num_pages: 317
description: Fledgling , Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling 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: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Vampires, Horror, Paranormal, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Supernatural, Audiobook
ratings_count: 30635
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: Seven Stories Press