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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Age Level:
YA
Published:
1973
Audiobook Available

How much would you allow someone else to suffer so that you could be happy? When the residents of Omelas, a place with no sadness, come of age, they are forced to make the decision: live happily but with the knowledge of someone’s extreme suffering or leave their beloved city.

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