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Empire of the Sun

Audiobook
The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China.
Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him.

Shanghai, 1941—a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war...and the dawn of a blighted world.

Ballard's enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Edition: Abridged
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OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780743546850
  • File size: 90365 KB
  • Release date: December 15, 1987
  • Duration: 03:08:15

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780743546850
  • File size: 90586 KB
  • Release date: December 15, 1987
  • Duration: 03:08:15
  • Number of parts: 4

Formats

OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1130
Text Difficulty:8-9

The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China.
Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him.

Shanghai, 1941—a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war...and the dawn of a blighted world.

Ballard's enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.

Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Simon & Schuster Audio
    Edition:
    Abridged

    Awards:

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780743546850
    File size: 90365 KB
    Release date: December 15, 1987
    Duration: 03:08:15

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780743546850
    File size: 90586 KB
    Release date: December 15, 1987
    Duration: 03:08:15
    Number of parts: 4

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 1130
    Text Difficulty: 8-9