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Wung-Sung, Jesper

The Last Execution

136 pp. | Atheneum/Dlouhy | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-2965-8 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-2967-2
(2) YA Translated by Lindy Falk van Rooyen. This bleak Danish import imagines the last day of a real-life execution victim in 1853 Svendborg, Denmark. The observations of various townspeople--interspersed with the fifteen-year-old boy's own memories of poverty, rejection, loss, and finally rage--reveal the world that led the boy to his crime and his fate. Rich with symbolism, historical criticism, and contemporary resonance, this is an unflinching examination of capitol punishment.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2016

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