Rating: Summary: Bigotry at its finest Review: We have two teenage daughters who have a difficult time understanding bigotry and how pervasive it is. I had first heard "Daybreak" on NPR's "Radio Reader." I loved it then and bought it and read it several years ago. The other night at supper we were trying to explain bigotry and how it is handed down for generations. I thought of "Daybreak" and had them read it. Being northerners we were sheilded from most racism. Neither my husband nor I remember racism or antisemitism as issues when we were growing up in small towns in Minnesota. Besides being a wonderful story "Daybreak" sheds alot of light on small-town southern American towns and how attitudes are inherited. "Daybreak" remains one of my favorite books.
Rating: Summary: A GREAT READ! Review: WHEN BLOOD TESTS PROOF THAT MARGRET AND ARUTHER CRAWFIELD'S DYING SON PETER, WAS NOT BORN TO THEM THEY DISCOVER THERE WAS A BIG HOSPITAL MIX UP AND THAT THERE BIOLOGECAL CHILD STILL LIVES. HEARTBROKEN AS THEY ARE THEY BEGEN TO SEARCH FOR THERE REAL CHILD. MEANWHILE IN THE RICE FAMALLY LARUA RICE DISCOVERS THAT AFTER 19 YEARS OF MARRIGE SHE AND HER HUSBEND BUD ARE PERFECT STRANGERS. THEY HAVE TWO SONS, 19 YEAR OLD HANDSOME TOM AND 11-YEAR OLD ILL TIMMY. LAURA BELIVES THAT TOM IS INVOLVED IN A GROUP OF CAMPUS BIGOTS. SUDDENLY THE CRAWFIELDS ENTER THERE LIVES AND CLAIM TOM BELONGS TO THEM. BUD IS VERY PREJUDEST AND HE IS MAD BECAUSE THE CRASWFIELDS ARE JEWS. SUDDENLY THE TWO FAMILLY'S ARE ENTARD INTO A WOURLD OF HATRED AND VIOLIENCE
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