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The antidote

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The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing—not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, but beneath its own violent histories. The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch," whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples’ memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his orphan niece, a basketball star and witch’s apprentice in furious flight from her grief; a voluble scarecrow; and a New Deal photographer whose time-traveling camera threatens to reveal both the town’s secrets and its fate.

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Series Title

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Call Number

823 RUS t

Publisher

New York : Vintage Books., 2026

Collation

419 p. ; 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780593688366

Classification

800

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Media Type

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Carrier Type

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Historical Fictions

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Statement of Responsibility

Karen Russell

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Level

High School

Book Segment

Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Independent

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