{"product_id":"bless-the-beasts-children-9780743493697","title":"Bless the Beasts \u0026 Children","description":"\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1970, this classic coming of age tale has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. \"A moving, tragic, and sociologically potent work of literature. Many similarities to Golding's \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e and Knowles's \u003ci\u003eA Separate Peace\u003c\/i\u003e come to mind\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Send us a boy--we'll send you a cowboy\" It doesn't matter if the kid hates the sight of horses. Or if he still sucks his thumb and wets the bed. He's got to be taught to toe the line. To measure up. To dig in his spurs--because that's the way things are at the Box Canyon Boys Camp in Arizona. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the adventures of the author's own son, \u003ci\u003eBless the Beasts \u0026amp; Children\u003c\/i\u003e tells a tragicomic tale of a group of disturbed teenaged boys from over-privileged families who are sent by their inattentive parents to camp in hopes that their lazy, urban kids will be toughened up in the cowboy program. Complications arise, but these problem boys band together to take up an important cause. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this remarkable novel, Glendon Swarthout presents an electrifying portrait of six adolescent \"misfits\" on a desperate mission to save themselves. And, in a society dedicated to one narrow view of success, they learn something important about what it means to be a man. This is \"an exciting mission-pursuit story with an engrossing cast of characters\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743493697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.68h x 4.24w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e5259 \/ Bless the Beasts \u0026amp; Children\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Glendon Swarthout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507442249909,"sku":"9780743493697","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fae7e802-0af0-49fe-a974-e18931b81f48.jpg?v=1722312431","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bless-the-beasts-children-9780743493697","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}