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The bees by laline paull is the tale of one bees life in her hive and i was chuffed to receive it as a christmas gift in 2018. Flora 717 is born a sanitation bee, but she doesnt quite fit in due to her bigger body and ugly features. This brilliantly imagined debut tells the story of flora 717, a devout young worker bee who finds herself in possession of a deadly secret flora 717 is a sani. Living to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the bees. Laline paull s chilling yet ultimately triumphant novel creates a luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar. Laline paull s transfixing first novel, the bees, isnt explicitly about the realworld problems that threaten their survival, but the storys inspired imagining of hive life compels. Thrilling and imaginative, the bees is the story of a heroine who, in the face of an increasingly desperate struggle for survival, changes her destiny and her world. Read the bees a novel by laline paull available from rakuten kobo. A thriller set in a bee hive, based on real honeybee biology.
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