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Peter Abrahams is a Cape author with quite a track record. Down the Rabbit Hole was his first mystery for younger teens. Check out Amazon or this webpage, http://www.peterabrahams.com/rabbithole.html#description, for some snippet reviews and a quick overview of the book. I chose this book as a first read for 3 reasons: 1st: It’s summer and reading should be fun. What’s better than a mystery to take you out of reality and tempt you to solve both murder and mayhem; 2nd: Peter Abrahams is a Cape author. Shop local, read local sometimes; and 3rd: If you like the book there are at least 2 more in the series. I like series books for the fact that you don’t have to think so much when you choose your next read and that’s ok by me. FIRST 10 READERS WHO REGISTER FOR THE 7/16 BOOK DISCUSSION RECEIVE A COPY OF THE BOOK TO KEEP. The first 10 registers for the 8.6.09 book discussion also receive a copy to keep of The Other Side of the Island. To attend the book discussion you DON’T HAVE TO REGISTER, just show up. Getting a copy of the book is easy if you have a library card, too.
The book for the August 6th book discussion is The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman. Here’s review I’ve copied:
Honor lives in a dystopian world ruled by benevolent Earth Mother, where conformity is prized, the world is peaceful, and the Corporation has controlled the weather since the Flood. But Honor’s parents dare to be different, having a second child and pressuring Honor to remember things everyone else is trying to forget. By the time Honor is 13, she cannot understand why her parents refuse to follow the rules, even as she becomes more grimly determined to be the perfect student. For a slightly younger age group than the current crop of dystopian and apocalyptic novels, the book is at its best when it’s inside Honor’s head, as she struggles to balance her parents’ unorthodoxy with her craving to belong. Information about how this new world came to be is teasingly dispensed, and that, too, will keep readers engaged.
The Other Side of the Island is a recommended read on the Massachusett’s Center for the Book recommended YA titles list, so I took a leap (after doing a little research and skimming the book) and chose it as our 2nd book discussion title. Again, the 1st ten readers who register receive a free copy of the book to keep. The book is about a ‘dystopian world’….yeah, I had to think twice about that, too. You think now, too.
Register for the discussion or just show up. Please share your recommended reads with the rest of the gang.
