"I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.
And I lost about a year of my life and much of the comfort and security I had not valued until it was gone."
Kindred (1979)
by Octavia Butler
Dana, a modern Black woman, is celebrating her 26th birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.
Resources:
- Do read Robert Crossley's Critical Essay (here in pdf form) in the back of the book.
- If you want to get even more academic, check out the ideas and prompts in this teacher's guide (go to the tab "Guides")
Keep Reading:
- More time travel books - see this short list from People Magazine
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