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The Hollow People
By Keaney, Brian & Ceccoli, Nicoletta
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37584-332-7
- Publisher
- New York : Knopf, 2007.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Gr 6-9 Fans of John Christopher's "The White Mountains" (S & S, 1967) and Lois Lowry's "The Giver" (Houghton, 1993) will enjoy this book, which continues the tradition of setting its characters in a seemingly peaceful society whose citizens are actually under government control. Thanks to Ichor, a mind-controlling substance forced on the population to rid it of basic human passions, the illusive Dr. Sigmundus has created a culture with strict class distinctions and an enforced reverence for doing one's duty. Dante, an orphaned kitchen boy, and Bea, the d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Dante is an orphaned, abused kitchen boy who (illegally) dreams nightly. Beatrice is a doctors' daughter unwilling to take ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
