Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher & Date: Simon & Schuster, 1 Oct 2012
Page Count: 249 pages
ISBN: 978-1451673319
Age/Reading Level: 14-18/Grades 9-12
Representation:
Other Information: Originally published 19 Oct 1953
Book Information
Guy Montag is a fireman. 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 when 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, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.
Challenges & Bans
This book has been challenged for its content, including profanity, depictions of violence, and themes that some find objectionable, such as criticism of authority, religious references, and discussions of drug use.
Awards & Accolades
Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (1984), Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel (2004)
