by Shirley Jackson ยท 2008
ISBN: 158341584X 9781583415849
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / General
Page count: 32
Shirley Jackson's classic The Lottery portrays a small town that gathers to hold its yearly lottery, a barbaric game of chance. Each head of household draws a slip, and the family with the marked slip will lose a member to stoning by the townsfolk.