num_pages: 310
description: Fledgling, Octavia Butler's new novel after a seven year break, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly inhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted - and still wants - to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.
language: English
title: Fledgling
titlecomplete: Fledgling
genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy, Supernatural, Fiction, Vampires, Speculative Fiction, Paranormal
ratings_count: 30636
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Endeavour Award
publisher: Grand Central Publishing