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Thanks all. I'll take the ideas to the student to see if any ring a bell.
LOVE this group!

Carol Coutts-Siepka
Library Media Specialist
Plum Grove Junior High
couttsc at ccsd15.net
847-963-7607
@MrsCintheLRC



On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> The first book I thought of was *Candor* by Pam Bachorz.  It is a gated
> community I am pretty sure the kid lives only with his dad.
>
>
> "Teens of the idyllic town of Candor, Florida dutifully complete their
> chores and unquestioningly respect their elders―thanks to the subliminal
> messages piped throughout the village. Oscar Banks, the teenage son of the
> town's founder, is in on the secret and has been using his own specially
> designed Messages to lead a quiet revolution against his father's control
> by helping teens flee. When Oscar's attachment to his newest client, the
> pierced and punky Nia, threatens to blow his cover of the perfect son,
> Oscar is forced to choose between a comfortable existence and escape.
> Bachorz's gripping debut calls forth all the creepy and sinister elements
> of *The Giver* (BCCB 4/93) or *The Stepford Wives*, but it is nuanced
> enough to avoid sounding like yet another science-fiction sermon against
> conformity. Oscar's narration is especially deft at adding a layer of
> humanity to the control-freak stereotype of his father while he presents
> his own complex, if entirely selfish, motivations: not really a noble
> warrior fighting against an immoral tyrant, Oscar is instead a self-serving
> kid trying to get his grieving father's attention and often engaging in the
> very same behavior he is railing against. The technology of the Messages is
> clearly explained and not overly complicated, while the constant threat
> of Oscar's discovery, along with a rather hot romance and some key chase
> scenes, will keep readers turning the pages. True to the genre, the
> disturbing conclusion leaves plenty of unanswered questions, which will
> make this title an ideal choice for book clubs." ―*The Bulletin of the
> Center for Children's Books*
>
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Is it *This Side of Paradise* by Steven Layne?
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 1:25 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Student came to me today with this description...any ideas?
>>> Dad and son live in high tech gated community. Dad has 2 personalities
>>> and is bent on taking over the world. The entire story is told from the
>>> son's perspective.
>>> HELP! TIA.
>>> Carol Coutts-Siepka
>>> Library Media Specialist
>>> Plum Grove Junior High
>>> couttsc at ccsd15.net
>>> 847-963-7607 <(847)%20963-7607>
>>> @MrsCintheLRC
>>>
>>>
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