[aisle] Dystopian book, no violence

Wed Feb 12 11:50:38 CST 2020

Has anyone read The Firefly Code by Megan Frazer Blakemore? A reviewer on Amazon calls it "A very safe dystopia for the middle grade crowd" and claims there is no violence.

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I don't think Among the Hidden would work either.  A group of 3rd children march on the government and I think they all get killed.

Dystopian is a tough one.  There is so much that is horrible just by the definition of the genre.  Is this student conservative Christian?  There might be similar lists for other faiths, as well.  I was able to find a list of Dystopian Christian novels on Goodreads.  https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/christian-dystopian

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:35 AM Jeanne Brucher via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
As much as I love The Giver the scene with the twin is not going to pass the no violence request.

It's been a million years since I read it, is there violence in Among the Hidden by Haddix?

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:28 AM Linda Tetreault via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
The Giver by Lois Lowry.

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 10:24 AM Timmons, Heather via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Hi there..

I have an ultra conservative student.  Her 8th grade class is ready Dystopian.  Her parents have requested she read a book in this genre but with NO violence.  Any ideas?

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