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That Fateful Moment No No No of Decision by Todd Mercer Better Young Adult Fiction Eclipses Old-Hat Conflicts of Domestic Disobedience and School Strife YOUNG ADULT no The Hero’s Crossroads: no That Fateful Moment no no no of Decision by Todd Mercer Better young adult fiction eclipses old-hat conflicts of domestic disobedience and school strife. no It forces heroes into agonizing choices, then spins out consequences with a wider range of outcomes than the last generation grew up expecting. One doesn’t have to be eighteen years old to have a lasting impact on others’ lives for good or ill, or to choose a permanent trajectory. no That reality may not be fair, but savvy teen readers quickly discard idealistic fantasies. no Protagonists among these books wrestle with his own liberty, then his entire family’s. yes exploitation, imprisonment, and abandonment The next step was to pay off the masters issues we wish teens would never have to face. They of other slaves in hopes of gaining motivat- e d must commit to a side during wartime, without an labor for his burgeoning enterprises. Smith died with obvious default position, and struggle to embrace an impressive inventory of property, but dismayed their destinies. The teen years are composed of a at how few of those he freed showed meaningful seemingly endless series of exclusive choices, few of loyalty. which are adequately addressed by small-minded public service announcements. Struggles Within Living Memory Child of All Nations, (Overlook Press, 978-1- Historic Dilemmas 59020-099-5) written by the exiled German novel- BThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor ist Irmgard Keun in 1938, was recently translated to the Nation: Volume II: The Kingdom on the into English by Michael Hofmann. It follows the Waves by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick, 978-0- hotel-to-hotel nomadism of a wide-eyed girl whose 7636-2950-2) looks at the American Revolution innocent misunderstandings of adult situations cre- from a unique vantage point. When the embattled ate humor in the midst of grimness. The first-person British governor of Virginia Colony, Lord Dunmore, narrator is the daughter of an upbeat but deadbeat guarantees freedom for blacks who take up arms father who is essentially an artistic con man. He on his behalf, the classically educated Octavian constantly robs Peter to pay Paul, usually keeping is one of many to throw in against Liberty-loving a city ahead of his family, comforted by mistresses. slave-owners. Anderson convincingly defies conven- The narrator’s mother hides quiet desperation, pro- tion, casting the British in a fairly favorable light, jecting positive cheer. showing that justice and injustice are determined by After the fall of Saigon, nineteen-year-old Mei perspective. He’s thematically concerned with shift- Phuong escapes Vietnam on an overloaded boat ing identity: “How do we change—within moments with her younger brother and sister in tow, destina- the whole form of our habits and dispositions may tion unknown. Conditions onboard deteriorate until become alien to us, and we almost cannot remember Mei sees a woman prepare to leap to her death: “We what we were.” Volume I won the National Book watch her as if we are watching a play, no one moves Award, and this book is no less notable. to stop her, no one really believing she will do what The Freedom Business (Wordsong, 978-1- she obviously is about to do.” Weeping Under This 932425-57-4) is a cross of forms encompassing an Same Moon by Jana Laiz (Crow Flies Press, 978- original narrative transcribed from a 1798 manu- 0-9814910-0-4) contrasts Mei’s uncertain life with script by the one-time slave Venture Smith, poems that of Hannah, a privileged but unhappy teen from from Newberry Honor author Marilyn Nelson, Westchester, New York, who blossoms as a volun- and art by Deborah Dancy. Smith was born the son teer helping Vietnamese newcomers in the Bronx. of West African royalty; once in bondage he was Hannah’s affection for photography parallels Mei’s determined to work his way free. Through industry, passion for painting, but art is a luxury and refugees thrift, sharp thinking, and good luck, Smith secured deny themselves nonessentials. 