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The Day of the Drones

A. M. Lightner (1969)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.69

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

RacismGenocide

Protagonist archetypes

Fish out of WaterReluctant Hero

Synopsis

Five hundred years after a nuclear disaster a civilization of black people in Afria believe they are the only survivors on earth. But a progressive black girl gradually opens some scholarly minds to the possible existence of a beneficial white civilization beyond their self-imposed boundaries.

Tags

Post-ApocalypticSocial CommentarySpeculative FictionVintage SF