About This Book
Reach for this book when your teenager begins questioning the fairness of social structures or expresses interest in how leaders gain and maintain power. It is an essential tool for discussing why good intentions can sometimes lead to poor outcomes and how language can be used to manipulate the truth. While it features talking animals, the themes are sophisticated and deal with the corruption of ideals. The story follows a group of mistreated farm animals who overthrow their human owner to create a society where all animals are equal. However, a group of pigs slowly begins to take control, changing the rules to benefit themselves until they become indistinguishable from the humans they replaced. It is a powerful exploration of justice, trust, and the importance of critical thinking in a community. Parents will appreciate the way it turns complex political history into an accessible, though sobering, fable.
