Take a pinch of Lemony Snicket of the Roald Dahl derivation, a dash of Louis Sachar, and a dollop of Edgar Allan Poe and mix with a base of Orwellian distopic angst to get the flavor of Storytime by Edward Bloor.
Author Bloor acknowledges the Orwell connection in his post-script about this story of two interestingly-related teens, George and Kate (he's her uncle but she's older), in this story of a magnet school gone wrong. Mandatory testing, Mother Goose, Peter Pan, and a haunted library also figure in this humorous noire satire.
Included on the Blessed Sacrament summer reading list (2007).
Bloor is also the author of Tangerine (a SC Junior Book Award nominee) and Crusader.
This title is available in Y Fiction and Young Adult paperbacks.
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Author Bloor acknowledges the Orwell connection in his post-script about this story of two interestingly-related teens, George and Kate (he's her uncle but she's older), in this story of a magnet school gone wrong. Mandatory testing, Mother Goose, Peter Pan, and a haunted library also figure in this humorous noire satire.
Included on the Blessed Sacrament summer reading list (2007).
Bloor is also the author of Tangerine (a SC Junior Book Award nominee) and Crusader.
This title is available in Y Fiction and Young Adult paperbacks.
Edginess Factor 2
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