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Relates the events of a southern high school's Slave Day auction and fund raiser, which leads students, teachers, and even community members to rethink their approaches to their lives.
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Critique de School Library Journal
Gr 9 UpA cleverly written story that is funny, but that has an underlying serious theme. Slave Day at Robert E. Lee High in Deerfield, TX, is a traditional fund-raising event. Keene Davenport's call for a boycott of the auction of student-body officers and willing faculty members is a surprise, especially to his fellow African-American student-body president, Shawn Greeley. According to Shawn, Slave Day "is good clean fun," Keene firmly relives that it is a reflection of southern racism. The plot consists of alternating narratives of several students and a much-disliked teacher, Mr. Twilley, during their day as slaves and masters, carrying books, running errands, chauffeuring, etc. Thomas's quirky humor leads readers and the main characters on a soul-searching experience as themes of equality, racism, feminism, and affirmative action emerge through this intelligently written novel. As with any class of high school students, some are sexually active and some express themselves through profanity and raw language. The final consciousness-raising in the characters' attitudes makes this book a winner. Like Chris Crutcher and Paul Zindel, Thomas has made a distinct contribution to contemporary young adult literature.Judy R. Johnston, Auburn High School, WA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Critique du Publishers Weekly
Thomas's ambitious if not wholly successful second novel deals with all the complex issues (love, sex, friendship and the meaning of it all) visited in his promising Rats Saw God. The setting here is a Texas high school during "Slave Day," when student council members and teachers are auctioned off, becoming slaves for the highest bidders. Offended by the racist premise of this apparently cherished school tradition, a mild-mannered senior calls for a walkout by his fellow African American students, but, at his mother's insistence, he is forced to attend-and decides that buying the first black student council president might be more effective anyway. Others have their own concerns: a nerdy student council member frets that no one will "buy" him; an unpopular teacher worries that a surly student has purchased him for revenge; a dance team member wonders why her boyfriend's best friend has bid on her. These characters are among the eight narrators whose interwoven first-person accounts of Slave Day form the novel. Various subplots ask readers to consider ethical questions (a teacher wrongly accuses a student of cheating; a student is, less probably, asked to tamper with financial documents via computer). Under the weight of so many characters and issues, and limited to a narrow perspective (a 12-hour day), the pacing is frequently sluggish and the examination of race relations isn't always hard-hitting. On the other hand, Thomas is so good at capturing teen language and responses that the book will be welcomed by readers looking for a reflection of their own struggles. Ages 12-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Critique de Horn Book
(Preschool) Cousins's much-loved mouse Maisy appears in her usual bright, bold colors in a simple and effective counting book. The generous-sized pic-tures on white backgrounds will help children find the objects to be counted: one ladybug on the end of Maisy's nose, two flowers in front of Maisy's house, three buckles on her pirate costume....Ten fleas on an elephant pal end the count, and a final spread shows simple rows of flowers in groups of one to ten, with numbers in both numeral and word form. This eye-catching, oversized board book is simultaneously published with the less successful Maisy's Colors, whose concept is regrettably muddied, as the featured color is sometimes difficult to di (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Critique de Kirkus
``Slaves'' and their buyers raise considerably more than money at a Texas high school in this wild, multistranded teen tale from Thomas (Rats Saw God, 1996). Keene Davenport wants to raise consciousness about a school tradition that demeans African-Americans, so when his letter to the editor has no effect, he ``buys'' basketball star Shawn Greeley, the first black president of the student council, and sets him to picking up cotton balls in the halls, shining shoes, and similar tasks. Sleek Tiffany Delvoe raises eyebrows by purchasing geeky Brendan (for an uncontested $100 bid), aspiring thespian and history-class flunkee Tommy ``Trailer'' Parks pays for the services of by-the-book history teacher Mr. Twilley, and so on; using eight narrators, Thomas takes readers through a tumultuous day and evening that includes an attempted rape, a successful computer-hack break-in, and all manner of personal crises, revelations, vindications, growth, and just deserts. The many first-person narrations sound fairly alike, so it's hard to keep track of who's who, but the headlong pace, rapid-fire wisecracking, and sustained intensity of mood twisting through subplots scary, sobering, hilarious, and triumphant keep the energy level high in this pointed, meaty farce. (Fiction. 13+)