Childhood's End -- Arthur C. Clarke, Paperback

Giant silver ships appear above every major city in the world. The Overlords have arrived. They eliminate ignorance, disease, poverty, and fear. After fifty years they also start eliminating humans.Author: Arthur C. ClarkePublisher: Del Rey BooksPublished: 05/12/1987Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 6.98h x 4.17w x 0.62dISBN: 9780345347954Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 7.7Point Value: 12Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 65272 / Childhood's EndReview Citation(s): New York Times Book Review 12/16/2007 pg. 16Entertainment Weekly 10/25/2013 pg. 103About the AuthorArthur C. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time and was an international treasure in many other ways, including the fact that an article by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Mr. Clarke--both fiction and nonfiction--have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. He died in 2008.