20 ForeWord www.forewordmagazine.com NOVEMBER /DECEMBER 2008 Present-day Challenges gets into scrapes with police, a bag Christina Kilbourne’s They Called Me Red (Lobster lady, and a would-be kidnapper. In Press, 978-1-897073-88-9) reveals what’s worse state care since infancy, Soli wants than a thirteen-year-old’s first job of washing gory to know his history. He comes slaughterhouse floors. When Devon’s father falls to realize that his household— for Lily, a Vietnamese immigrant with a devious composed of a hero-worshipping plot, the hero’s second job is even less promising: little girl, a crack baby, and a sex slavery in Cambodia. Kilbourne gets the dread laid-back foster mother—is a lov- across when the protagonist realizes the restaurant ing family. Soli describes his care- he’s forced to work in is a cover business. Devon taker, funning on the Eurythmics: watches customers and learns, “These men were bid- “Martha’s singing out of tune ding for the first chance to be with me, and I knew again along with the oldies on the I had only a few more days…” The sex necessary to radio. As usual she’s getting half advance the storyline is handled tactfully; fear the lyrics wrong. I swear I hear and circumstances of imprisonment are the her singing, ‘Sweet dreams main focuses. A question raised is whether are made of cheese…’” one should fight or acquiesce in an appar- Jealousy When a stone-hearted ently hopeless situation. social worker decides Quintuple winner of the Arthur to break them up, Ellis Award Norah McClintock pro- Across the room the quick-witted files a teen struggling and failing to but shortsighted regain normalcy after incarceration You beckon men Soli acts to pre- for burglary and assault in Dooley With your fragrance. vent it. Takes the Fall (Red Deer Press, Brooklyn- 978-0-88995-403-8). Dooley is an Like bees to pollen, born actress immediate suspect as sole wit- They bumble by you. Theresa Saldana ness to the death of a boy he I, too, fly closer, appeared in Raging Bull and on once fought. The cops notice the TV series The Commish; she an unsympathetic reaction: “He Try to sip secrets founded the Victims for Victims knew he should feel sorry for Of your charm. support organization. Her fic- the kid, but the truth was, he tion debut, The Almost Murder didn’t. What goes around comes I flit in shadows; and Other Stories (Piñata Books, around, he thought.” Did the boy You bask in sun. 978-1-55885-507-6), features five jump from the bridge fueled by tales of Latina teenagers undergo- despair, or is a killer about? When I sour, pucker; ing notable change. One is picked a second death compounds suspi- My hopes rot for a reality television show by a cion, Dooley’s freedom appears to producer who sees her hamming be fleeting. His tough-love uncle, Like neglected fruit. it up on the subway, and anoth- a former policeman, could shield er must find new purpose after a the delinquent or hand him over if by Catie Lycurgus, age 16; facially disfiguring accident. The title Dooley can’t figure out what’s hap- from the collection story pivots on high drama when a Nuyorican girl witnesses her jealousy- pening. Falling Hard, reviewed crazed father trying to end her mother’s In Shifty (Tricycle Press, 978- on the next page. 1-58246-257-8), Lynn E. Hazen’s title life: “The knife slid out of his grasp, but character (call him Soli, please) is a prag- he snatched it back. Mindless of blood matically adaptable foster child of fifteen dripping down his face, he staggered to who roams San Francisco in his guardian’s van Mom, trapping her between the fridge and wall. without a driver’s license. He habitually breaks rules Knife raised, he slurred ‘Puta’ again.” Saldana favors while fulfilling responsibilities thrust upon him and early crises and unusually complete wrap-ups. NOVEMBER /DECEMBER 2008 www.forewordmagazine.com ForeWord 21 YOUNG ADULT Legends Yet Unsettled the run, yet cautiously learning from a succession William Manchee’s Tarizon: The Liberator (Book of Neo-Puritans, Matriarchists, South American One of the Tarizon Trilogy) (Top Publications, aboriginals, Militarists, and flight-obsessed Icarans. 978-1-929976-48-5) follows a civil war between His peaceful character makes an excellent lens a malevolent totalitarian world government and through which to neutrally observe the flaws and a fairly benevolent totalitarian world government virtues of several cultural viewpoints. on a planet with a large minority of Earth émigrés. The after-school specials of the ’70s are now his- A Skywalker-ish figure thought to be the long- torical camp, and preachy public service announce- prophesied savior is initially reluctant to take up his ments are authoritarian objects of derision to teens role protecting mutants, the gilled Seafolken, and tired of oversimplification. Books like these with a microscopic species of builders called Nanomites original premises, intelligent plotlines, and sophis- from the Purists’ genocidal plans. Tarizon is a planet ticated handling of major social problems succeed nearly wiped out by ecological disaster, aggressively because they don’t talk down to readers. They bridge repopulating for survival. That means copulation is the divide between concerned adults and the strug- encouraged, but committed love isn’t possible—a gling young who know that life-altering decisions policy among the Liberator’s allies which he chal- won’t always hold off until voting age.
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