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Title: A parent's review: Good dog.
Review: 1991. It is imperative that Newbery Award Winners attack White males, so this book does.Rural adult white males in this book are:1) distant2) remote3) disapproving4) terrifyingRural white society in this book is closed, secretive, and often violent. Rural white families are terrified of the fathers. We see this in the protagonist Marty's family, and in the antagonist Judd's family.Good dog in this book.The author displays antipathy to fathers, men in general, and rural people. There is a LOT of cursing in this book. Dammit, God, Jesus, and even using Jesus's name to curse a friend if he discloses a secret. Yikes.What are boys supposed to grow up to be? Who are girls supposed to grow up to marry? The books you give your children come with your unspoken sanction. Think before you Newbery -- the Newbery people are notoriously anti-family.
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