Song of an Innocent Bystander - Hardcover

Bone, Ian

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9780525472827: Song of an Innocent Bystander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525472827 ISBN 13: 9780525472827

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2004

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A powerful novel of suspense follows Freda, who was held hostage by a twisted gunman for thirty-six hours ten years earlier, as she is forced to confront the past when a newspaper reporter seeks the truth.

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About the Author:

Ian Bone is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, which have been published in his native Australia, as well as in the United States, England, Korea, and Germany. The Song of an Innocent Bystander was short-listed for Book of the Year by the Children's Book Council of Australia.

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This erratic story recounts the long-term psychological effects of Freda Opperman's thirty-six-hour experience as a hostage of a deranged gun-totting man in a fast food restaurant when she was 9. Flashing back to the incident, Opperman slowly reveals her struggles with the madman and the other hostages, and, later on, her strained relationships with her parents and friends. Caroline Lee stumbles through this production. She never acquires a distinct voice for the different narrative angles and doesn't manage to vocally differentiate the adult Freda from the child Freda, a weakness that causes occasional confusion. However, her consistency with the character of the deranged man fits perfectly with the text. L.E. � AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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