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On the Beach [electronic resource]. Nevil Shute.

Shute, Nevil. (Author).

Summary:

"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off." THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE They are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end....

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 1 - Text Difficulty 2
430 Lexile.
Subject:
Fantasy.
Literature.
Science Fiction.
Fiction.

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