The Assignment
by Liza Wiemer
Random House Children's
Delacorte Press
Children's Fiction | Teens & YA
Pub Date 25 Aug 2020
I am reviewing a copy of The Assignment through Random House Children’s/ Delacorte Press and Netgalley:
What if it were your Senior Year, and your favorite teacher gave you an assignment that asked you to argue for the Final Solution, Hitler’s way of describing his Genocide on all who did not fit his twisted idea of Aryan perfection? Logan, March and Cade Crawford are horrified and sickened by the assignment. They cannot understand why anyone would expect them to complete an assignment that would only fuel intolerance and hate.
What if there were only three of you willing to stand up against an assignment that only served to fuel hate and discrimination? What if fighting to do right leaves you as a target of threats and bullying? Would you still stand up
against an assignment that fuels hate and intolerance?
Just as the school administration addressed the teens' refusal to participate in the appalling debate, the student body, their parents and the community at large must face the issue as well. Before long the situation explodes and anger and acrimony result.
What is it going to take for tolerance and justice to prevail?
I give The Assignment five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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