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Missing Persons League
Missing Persons League
Author: Frank Bonham
Brian's sister and mother vanished without a trace over a year ago. It was not uncommon. People were disappearing everywhere. To Brian, life had become a frightening madness. He knows that in another two years the planet will be unable to support life. — Now, suddenly, his father is gone. Fighting the panic that haunts everyone, Brian resolves to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780590053877
ISBN-10: 0590053876
Publication Date: 6/1983
Pages: 236
Edition: Reissue
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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technomage avatar reviewed Missing Persons League on
Helpful Score: 1
Despite the age of the story (penned in 1976), it has a definite flavor of modern post-apocalypse science fiction. Government gone mad, ecological disaster, the surveillance state, and the rugged individualists who decide to find their own answers.

Having previously read the book in middle school, I remembered it fondly. So much so that I tracked down a copy here on PBS to see how well it has held up over the years. I do not, however, remember it being this dark. In today's watered-down world I wonder if it would pass the school board's approval vote?

I am glad to see it continue to be listed as a "children's" book. Much like the Heinlein "juveniles" (Rocket Ship Galileo, etc) it may be read on several levels. It tells an interesting sci-fi adventure tale from a teenage point of view while at the same time it is a sharp commentary on the nature of government and the perils of ignoring sound ecological policies. There is no in-your-face preaching, but the point is clearly made.

Thirty years have passed since I first read this book. I still find it to be an engaging bit of speculative fiction. So much so that I once I received it I finished it in one sitting, and refreshed a good memory from childhood.

I highly recommend it.
technomage avatar reviewed Missing Persons League on
Helpful Score: 1
Despite the age of the story (penned in 1976), it has a definite flavor of modern post-apocalypse science fiction. Government gone mad, ecological disaster, the surveillance state, and the rugged individualists who decide to find their own answers.

Having previously read the book in middle school, I remembered it fondly. So much so that I tracked down a copy here on PBS to see how well it has held up over the years. I do not, however, remember it being this dark. In today's watered-down world I wonder if it would pass the school board's approval vote?

I am glad to see it continue to be listed as a "children's" book. Much like the Heinlein "juveniles" (Rocket Ship Galileo, etc) it may be read on several levels. It tells an interesting sci-fi adventure tale from a teenage point of view while at the same time it is a sharp commentary on the nature of government and the perils of ignoring sound ecological policies. There is no in-your-face preaching, but the point is clearly made.

Thirty years have passed since I first read this book. I still find it to be an engaging bit of speculative fiction. So much so that I once I received it I finished it in one sitting, and refreshed a good memory from childhood.

I highly recommend it.
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