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The Lottery,
Beth Goobie
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ISBN: 1551432382
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Review:
This is a young adult novel I ran
across by accident. If you were to cross Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'
with Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War, you'd get Goobie's book. Each
year the Shadow Council elects a 'dud' from the student body. That person
becomes an immediate outcast for the entire year upon the delivery of a
scroll tied in black ribbon. No one can talk to or associate with the
lottery winner, and the winner must do everything the council commands
(mostly pranks that are damaging and). When Sal is picked, she ends up
having to fight the system while making peace with everything wrong in her
life (the death of her father in an accident she blames herself for, her
amputee friend, and her dealings with an autistic girl, her brother, and
his friend Lizard). Most teen books are very well characterized, and this
is no exception. This is a coming-of-age book with a dark twist that's
mature enough in scope for adult reading, too.
Submitted by DrgnHOST
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