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Since moving to Lodgette, Montana, Ben Campbell has fallen in with a local hate group. They convince Ben, his brother and their father that violence and discrimination will resolve life's frustrations. With the help of new friends who challenge his thinking, Ben eventually realizes how misguided these ideas are and he begins to distance himself from this criminal group. At last, Ben manages to save himself and open his father's eyes to the truth, but it may be too late for his brother David. The novel ends on a hopeful note with a wiser and more mature Ben hoping for a second chance with his family and friends.
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"Chuck and Travis painted Nazi swastikas and 'Kill Kikes' in large dripping orange letters across the front of the house. Then they turned to me. 'Let her rip, Campbell,' Chuck said.... I opened fire and felt the exploding power of each bullet as it left the gun. No one could be stronger than I was at that moment."
Ben Campbell, 17, is angry. Angry at having to live in a broken-down trailer park. Angry that his unemployed dad isn't a respected ranch boss any more. Angry at having to defend his exasperating younger brother, David. Most of all, angry at the rich kids at school who seem to get away with everything. Only when he's out with Chuck and Travis, burning a Jew lawyer's car or shooting up a synagogue, does he feel powerful and in control again.
It was his dad who got them all going to the meetings of the Guardians of the Identity, where Lonn explained how all their troubles were because of the Jews and the blacks and the homosexuals, and how they had to keep those people from moving into their little Montana town. Ben knows that isn't right, but still, he needs to feel that power. But when he falls in love with Eden Taylor he knows he wants to move beyond Lonn's ideas, and when David gets involved in his place, Ben realizes he must take a stand. This taut, intense, first YA novel by newcomer Nora Martin is as bracing as the Montana snow that blankets the story. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell
About the Author
Nora Martin has written two other young adult novels, 'The Stone Dancers' and 'The Eagle's Shadow', which was listed as a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year and noted as an ALA Best Trade Book for Social Studies. She is a school librarian in rural Montana.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0747560706
- ISBN 13 9780747560708
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
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