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Bad News, Good News
Hunger in our world knows no political boundaries. Fortunately, neither do the numerous nongovernmental organizations that strive to feed the people of the world. Ron Fridell identifies the scope of the hunger problem, and, in a spirit of hope, tells the reader of effective efforts and remarkable stories of progress in the war on hunger. The War on Hunger: Dealing with Dictators, Deserts, and Debt in Fridell's "In a Perfect World" series introduces readers to agencies that tackle the problem of hunger in the world, such as the Landless Workers Movement, the Heifer Project International, New York's City Harvest, and Creed Alliance in Pakistan, to name a few. Color photos and "How You Can Help"at the end of the book make this a valuable story that raises awareness of one of our global problems. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Pop Arts    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Food relief    5. Food supply    6. General    7. Health & Daily Living - Diet & Nutrition    8. Hunger    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Malnutrition    12. Social Issues - General    13. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    14. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - General    2. Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography    3. Children's Books/Young Adult Biography    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    6. Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance    7. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    8. Social Situations - Self-esteem & Self-reliance   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Juvenile Social Problems (General)    4. Juvenile literature    5. Runaway children    6. Runaway teenagers    7. Runaways    8. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    9. United States    10. Sociology & social issues   

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Missing and Murdered Children
I think this book was very informative. I was doing a research paper and if I didn't have to have four periodicals I would have only used this book. I thought it was great, it was sad but it was good for my paper. I would recommend it for anyone related to this topic or that needs information on this topic.

Missing and Murdered Children
This book was great, it really touched me.It was slightly depressing and I guess thats why its for older teens.I did think it was excellent ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Juvenile literature    5. Law & Crime    6. Missing children    7. Murder victims    8. Runaway children    9. Social Issues - Runaways    10. Social Situations - General    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Social Situations    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Homelessness    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Poor    7. Poverty    8. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    9. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    10. Social Science - General    11. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    12. United States    13. Working class   

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Nothing incredible
This book rather disappointed me. It wasn't able to catch my attention, and didn't really have a point. There wasn't really a plot, and the character was a rather flat, bland young man. The writing style was interesting, certainly, but it got extremely annoying and repetitive after a while. Too many things were used again and again, which didn't help this story one bit.
American Classic
This coming of age story should be read by everyone. However, smart young people will gain more from it than less observant (or more stupid) young people. Take the test, if you like the book, then chances are you are smart. If you didn't like the book, or you didn't read the book, then you are probably stupid.

"...incredibly attractive breakdown."
Some people really hate this book -- I can see why you think Holden is irritating, but...it's not that he's right about things, or that you're meant to think he's right. Or that you should even BELIEVE half the things he says. He's not going to come out and say,
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Subjects:  1. (Jerome David),    2. 1919-    3. Book Notes    4. Catcher in the rye    5. Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious    6. Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character)    7. Children's 12-Up - Literature - Classics    8. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    9. Literary Criticism    10. Runaway teenagers in literature    11. Salinger, J. D    12. Salinger, J. D. - Prose & Criticism    13. Teenage boys in literature    14. American English    15. English    16. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    17. Study guides, home study & revision notes    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Homeless persons    4. Homeless youth    5. Homelessness    6. Juvenile literature    7. Services for    8. Social Science (General) (Young Adult)    9. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    10. United States    11. Sociology & social issues   

Subjects:  1. Child abuse    2. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    3. Children's Books/Young Adult Social Situations    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Runaway teenagers    8. Runaways    9. Social Issues - Runaways    10. Social Situations - Runaways    11. United States    12. Alternative lifestyles    13. Social Sciences    14. Teenagers    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Politics / Current Events    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Politics & Government    6. Public welfare    7. Public welfare administration    8. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    9. Social Science - Politics & Government    10. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    11. Social policy    12. United States   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    2. Juvenile literature    3. Poor    4. Poverty    5. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    6. United States   

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comments on other reviews
I'm the type who could go on for hours about Holden and Pheobe and Ally's mitt and the girl who plays checkers and keeps the kings in the back. Everybody will obviously find their own meanings and understandings tothese side reveries Holden takes us through. I just couldn't pass theopportunity to comment on the reviewers who said that Holden rambled andbored them in some ways. I wonder if these were the kids who had to readthe book as assigned reading in a class they took in high school orcollege. I reccommend they go back.. cause I always go back to The Catcherand discover a new dawning of what Holden is trying to communicate to me.Try reading it again, it's not that big of a book you know. And maybe thistime you'll see it's not really boring useless ramblings. It's a great dealmore. That's the greatest part of this book.

