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Agenda 21

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“I was just a baby when we were relocated and I don’t remember much. Everybody has that black hole at the beginning of their life. That time you can’t remember. Your first step. Your first taste of table food. My real memories begin in our assigned living area in Compound 14.” Just a generation ago, this place was called America. Now, after the worldwide implementation of...more

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Published November 20th 2012 by Threshold Editions

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Nov 12, 2012 Sarah Cypher rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

Here's the scoop: Cover up Beck's name and read the book. He's not actually the author, anyway. The woman whose name appears as a ghostwriter conceived of and wrote the book herself.

If you don’t happen to be an urban planner, here’s a crash course on the novel’s eponymous UN Agenda 21. It’s a forty-chapter behemoth written in 1993. It lays out non-binding guidelines for promoting economic growth, environmental protection, and social equality. Basically, it is a recipe for living within our means...more Here's the scoop: Cover up Beck's name and read the book. He's not actually the author, anyway. The woman whose name appears as a ghostwriter conceived of and wrote the book herself.

If you don’t happen to be an urban planner, here’s a crash course on the novel’s eponymous UN Agenda 21. It’s a forty-chapter behemoth written in 1993. It lays out non-binding guidelines for promoting economic growth, environmental protection, and social equality. Basically, it is a recipe for living within our means today, so that we do not pass along to our children a degraded economy, environment, and society. It addresses topics as various as toxic waste, biotechnology, conservation, and green transportation, all with the goal of helping poor countries develop economies—in large part, by encouraging wealthy countries to dial back in sensible ways on their consumption of resources. Today, city and regional planners support the concepts that underpin Agenda 21, because they translate the big picture to local efforts to save people time and money as their communities adapt to change over time.

Glenn Beck and fellow pundits hate Agenda 21, however, because they interpret a few lines from Chapter 4 out of context. Their scare tactic is to say it’s the narrow end of a wedge that will insert global UN authority over American towns and cities, allow the government to confiscate private land, reallocate resources by force, and evict people from their single-family homes. Never mind that the law of the land is the United States Constitution and that our relationship with the UN can hardly be described as lockstep. Moreover, the United States has no land use laws at the federal level, whatsoever. All land use decision-making authority in the United States lies with the states, who delegate authority to local governments. Relatively speaking, the United States has some of the strictest protections for private property in the world.

Agenda 21 is simply a non-binding, unenforceable menu of guidelines that exists to help any town or city that signs on to it. But when removed from all sensible context and cast forward into a dystopian future, Agenda 21 becomes the novel Agenda 21, which tells the story of a post-American settlement where people are forced to ride bikes and walk on treadmills to generate electricity, told whom to marry, raised in communal kibbutz-like nurseries, and forced to swear allegiance to a scary green one-world socialist entity.

I argue that if the book had been published under Ms. Parke’s name alone, it would remain an entertaining dystopian novel. The writing is capable, the story compelling, and most of its values are to be respected—family, localness, and a good education in history (Beck, and his publishing house, ought to take note of that, by the way). It would be marketed and sold to readers of speculative fiction, which are typically a brainy crowd. Maybe some among them would hold it up as a negative vision of a radical environmental agenda run amok, albeit in a world without Exxon Mobil or Wal-Mart—in fact, one without any wealthy corporations at all, who historically pitch their vast financial resources against environmental regulations.

Publishing Agenda 21 under Glenn Beck’s name transforms it, at least temporarily. Glenn Beck is more than just the nice guy whose publishing house is bringing Ms. Parke’s work to a national audience. He’s also a professional ideologue whose establishment confers the full force of its intellectually and morally irresponsible franchise on a novel that distorts the truth about Agenda 21, which is doing good work in the world. Glenn Beck is not writing as an artist, bound by the conventions of his art, plying his craft on the willing human imagination. Hell, he’s not writing at all. He is a brand, with a budget, and with an agenda of his own. Ultimately, by assigning his brand to the novel Agenda 21, Beck turns a form of entertainment into a political lie, a tool for politicizing people.

