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Title details for Bless the Beasts & Children by Glendon Swarthout - Available

Bless the Beasts & Children

by Glendon Swarthout
Scott Brick
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“Send Us a Boy . . . We’ll Send You a Cowboy!” is the slogan of the Box County Boy’s Camp. But for the nail-biters, thumb-suckers, and teeth-grinders—the castaway offspring of parents who are busy traveling, being divorced, remarrying, and garnering fortunes—it’s just another place to find rejection. The other campers and counselors pick upon them mercilessly, calling them “the Bedwetters.” But when a herd of buffalo is slaughtered before their eyes, they are galvanized into action. Their leader, Cotton, takes them on a fantastic mission to sneak out of camp and save the remaining buffalo—and, in the process, to save themselves. But as the raw red Arizona sun rises, they will discover the cost of their one grand moment of glory.
“A tremendous tour de force.”—Hollywood Reporter

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  • Release date

    December 6, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307916235
      • File size: 130721 KB
      • Duration: 04:32:20

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 6.3
    • Lexile® Measure: 970
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 7-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This moving counter-cultural young adult novel, written in 1970, follows a band of adolescent rejects as they sneak out of an Arizona summer camp to liberate buffalo from a state-run shooting pen. The story is composed of flashbacks, showing who these six outsiders are and how they came to join "the bed-wetters" bunk at Box Canyon Boys Camp, interspersed with the adventure of breaking out of camp and freeing the buffalo. Scott Brick tends to overperform in this reading. His attempts to draw words out for dramatic effect result only in a vocal cockiness that does not work well for the story. Transitions between the main plot and the flashbacks are abrupt and confusing. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:6.3
  • Lexile® Measure:970
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:7-12

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