![]() ![]() When there’s no hope where can you turn? When you’re all alone, who can help you? When you don’t see a future for yourself, who can give you one? Who can make things better? Lev is the answer. My 3 star rating was due to this, and because the ending should have had more “oomph!” for Lucien after everything he’s been through. Descriptions of our dying planet are true, but it seemed as if he was bludgeoning the reader with too many facts. decided everyone needed to drink the kool-aid, as was done in 1978 Jonestown, Barkan made it clear why they would mindlessly hold out cups for him to fill. Lucien was curious but, when he discovered what was really happening at the House of Earth, his life would never be the same.Īs I read this book I realized how easy it is for people to follow cult leaders. Rules of strict punishment for small infractions soon followed while children and their parents began to disappear. Televisions and books were removed, and Lucien was forbidden from going to the town library where he had struck up conversations with a local girl. ![]() It was an innocent time, but things slowly began to change when he turned twelve. At the House of Earth, Lucien and others learned to take care of the earth, practicing sustainability and not eating meat. ![]() Lucien was a little over six years old when his mother brought him to the House of Earth founded by O.C. ![]()
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