Strasser, Todd No Place, 262 p. Simon & Schuster,
2014. $18. Language: PG (8 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature
Content: G; Violence: PG (man is beaten).
Dan should be enjoying his high school years, especially because he is s
tar baseball player and pretty much guaranteed a scholarship to Rice
University. Instead, his mom has been
out of work for four years, his dad has lost his job and now, instead of loving
with his uncle, he and his parents are headed for their town’s tent city – a
gathering place for town’s homeless people.
Dan and his parents are desperate, doing whatever they can to keep life
and limb together. Others in the town,
however, only see them as an eyesore.
And someone is desperate enough to do something awful to rid the town of
the “problem”.
Strasser is a master of
taking life as we hear about it and turning into a novel that exposes the
subject matter for students. This look
at life because of the recession is eye-opening and well worth shelve space
everywhere.
MS, HS - ESSENTIAL. Cindy, Library Teacher
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