001740, 9780142001745
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.7, 15 Points
Level 5.7, 15 Points
Lexile measure:
840
Notes
General Note
Includes "A Penguin readers guide to The secret life of bees".
Target Audience
840L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.7,15,68836
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Kidd, S. M. (2003). The secret life of bees. Penguin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Kidd, Sue Monk. 2003. The Secret Life of Bees. Penguin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Kidd, Sue Monk, The Secret Life of Bees. Penguin, 2003.
MLA Citation (style guide)Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. Penguin, 2003.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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