Dystopian

Three novels by Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry’s The Giver (1993) Bantam-Random House, 1999 “It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.” From the opening sentence, this novel has an ominous tone. Doesn’t it? ::squirms in chair:: And it’s pervasive. Only a few pages later, his younger sister is whispering about “The Ceremony

Three novels by Lois LowryBuried In Print2014-03-10T20:50:02-04:00

Elizabeth Vonarburg’s Reluctant Voyagers (1994)

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Elizabeth Vonarburg's Reluctant Voyagers (1995) Trans. from the French Jane Brierley Does sci-fi reading use a different muscle? If so, mine is out of practice. And no wonder. With exception of a handful of fantasy novels and one speculative fiction novel, I've been decidedly rooted in realism this reading year.

Elizabeth Vonarburg’s Reluctant Voyagers (1994)Buried In Print2014-07-11T16:50:41-04:00

Reading Ninni Holmqvist, In translation

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Ninni Holmqvist's The Unit (2006) Trans. Marlaine Delargy (2009) I started reading this one evening when I got home from work and I jumped out of my guilty reader's skin when Mr. B.I.P. came home from work because I had planned to do a dozen different things and, instead, had

Reading Ninni Holmqvist, In translationBuried In Print2014-07-11T17:11:16-04:00