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Chrysalids
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 57,573 Ratings and 3,601 Reviews

Book Description
A world paralysed by genetic mutation

John Wyndham takes the reader into the anguished heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than fifty percent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as offences and abominations.

As one reviewer wrote when "The Chrysalids" was first published: 'John Wyndham really does write... with a sort of hyaline simp... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingPaperback (53 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages64
ISBN-100582419808
ISBN-13978-0582419803
Publication Date/2000
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About John Wyndham (Author) : John Wyndham is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of John Wyndham include The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos, Day of the Triffids (Modern Library 20th Century Redi... more
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