As a genre, speculative fiction keeps one eye on politics, but its goal is not to preach. It’s to make up an entertaining version of reality—an augmentation of social truth, which is not the truth itself. A novel’s vision can scare us, inspire us, affirm our emotions, and articulate our fears. It shouldn’t, however, serve as a primary political agenda any more than Paul Ryan should be waving Atlas Shrugged around on the House floor. In the same way, Agenda 21 is being delivered as propaganda, and by buying the right to call himself its author, Glenn Beck is diminishing a work of fiction to nothing more than a cheap appeal directed at an uncritical audience.(less)

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Megan Thibault Oh come on.....it's just that Christians (and believe it or not I am one) are the only ones who don't want just freedom of religion...they want the fr...more Oh come on.....it's just that Christians (and believe it or not I am one) are the only ones who don't want just freedom of religion...they want the freedom to shove it down everyone's throats. For example: the whole gay marriage thing. Christians fight so hard against it and why? Non-Christians get "married" everyday and many people do not get married in a church or with any religious ceremony. Yet Christians feel they have the right to force their belief of what marriage is onto everyone else. Christians do not have a monopoly on marriage.

I read an article about how the Catholic Church and gay marriage can't coexist...some of the examples were interesting. A baker was sued for refusing to bake a cake for a same sex marriage. He refused because it went against his beliefs. So that baker should have his freedom of religion but be allowed to discriminate against someone else?? Nobody is forcing him to agree with same sex marriage but discrimination is against the law and just plain wrong. The baker should do his job....when you work in a job like that where you serve the public you do not get to pick and choose. Someone refusing to bake a cake for an interracial couple getting married because its against their beliefs is discrimination as well and no different.
Oh and then there was something about how same sex marriage is damaging to the children because they are deprived of both a biological mom and dad. I mean seriously that's just a laughable argument if you really think about it. I know tons and tons and tons of single parents - some kids live their entire lives not knowing one of their biological parent or being raised by 1 parent. Some single parents have a different "spouse" every other week. A stable loving family is all that matters. Are kids raised in broken heterosexual homes better off then kids raised in a stable loving same sex home??

Everybody knows Catholics believe homosexuality is a sin and whatnot....but how is allowing same sex couples the right to marriage taking away Christians right to their freedom of religion?

Christians have the right to freedom of religion but they are not the only religion so we cannot and should not make laws based on religious doctrine. But when something is mandated or a law is passed that does not coincide with their religious beliefs they cry "their goes my right to freedom of religion".(less)
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Mike (the Paladin) That's a belief...and not as radical as the belief held in Islam where sharia law calls for the death penalty for homosexuality.

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Jan 01, 2013 Sandy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite, dystopia, library, ya

I loved this book! It reminded me of the dismal life of The Hunger Game and the story telling of The Giver. There is no color in this book, everything is dark and there lies no hope. Or, at least the hope that I know and would want where I live. People have their duties and they abide by them because that is just the way things are done. There once was America but now there lies communities run by Authorities and life continues day in and day out. Do you walk the board, or are you a Gatekeeper,...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Mike (the Paladin) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Here I'll say a few things. First as a novel this book is readable, not badly written (whether ghost written, collaboratively written or whatever). While not great literature it's got no major flaws and won't give you instances of "double takes" trying to figure the meaning. It's interesting in it's plotting and the characters are there if not the most detailed.

So a downer sort of book following in the footsteps of novels like 1984. Not a light read but not a problematic read.

The ideas in the bo...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Rebecca Skane rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopian, science-fiction

Read this book because it was penned by Harriet Parke, not Glenn Beck. Put a piece of black electrical tape over his name. His actions warrant it.

It has Glenn Beck's name on it, but he didn't write it. Harriet Parke is the one who wrote this terrifying dystopia and Beck's team went in and bought the rights. While Ms. Parke wrote a great piece of fiction which was crafted from her nightmares regarding the real Agenda 21 from the UN, Beck stamped his name on it (when he didn't even write one word...more

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Nov 24, 2012 Cheryl rated it 5 of 5 stars

Everyone who loves freedom should read this book.

