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(It's the second if you don't count Gathering Blue, of course.)
I read The Giver in middle school*, and enjoyed it enough even through the glaring plot holes and the fact that Lois Lowry really can NOT do basic math. I did like Gathering Blue, still do. But the only redeeming part of Messenger is that it allowed me to say "Hah!" in my head to my English teacher who didn't like my view that Jonas *could* have survived, the ending might *not* be totally allegorical.
So I was dubious about Son, but since it's being billed as the conclusion and I always do like finishing what I start, I decided to try it out.
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* Please, middle school teachers, resist the trend to assign your kids only meaningfully uplifting, aka "depressing" books to read. That's bad enough in high school and college without pushing it onto younger kids. There are plenty of good, quality books out there that promote thought and discussion without ending in tears. It's not that I'm against sad books for kids, I just think that when it comes to school assignments they should have some more variety. And since they probably won't get that variety from their other teachers, please, let it start with you!
I read The Giver in middle school*, and enjoyed it enough even through the glaring plot holes and the fact that Lois Lowry really can NOT do basic math. I did like Gathering Blue, still do. But the only redeeming part of Messenger is that it allowed me to say "Hah!" in my head to my English teacher who didn't like my view that Jonas *could* have survived, the ending might *not* be totally allegorical.
So I was dubious about Son, but since it's being billed as the conclusion and I always do like finishing what I start, I decided to try it out.
( Read more... )
* Please, middle school teachers, resist the trend to assign your kids only meaningfully uplifting, aka "depressing" books to read. That's bad enough in high school and college without pushing it onto younger kids. There are plenty of good, quality books out there that promote thought and discussion without ending in tears. It's not that I'm against sad books for kids, I just think that when it comes to school assignments they should have some more variety. And since they probably won't get that variety from their other teachers, please, let it start with you!
