| Sula Contributor(s): Morrison, Toni (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400033438 ISBN-13: 9781400033430 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal--or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula" is a work that overflows with life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | African American - Women - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004555327 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Friendship - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 59172 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. "Extravagantly beautiful. . . . A howl of love and rage, playful and funny as well as hard and bitter." --The New York Times Nel and Sula's devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal--or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life. |