We start with *Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, which features a family of orchard farmers.
*At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier also features a family of orchard farmers.
Author Tracy Chevalier is an alum of Oberlin College, as is our next author.
*Song Yet Sung by James McBride is a historical fiction novel centering around slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore and the Underground Railroad.
From the Underground Railroad in Maryland, to the Underground Railroad in Ohio.
*The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton is a middle grade novel centering around a family which moves into a house that was a station on the Underground Railroad in Ohio.
Virginia Hamilton was the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, as was our next author.
*Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler takes place in a dystopian society that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages, and follows one young woman determined to find a place that offers a chance for a better life.
Who does dystopia better than our next author?
*1984 by George Orwell is the classic cautionary tale about Big Brother and the Thought Police.
One book's title is a year in the past (although it was the future when he wrote the book), and our next book's title is a year in the near future.
*2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America by Albert Brooks is another dystopian novel that plays out what will happen if this trend continues...
And there you have it: from an idyllic orchard to a dystopian near-future.
*indicates that I've read the book
We start with *Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, which features a family of orchard farmers.
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