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Adventure · 2016 · PG-13

Inland

by Téa Obreht

Two lives in the American West collide across time — a camel driver and a frontier woman waiting for water.

For14+GenreAdventureLength374 pagesRead time~10 hours

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Violence

Some

Frontier violence; deaths; outlaws

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief adult content

Substance Use

Barely any

Drinking

Emotional Intensity

Some

Themes of the American West, immigration, longing, and the supernatural

What this book is about

Obreht's 2019 novel follows two parallel narratives: Nora, an Arizona frontier woman whose husband has not returned, and Lurie, a Syrian immigrant turned outlaw who joins the US Camel Corps. A lyrical, haunted Western. For older teens and adults.

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