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The secret life of bees  Cover Image Book Book

The secret life of bees / Sue Monk Kidd.

Kidd, Sue Monk (Author).

Summary:

Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0142001740
  • ISBN: 0329384090
  • Physical Description: xii, 302, 15 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes a Penguin Readers Guide with introduction, author conversation and questions for discussion.
Target Audience Note:
Adult.
840 Lexile.
Subject: Teenage girls > South Carolina > Fiction.
Women > South Carolina > Fiction
Racism > South Carolina > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction
Bee culture > South Carolina > Fiction.
African American women > Fiction
Sisters > Fiction
South Carolina > Fiction

Available copies

  • 22 of 23 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Oregon Trail Library District.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
OTLD Boardman Library F KID (Text) 33122001852857 Adult Fiction being replaced -


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