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| Original Title: | Candor |
| ISBN: | 1606840126 (ISBN13: 9781606840122) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.pambachorz.com/index.html |
| Literary Awards: | Florida Teens Read Nominee (2010), Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2009) |
Pam Bachorz
Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 3.63 | 5971 Users | 871 Reviews
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| Title | : | Candor |
| Author | : | Pam Bachorz |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | September 22nd 2009 by EgmontUSA (first published September 1st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fiction. Romance |
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In the model community of Candor, Florida, every teen wants to be like Oscar Banks. The son of the town’s founder, Oscar earns straight As, is student-body president, and is in demand for every club and cause.But Oscar has a secret. He knows that parents bring their teens to Candor to make them respectful, compliant—perfect—through subliminal Messages that carefully correct and control their behavior. And Oscar’s built a business sabotaging his father’s scheme with Messages of his own, getting his clients out before they’re turned. After all, who would ever suspect the perfect Oscar Banks?
Then he meets Nia, the girl he can’t stand to see changed. Saving Nia means losing her forever. Keeping her in Candor, Oscar risks exposure . . . and more.
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Ratings: 3.63 From 5971 Users | 871 ReviewsCommentary Containing Books Candor
I thought that the premise was interesting, but Oscar wasn't that much.When Nia comes into his life, everything changes. And that exactly was what made me not like the story more.Although I think that the ending was executed pretty well. I liked that one a lot.I think that this would be great movie material, but as a novel it just was okay.Wow, I've been reading a lot of great books lately and this one was no exception. Candor was an amazing read. I read it pretty quickly, too. It reminded me a bit of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and The Giver by Lois Lowery. The first thing that captured me was the line on the back cover: "Stepford makes the perfect wife, but Candor teens are changed for life." Now anyone who has read or seen the movie, The Stepford Wives, knows exactly how scary this quote is. I was hooked from the first chapter
Candor: In This Town, You Are What You Hear.Oscar Banks live in a perfect town, Candor. Nobody leaves Candor. Why would you? Everything you needed is already there. The messages make sure of that. Who would not want perfect parents or perfect kids, healthy living and zero-crime rate? But what if someone wants to be different? To not be perfect . . . The idea of subliminal messages being used for brainwashing was already out there. I remember way back high school, other says that many listens to
Like many other people, I jumped onto this book because of the plot. I mean, the concept sounded amazing, so interesting and unique.The only problem: everything else was so bland.Now, don't get me wrong. It seems like I have very high standards when it comes to dystopian novels. And it's not like this book was so terrible it deserves to be burnt. It was just... nothing.The characters were mlehh, the writing was too simple and also mlehh, and the book was just mlehh.I do admit when I finished the
Oscar Banks is the perfect boyfriend, the perfect son, and the perfect example of what every child should be like. Oscars father is the founder of Candor, an exclusive community where everything is perfect there is no crime, teenagers do their homework and obey their parents, and everyone lives a healthy lifestyle (since instead of ice cream the stores only sell frozen yogurt and instead of popcorn at the movies they only serve carrot sticks).Oscar plays the part of the model student perfectly
Candor by Pam BachorzThink your parents are controlling? Oscar Bankss father is a genius. He was sick of Oscar always getting in trouble, so he bought a huge chunk of land in Florida, created a subdivision, called it Candor, and invited other families with troubled teens to move in...for a price. Oh yeah, and he developed a way to use music to make teens do what theyre told to. It happens fast. One day kids are blasting their music, ignoring their parents, smoking or drinking or doing whatever
This book has subtle nods to 1984 in terms of mind control of subjects. However, the setting is Florida, and it's a town called Candor. It is never explained how Oscar Banks' father is able to just set up a town and brainwash everyone who lives in it without being figured out or called out on it. He's basically the ruler of this town, and the specifics of his subliminal messaging technology are never quite explained. Apparently his older son died as a result of his bad decisions. For that
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