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RE: Veronica Roth's *Carve the Mark*. There have been a lot of rumbling on
social media about the racist undertones
<http://justinaireland.com/dammit-this-is-a-blog/2016/12/4/the-continent-carve-the-mark-and-the-trope-of-the-dark-skinned-aggressor>
in the book, specifically in the color-coding of characters
(black=evil/savage, white=good, peaceful).

Anna Kim
School Librarian
Chappell Elementary School
akim6 at cps.edu

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."


                   -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
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> *islma at list.railslibraries.info <islma at list.railslibraries.info> writes:*
> YA Dystopian literature between 2010-2016 (there are lots to choose from I
> know) with an emphasis on female characters and technology.
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> *Things that might work:*
> All The Birds in the Sky by Charlie Anders (not straight dystopian and
> more adult than YA, but still might work)
> Lexicon by Max Barry (more adult, but on our summer reading list)
> Bluescreen by Dan Wells
> Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa
> Flawed by Cecilia Ahern
> The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh O'brien
> Breaking Sky by Cori McCarthy
> Starters by Lissa Price
> Cinder/Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer
> Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
> In the After by Demitria Lunetta
> The Program by Suzanne Young
> Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
> The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings
> Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
> Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
> Reboot by Amy Tinterra
> Delirium by Lauren Oliver
> Chemical Garden trilogy by Lauren DeStefano
> When We Wake by Karen Healey
> The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
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