This book banned in Texas!

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	• The Lords of Discipline Pat Conroy Random House Audio, 1988 average customer review:based on 168 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great Book

The Lords of Discipline is a very action-packed book. It is perfect reading material for high school students and up. The book involves sports, military life, friendship and betrayal. Pat Conroy does a wonderful job making you feel you were with Will, the main character, when he went through his hard times.
The plot of the book is a little twisted. You don't know why Conroy is giving some of the information of the book until the last two chapters. But be patient. Your waiting will pay off.
If you enjoy books that make you think and feel the emotions of the characters, then the Lords of Discipline is the book for you. I give it a rating of a 10!

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Lords of Discipline

The Lords of Discipline, is quite possibly one of the best books I've ever read. It's not every day that you can find a book in which you go through all of the same emotions as the main character, where you fall in love with that main character, and you're almost sad when the book ends. I could read this book over and over again and never get tired of it. Thank you Ms. Jackson for encouraging me to read this book.

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This book banned in Texas!

Much to my amazement, a friend of mine who sends books to inmates got a "Publication Review and Denial Notification" from the Texas Dept of Corrections declaring that this book "contains 6 pages of racial nature." and further: "Publication contains material that a reasonable person would construe as writeen solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve a breakdown of prisons through inmate disruption such as strikes or riots."
I guess I missed that. Perhaps I'm not reasonable.
So those of you who love Pat Conroy's writing, make sure you don't get arrested in Texas. You won't be able to enjoy his tremendous screenplays for your mind. Something about his wide open view of life doesn't fit the image of "southern boy."

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Powerful novel

Pat Conroy's Lords of Discipline is a powerful, gripping and suspense-filled novel. It is a rewarding read that gives you great insight into the life of a young cadet struggling in his journey from boyhood to manhood. You are exposed to Will McLean's battles against corruption in a Southern military college and his own self-righteousness.
Will McLean arrives in Charleston as an innocent boy who is about to encounter the fight of his life in a quest to be an Institute graduate or a "whole man." Will's own self-righteousness allows him to get involved with the first black freshman during his senior year, putting himself face-to-face with years of unjust tradition and a powerful secret society known as the Ten. Will is physically assaulted, heartbroken, and betrayed in his struggle against corruption at the highest level of the Carolina Military Institute. Will makes a vow to defeat the system and never turn into the people who tortured him, therefore gaining something positive from his stay at CMI.
Once Conroy's gripping plot takes off, the fast pace continues throughout the whole book. You become totally engulfed by Will's story, reading faster and faster to see what will happen next.
The powerful novel is sure to have a strong effect on whoever reads it. I can hardly wait to read another Conroy novel.

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Moving and Involving

I was asked to read this book for my Honours Lit and Comp class. I looked at it and though great, just another fat book with nothing to captivate me. I was so wrong!

The book is so involving. I was sucked in completely by the middle of the first section. I was reading ahead for the class and could not participate in the discussions because I could not put the book down!

I love to read, although military stories are not my favourites. This isn't all that military-like. It was simply a story about a boy who went to a tough college and became a man. I laughed, I cried, I rolled over and went to sleep (after I was able to put the book down).

If anyone wants a book that they can totally fall in love with, then this is it!

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