Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. This sequel to PARABLE OF THE SOWER by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. In the tradition of Octavia Butler's Kindred and Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, A Wish After Midnight is the affecting and inspiring tale of a fearless young woman's fight to hold on to her individuality and her humanity in two different worlds. Facing the perilous realities of Civil War-era Brooklyn, Genna must use all her wits to survive. But she gets more than she bargained for when a wish gone awry transports her back in time. Woods, The Defenders Online "Zetta Elliott's time travel novel A Wish After Midnight is a bit of a revelation.It's vivid, violent, and impressive history." -Colleen Mondor, Bookslut Genna is a fifteen-year-old girl who wants out of her tough Brooklyn neighborhood. "Although there is plenty of history embedded in the novel, A Wish After Midnight is written with a lyrical grace that many authors of what passes for adult literature would envy." -Paula L.
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