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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:16:49 -0600 From: Pamela Thompson <pthomp@SISD.NET> Subject: Review: YA Hot Pick: CANDOR Candor by Pam Bachorz Egmont, 2009. 249 pages The messages are everywhere. Broadcast day and night, even when you are sle= eping. The messages control your mind, all your thoughts are not your own. = Oscar Bank's father created Candor, a "perfect" town in Florida. He sells h= omes to people who wish to create their perfect lives with their perfect ch= ildren. Even the parents are fed subliminal messages to control behaviors. = You want to lose weight? Quit smoking? Get rid of all your bad habits? Just= put your name on the waiting list for a house in Candor. Oscar's father has actually invented a new addiction: aural addiction, the = addiction to listening. If you decide not to listen to the tapes, or cd's o= r music, you start to go through a form of withdrawal: migraine headaches a= nd even suicide attempts can follow. Oscar is strong. He fights the messages. He learns to listen to his own Osc= ar-made messages that override Candor's messages. He never lets on that he = helps kids escape town. When there is a run-away, he is never found. Oscar = is building quite a bank account--the kids pay him to help them escape Cand= or. His one faltering step, a girl named Nia, is threatening to topple Oscar's = enterprise. This book is highly original. This novel sparkles! Kids who lik= e dystopian fiction or a strong male protagonist are sure to like this one. Highly recommended for YA collections. Grade 7-up. just posted to my blog http://booksbypamelathompson/blogspot/com/ Pamela Thompson, MLIS Library Media Specialist Col. John O. Ensor Middle School 13600 Ryderwood El Paso, TX 915-937-6018 pthomp@sisd.net<mailto:pthomp@sisd.net> visit my YA novel blog at http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog is too dark= to read." --Groucho Marx -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------