The Last Safe Place on Earth
Richard Peck
Mass Market Paperback
(Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, June 15, 1996)
Todd, 15, thinks life in the quality community of Walden Woods is perfect, until Laurel, his dream girl, comes to babysit for his sister and reveals the forces of fundamentalism and censorship at work in the town. A provocative new novel by a highly honored author that speaks to today's issues of censorship and fundamentalism.