The Last Safe Place on Earth
by Richard Peck
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Fifteen-year-old Todd sees his perfect suburban world start to unravel when his little sister has her mind poisoned by a member of a fundamentalist sect and he begins to notice signs of censorship in his community.Tags
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A religious group comes to the small town of Marnie and seek to ban Halloween decorations and even books. Strange things begin to happen and Todd must find a way to get his town back to normal.
I read this book almost 10 years ago and even today it still is an enjoyable read. This coming of age tale is great for middle school age children because it addresses their personal concerns such as crushes, new responsibilities, and fitting in at school as well as the broader themes of intellectual repression, and the conflict between two groups.
I read this book almost 10 years ago and even today it still is an enjoyable read. This coming of age tale is great for middle school age children because it addresses their personal concerns such as crushes, new responsibilities, and fitting in at school as well as the broader themes of intellectual repression, and the conflict between two groups.
An interesting take on small communities and censorship
Quite frankly, this one's a strange book. It's quite chilling in a way, especially with all the dark stuff that happened, but I don't see the main point. Well, it's a fine read anyway.
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Richard Peck was born in Decatur, Illinois on April 5, 1934. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from DePauw University in 1956. After graduation, he served two years in the U.S. Army in Germany, where he worked as a chaplain's assistant writing sermons and completing paperwork. He received a master's degree in English from show more Southern Illinois University in 1959. He taught high school English in Illinois and New York City. He stopped teaching in 1971 to write a novel. His first book, Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, was published in 1972 and was adapted as the 1992 film Gas Food Lodging. He wrote more than 40 books for both adults and young adults including Amanda/Miranda, Those Summer Girls I Never Met, The River Between Us, A Long Way from Chicago, A Season of Gifts, The Teacher's Funeral, Fair Weather, Here Lies the Librarian, On the Wings of Heroes, and The Best Man. A Year down Yonder won the Newbery Medal in 2001 and Are You in the House Alone? won an Edgar Award. The Ghost Belonged to Me was adapted into the film Child of Glass. He received the MAE Award in 1990 and the National Humanities Medal in 2002. He died following a long battle with cancer on May 23, 2018 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 573 — Natural sciences & mathematics Biology Specific physiological systems in animals, regional histology and physiology in animals
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