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EBOOK TITLE:
The Enemy Inside
GENRE: a Byte-Me
Line teen-read book, teen fiction
AUTHOR: Deborah Marie Brown
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"THE ENEMY INSIDE is a scary view into the life of an emotionally insecure boy. The plot's brisk pace and emotionally charged characters bring the story to life. The story touches on the frightening reality that bigotry remains in our world and the stronger message that one teenager can make a difference!" Tracy Farnsworth of www.theromancereadersconnection.com "The Enemy Inside is a wonderful, thought provoking book. Ms. Taplin shows how bigotry can hide behind the smiling mask of patriotism and skillfully captures the seductive power of evil. Teen readers will recognize Marc's temptation to go along with the group even when he disagrees with its actions. It is a dilemma many young people face, and Ms. Taplin avoids the trap of making Marc's decision too easy. Marc must struggle to make the right choice. He grows through his decision, giving the readers a chance to grow along with him." Carrie S. Masek, author of UNDER A BEAR MOON, EPPIE 2000 Best Young Adult Novel |
| DESCRIPTION: Marc Owens, aged seventeen, has been raised by his father, an abusive man who is bitter about the death many years before of his wife at the hands of a black man. Marc's high school life is in turmoil: he is uncertain of the future and has fallen for a Mexican girl who goes to school with him. Frightened of taking her home to meet his father, he sees her secretly--all the while talking about the superiority of Whites. His carefully constructed reality begins to crash as Teresa realizes that he is living a double standard. After Teresa breaks up with him he joins a White Supremist group that teaches hate and prejudice, and tumbles closer and closer to a life of crime. His only hope is to claw his way back to acceptance... | |
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Excerpt: He drank some of his coffee and began to pace again. The announcer droned on in the background, 'the Jewish family had just left the synagogue Friday night and got in their car, when the car exploded into fire from a pipe bomb.' Marc listened. 'The two adults and two children were rushed to Portland Memorial Hospital, where their condition is critical.' Marc walked over to turn the set off. 'A local neo-nazi skinhead group is implicated in the bombing.' Marc froze. 'Police investigators are asking anyone with any information to come forward, even if the information doesn't appear relevant.'
Marc stood, his arm extended as he prepared to turn off the TV. 'A neo-nazi skinhead group is implicated.' His mind raced in every direction. Was that the big plan for last night? Had he escaped being involved because he met Teresa? Instantly, he remember the things that he had picked up at the hardware store for Peter.
Oh, my gawd! I bought the stuff they used to make the bomb to blow up the car.
What should I do? Go to the cops? Did Peter set this up? He said the goal was to just scare people. These people might die.
And what about Peter? Will he come after me? He was probably fuming when he got to the target last night and I wasn't there.
Gosh, I can't believe they would bomb somebody's car. And, with kids in it!
Marc picked up the remote and began to surf through the channels until he found some news. No, just international stuff; he continued his search. He decided to put it back on the Portland station and wait and see what the news said when it came back on.
Marc didn't have to wait too long. Regular programming was interrupted for a special broadcast.
'This is a special bulletin, just in from the Portland City Police Department. The family in the car bombing last night at a local synagogue are still in critical condition. The victim's names are being withheld pending notification of their family.
'Police have posted an all points bulletin for several members of a local skinhead group, who call themselves the Aryan Youth Resistance. Four members are wanted for questioning in connection with the bombing. The four members are: Peter Davis, of Idaho, also known as 'Slash', age 20. Lance Bradley, also of Idaho, age 18. A man approximately 19 or 20 who goes by the name of 'Bomber,' and another youth from the Portland area, who is reported to be approximately 17 or 18, and is named Marc. Anyone who has information regarding these four individuals is asked to call the 800 number on the screen immediately. We will keep you posted on developments in this alarming case.'
Marc's mind reeled.
How could they get the information that quick? Why did they think I was there?
Maybe the hardware store called the cops? Or, maybe someone had informed on
the group...
Suddenly, Marc dropped to his knees.
Peter probably thought it was me...
| Author
BIO: Though
born in 'Grapes of Wrath' country in Central California, Debi was transplanted
to the Interior of Alaska, at the age of eight, where her grandparent's
homesteaded. Debi has spent most of her life in Alaska with a ten-year hiatus
to warmer country on the Southern Coast of Oregon.
Debi has experienced a very un-traditional educational background. She quit school at the age of fourteen to marry, have her son and go to work. The thirty years to follow, Debi has worked in the secretarial and administrative fields, with several forays into small businesses. Always feeling a 'lack' for missing out on her traditional education, Debi sought ways to educate herself. She obtained her GED, has accumulated a horde of college credits, and completed a two-year course with the Institute of Children's Literature on Writing for Children and Teenagers. Debi feels her life experiences', her voracious reading habit, and the many people that have come into her life offering generous encouragement has probably had the most impact on her writing. From the time Debi was a young girl she remembers creating stories in her mind, and in play, and only now understands those early creative experiences to be her spirit's survival mode to emotionally protect her from sexual abuse, alcoholism and other dysfunction so prevalent in today's society. Up until the past few years, most of Debi's writing experience has been funneled into administrative writing. Now, she is constantly attempting to maintain a balance in her life, with writing being her priority. In 1998 Debi won a Tuition Scholarship to the Southern Coast of Oregon Writer's Conference for her essay, Privacy vs. Paranoia. Published credits include: Not For Smokers Only, December 96/January 97, Double Issue of webzine, Eclectica Magazine (www.eclectica.org/); Open to Question, Deepen Magazine, Winter 96 Issue; In Defense of the Isolated, SCBW&I Newsworthy, Sept./Oct. 96 Issue, AIDS Is An Important Issue For Teens, the Independent Newspaper, Oregon, October 1995. Debi now resides thirty miles above the Arctic Circle on the Northwest Coast of Alaska, in the predominately Eskimo community of Kotzebue. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, who include her two adult children and five grandchildren; as well as reading, doing research and exploring on the web, and working on the Kotzebue Bahá'í Radio Program. Debi is currently working on a book of poetry tentatively titled, Beyond The Arctic Circle, and anticipates the completion of her first series mystery in 2001 titled: Two Shots, Too Many: A Margo Leigh Mystery. |
