Comments on: >Take my kid–please. http://www.hbook.com/2008/10/blogs/read-roger/take-my-kid-please/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Nancy http://www.hbook.com/2008/10/blogs/read-roger/take-my-kid-please/#comment-6781 Nancy Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:12:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3164#comment-6781 >Roger, look away again. I'm not dressed.<br/><br/>Nancy Werlin >Roger, look away again. I’m not dressed.

Nancy Werlin

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.hbook.com/2008/10/blogs/read-roger/take-my-kid-please/#comment-6780 Anonymous Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:06:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3164#comment-6780 >O. Henry did a nice job with this in "Ransom of Red Chief."<br/><br/>Betty Carter >O. Henry did a nice job with this in “Ransom of Red Chief.”

Betty Carter

]]> By: rebelbookseller http://www.hbook.com/2008/10/blogs/read-roger/take-my-kid-please/#comment-6779 rebelbookseller Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:32:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3164#comment-6779 >Sounds like "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" (with the private boarding school transposed in this case for a hospital). These Nebraska kids are similarly of course being given menial labor (scullery), and must sleep in a utility closet.<br/><br/>As to the requirement that parents provide Child Support payments, this seems to hearken to "The Little Princess" and even "Madeline". At least in that case one would hope there are some Medical School classes offered. Maybe some fine young doctors and nurses will be the upshot.<br/><br/>Andy Laties >Sounds like “The Wolves of Willoughby Chase” (with the private boarding school transposed in this case for a hospital). These Nebraska kids are similarly of course being given menial labor (scullery), and must sleep in a utility closet.

As to the requirement that parents provide Child Support payments, this seems to hearken to “The Little Princess” and even “Madeline”. At least in that case one would hope there are some Medical School classes offered. Maybe some fine young doctors and nurses will be the upshot.

Andy Laties

]]> By: KT Horning http://www.hbook.com/2008/10/blogs/read-roger/take-my-kid-please/#comment-6776 KT Horning Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:48:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3164#comment-6776 >When I first read this story last week, it made me think of "Unwind" by Neal Shusterman. >When I first read this story last week, it made me think of “Unwind” by Neal Shusterman.

]]> By: Sara Z. http://www.hbook.com/2008/10/blogs/read-roger/take-my-kid-please/#comment-6775 Sara Z. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:03:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3164#comment-6775 >I keep thinking of the fictional possibilities of this as well. It is definitely ripe. >I keep thinking of the fictional possibilities of this as well. It is definitely ripe.

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