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The Midnight Charter: Deep themes for YA, but weak world-building


September 16th, 2009  Posted by William Capossere

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…The Midnight Charter’s success is mixed. The underlying themes and concepts are deep, casting a wider societal net than many YA books do, going beyond the simple “tyranny is bad” or “ignorance is bad” of many such allegorical books. The issues of class and capital and ethics give the book some real potential for originality. Unfortunately, the book doesn’t quite live up to that potential… Read the rest.

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