Lauren Olamina
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Combined Graph record U-02297 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1189. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Teen prophet founding Earthseed
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Teen prophet founding Earthseed
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- Parable of the Sower — featured in
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- https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/octavia-e-butler/parable-of-the-sower/9781538732182/??lens=grand-central-publishing&utm_source=Meta&utm_medium=SocialPromo&utm_campaign=AlwaysOn_CommercialFiction_Sales_RetailClicks_GRANDCENTRALPUBLISHING_9798889698784&utm_content=LiteraryFiction&utm_term=Genre_FeedsStories_HeavyBookBuyers_1 (verification source · master store)
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Lauren Olamina, protagonist of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler — 'Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community… suffers from hyperempathy'
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