 | "Blame" by Simon Mayo is the first of my holiday reads and what a cracking start. You can see for yourself If you come and make book and visit Storyshack on: Wed 27th July: 2-4 pm Mon 1st August: 2-4 pm Tues 16th August: 2-4pm |
If you'd come any earlier you'd have found me curled up with it and not wanting to put it down. It's a unique idea about 'heritage crime' - a new law which states children are now responsible for any previously undetected crime committed by their parents. Those children are then imprisoned and maimed by a strap key in their back which tracks their every move, limits their movement causing them to 'strut' so they are called 'strutters'. They live in cramped conditions, never see daylight and have to endure 'correction' where particular children's families are highlighted for their past deeds which is also broadcast across the nation.
This is chastening read especially for our current climate and explores what happens when powerful people use fear as a weapon and mark humans against humans. It's gripping, sometimes uncomfortable but un put down able. One for 12+ I'd say but well worth a read. I really like Simon Mayo's writing even though it makes me feel old because I can remember him on Radio 1!
This is chastening read especially for our current climate and explores what happens when powerful people use fear as a weapon and mark humans against humans. It's gripping, sometimes uncomfortable but un put down able. One for 12+ I'd say but well worth a read. I really like Simon Mayo's writing even though it makes me feel old because I can remember him on Radio 1!
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