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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. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>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. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/christian-dystopian">
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<div dir="ltr">As much as I love <i>The Giver </i>the scene with the twin is not going to pass the no violence request.
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<div>It's been a million years since I read it, is there violence in <i>Among the Hidden</i> by Haddix?</div>
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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?</div>
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