# The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm

**Author:** Nancy Farmer
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Age range:** 11–13
**First published:** 1994
**Page count:** 311
**Genre:** Science Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780531068298`
**ISBN-10:** `0531068293`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-ear-the-eye-and-the-arm
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

From the Publisher: The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister-the children of Zimbabwei's chief of security-have escaped from their father's estate to explore the dangerous city of Harare. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm was a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, and received a Golden Kite Award, and a Parents' Choice Award. It received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

## Themes

- zimbabweans
- blacks
- science fiction
- blacks in fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1997-1998 winner (Middle)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1997-1998 winner (Middle)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1997-1998 winner (Middle)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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