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Synopsis
"Truth is not an option...Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn - not only about their leaders, but also about their own people - stuns them to the core. It is amessage the will rock the world... "--P.[4] of cover.
Is The Fat Years appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A sophisticated political dystopia involving kidnapping and forced interrogation. The violence is moderate (kidnapping, captivity) and the themes about state manipulation, collective amnesia, and authoritarian control are complex and require mature understanding of political systems.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include kidnapping, captivity, and political violence (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who enjoy thought-provoking mysteries about government secrets and collective memory manipulation will find this intellectually engaging.