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OLDER FICTION
Bloor, Edward

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247 pp. | Knopf | October, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-83636-7 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-93636-4 $19.99
(4) YA As the time allotted to her parents to raise a ransom ticks past, thirteen-year-old Charity alternates between remembering recent episodes from her privileged life and arguing with the angry, impoverished young kidnapper assigned to guard her. Bloor raises significant questions about economic and racial injustice in this futuristic thriller, but the heavy-handed noblesse oblige of the conclusion blunts the message.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

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