Fahrenheit 451
(Book)

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Published
Cutchogue, New York : Buccaneer Books, 1979.
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 23 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
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Published
Cutchogue, New York : Buccaneer Books, 1979.
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.2, 7 Points
Lexile measure
890

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"Fahrenheit 451--the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns ..."
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Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn't live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bradbury, R. (1979). Fahrenheit 451 . Buccaneer Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. 1979. Fahrenheit 451. Buccaneer Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. Fahrenheit 451 Buccaneer Books, 1979.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451 Buccaneer Books, 1979.

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