Book Detail
Armageddon Summer |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Yolen, Jane & Coville, Bruce | Illustrator: |
| Title: Armageddon Summer | Date: 1998 |
| Publisher: Harcourt Brace | City: San Diego |
| ISBN, paperback: | ISBN, hardback: 0-150202268-6 |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: Yes |
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General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading |
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Summary: |
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| Fourteen-year-old Marina and 16-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to the top of a mountain to await the end of the world. The book is narrated in three "voices"--Marina, Jed, and objective accounts such as the newspaper, sermons, telephone calls and so forth. | |
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| Students may want to keep track of Marina's and Jed's beliefs and how they change. Teachers may want to supplement with newspaper or magazine articles about other religious cults. Comparisons between the behaviors of the adults and those of the children might prove interesting. Students may want to explore the conditions that cause such unquestioning belief. | |
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