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
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