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In light of the last film adaptation completing the Hunger Games series, we are re-posting our review from 2010 of “Mockingjay.” What did you think of the last film? Join the conversation on our Facebook page.
Category: Dystopian
Contemporary Fiction, Dystopian, Fantasy, Realistic Fiction, YA Lit
Next Big Thing in YA
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The podcast groups was asked by retired librarian now current YA author Patrick Jones what we thought the next big thing will be for young adult literature. Well, we had a lot to say. Take a listen or watch the video. It’s all good stuff!
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Dystopian, Written reviews
You’ll Like It Here (Everybody Does) by Ruth White
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“You’ll Like It Here (Everybody Does)” by Ruth White
A written review by Jenny
Ruth Whites, dystopia, “You‘ll Like it Here (Everybody Does)”, tackles the themes of intolerance and repression. Meggie Blue seems like an average kid with a regular family, but when the neighbors come to terrorize them because she is different, Meggie’s family flees from them in an unusual way.
The Blue’s unusual mode of transportation deposits them in Fashion City, a community were being unique is a crime. The Blues are desperate to fit in until they can figure out where to go. In the meantime, they make friends and try to keep away from the tranquilizing “Lotus” given away at every trip to the grocery store that turns the populace into sheep. Lots of action keeps the reader turning the pages.