i see my self in place of holden he is so real .
This is one book which is close to reality, a book which relates to you ,as if i would have written this book if i ever had the guts to run away , to stay alone depressed and all . its hard to forget what your past was allthe kids you meet may be good may be bad may be some you hated but its likeyou remember certain moments of certain days not that somthing specialhappened that day may be nothing happened but still you can picture it .Holden's character is one to which all the youths can identify with . I didnot get the meaning of the title till Holden tells Phobey about what hewants to be , "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE".I probably want to be ,idon't know what but somebody different somebody good , a person who hascertain amount of "HUMAN TOUCH". It is just that i seem to losemy way like holden. Holden was a dreamer , a child depressed by thecircumstances . Its the best book i ever read or probably will ever read ,definately no.1 book of all times.

Beautiful
Here's why it's so good...we all believe in Holden as a character more than we do Salinger as a writer. The brilliance of J.D. - Let your star take your bows for you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. (Jerome David),    2. 1919-    3. Catcher in the rye    4. Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character)    5. Characters    6. Children's 12-Up - Literature - Classics    7. Classics    8. Literary Criticism    9. Runaway teenagers in literature    10. Salinger, J. D    11. Salinger, J. D. - Prose & Criticism    12. Teenage boys in literature    13. English    14. Holden Caulfield    15. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Politics & Government    7. Public welfare    8. Public welfare administration    9. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    10. Social Science - General    11. Social Science - Politics & Government    12. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    13. Social Studies - General    14. Social policy    15. United States    16. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Aid to families with dependent children programs    2. Children's 12-Up - Politics / Current Events    3. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Politics & Government    8. Public welfare    9. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    10. Social Science - Politics & Government    11. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    12. United States    13. Welfare recipients    14. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    3. Children's Books/Young Adult Social Situations    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Developing countries    6. Juvenile literature    7. Poverty    8. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    9. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    10. Wealth   

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Good source of current informaton!
I found this book to be very informative.Various views regarding the problem of homelessness were presented in such a way the reader could come to their own conclusions. It is a very straightforward book and contains current information. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Homelessness    4. Juvenile literature    5. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    6. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    7. United States    8. Non-Classifiable   

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Richie's Picks: THE SIMPLE GIFT
In a counterpoint to THE LORD OF THE FLIES, and other grim tales where a lack of structure or authority leads to chaos and harshness and evil intent, Australian author Steven Herrick has created a world in which a young man striving for autonomy is able to attain an idyllic existence away from the rule makers and the rule breakers.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Poetry    2. Social Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse    3. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    4. Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance    5. Social Situations - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse    6. Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty    7. Social Situations - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance   

Editorial Review

The striking cover picture of a beautiful young man's bare, muscularback foreshadows the sensuality of this brilliant autobiographical novel forolder boys by the author of Read more

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coming of age
Although I loved this book, I was hestitant to include it on my classroom shelves for 8th graders. Now that I am now teaching high school, I decided to include this book on the shelves in my classroom for SSR time.Since August, eight of my male students have read the book. I was very pleasantly surprised when there was no giggling about the book. Then I noticed that it was only the most mature of my students that were choosing to read it.At the beginning of the school year, I included the book in book talks, and that peaked the interest of some of my students.However, the less mature students never get past the first chapter. Even if you're not a teenager, I recommend this book highly.My husband enjoyed it too.

the run away
The kid left his home and went to work on a beet field.He made friends with the Mexicans. He followed then around and worked with them. Then on one of the farms the farmer offered him a job. Then he drove a tractor for the farmer. Then one day when he came up from the fielded there was a cop waiting for him. He took him to jail for running away.
Beware of offensive language and subject matter
This is a glimpse into Paulsen's 16th summer, when he left his drunken parents to pursue life on his own.He takes work as a laborer in the beet fields where he befriends Mexican workers and learns to hunt pigeons with his bare hands, and later does farm work, joins the crew of a traveling carnival, and learns about lust from an older, much more experienced woman.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - Literary    2. Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography    3. Children's Books/Young Adult Biography    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Social Issues - Runaways    6. Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance