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Title: Overrated and gross!!
Review: I just read this book that my 9-year-old read in public school. I cannot believe this book is a Newbery Honor book. I cannot believe this book is actually encouraged to be read. (My son said the teacher played an audio introduction to the book, and if they wanted to continue reading it on their own they could.) Not even halfway through the book, the boy named Brian has vomited three times and almost a fourth (is this really necessary?). Also, about halfway through, 13-year-old Brian begins to despair that he will ever be saved so he takes his hatchet and begins cutting his arm to try and end it all. Nothing like teaching our children how to despair and attempt suicide! This book is in no way a positive moral example of great literature. If you would like to read something that is, I highly suggest "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell rather than this trash. Beautifully written and much more worth your time.
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