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Making of a Democrat

Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 03:44:38 PM PDT

My son is sixteen and hates to read.  Heck, he hates anything that smacks of scholastic improvement, but sometimes I can get him to read a book if it is interesting.  Right now he fancies himself some sort of Anarchist with a profound dislike for both the current administration and the war, which means there is hope for the boy yet.
Yesterday he finished his latest book, "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.," and asked me for another book.  I handed him "1984," which he is already half way through (see, there really is hope for him).

I am currently ordering "Animal Farm," and "Lord of the Flies," but I am soliciting advice for what sort of books a 16 year old wannabe Anarchist would enjoy.  I want something that will engage him, spark his imagination and make him think, think, think, but most of all I want to beat his father to the punchline or he will have the boy reading "Atlas Shrugged."

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