I finished it in one day. I couldn't put it down. Great storytelling!

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Apr 18, 2013 Amy rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book seemed to read like it was written for the middle school age group. I have read other true Glenn Beck books and have loved them. I strongly believe that Glenn Beck is a part of this book in cover name only (and the information after the novel about Agenda 21). This book would NEVER be on the best seller list if Glenn Beck's name wasn't attached to it. The book was anti-climatic and bordered on just plain ridiculous. The last part of the book which describes Agenda 21 was more interesti...more

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Mar 27, 2013 William Crosby rated it 2 of 5 stars

I read this book at about the same time as I read "Son" by Lois Lowry (see review of my book there) and perhaps my reading of this book was influenced by that one.

First: Interesting that post-apocalyptic US literature has become a major subgenre. (Note that Giver, 1984 and others were written before Hunger Games. Some people have told me that all these post-apoc books are just a response to Hunger.)

Agenda and Son have similarities: extreme regimentation and treating women as vessels for the pro...more

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Mar 24, 2013 Kristine rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopia, political-biz-econ-ish

Glenn Beck, we are NEVER EVER EVER getting back together. I will not read another Glenn Beck book that my mother or father in law pushes on me. This one is worse than the last one.

So I'm a moderate conservative. And one thing I have no patience for is people who think the other side is all evil and your side is all good. Each side is a mixed bag, and I struggle to decide every election and end up voting R because I'm a fiscal conservative and social libertarian.

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Mar 07, 2013 Lori Wilson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Sadly, because of the name of the author of this book, it probably isn't going to be read as much as it should be. This is another dystopian future book somewhat like "Hunger Games ". The government has finally taken over our country and everyone except those in charge, of course, is treated equally. No one has more than anyone else. Everyone lives in the exact same tiny living quarters. Everyone is assigned a job and member of the opposite sex so that you might procreate. All children are immed...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Natalie rated it 3 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the book.
I thought Harriet Parke's Agenda 21 revealed the worst imaginable outcome for the green movement. Did she hear Glenn joking about Soylent Green and write a Hunger Games meets secular Progressives meets Soylent Green? Maybe.

I still enjoyed the book. Her dystopian world was clever and the remnant articles from the past really seemed to hit a nerve and I felt that was the most genuine part of the book where she hid certain things her mother had given her.

There were a few areas w...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

I feel like I need to preface this by saying I don't idolize Glenn Beck. I do like him, I watch his show, listen to the radio show, etc... but I don't have the undying devotion to him that a lot of his followers seem to have.

I read this book at the urging of a friend. I was reluctant to read it because, honestly, I'm reluctant to read any celebrity book. Especially this one, where he outright bought the rights from someone else so he could slap his name on it. It just seems disingenuous to me....more

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Jan 15, 2013 Stanton rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book cover made it sound like this was an action book along the lines of Glenn Beck's previous novel The Overton Window. It was far from that. It was much more a character study. It takes place in a small community where everything is controlled by the government. You are assigned housing and a partner. Your duties are to create energy for the government (by walking on a treadmill), or to work in one of the very few available jobs. In return, you are given a tiny house to live in and a meage...more

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Jan 07, 2013 Terri rated it 5 of 5 stars

Although I am not inclined to be a doomsayer nor a conspiracy theorist, I highly recommend that you read this short novel. There are many dystopian novels on the market (Divergent, The Hunger Games, The Giver, etc), but Agenda 21 is scarier and more prophetic than any I have yet read. The "unintended consequences" of feel-good notions that alike and equal mean the same thing, the worship of the Earth and its varied species of plants and animals (excluding human beings, of course) and redistribut...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Dan rated it 1 of 5 stars

I can't give a lower rating to this book. I spent about an hour reading it at Barnes & Noble because I didn't want to pay for it, and thought "why the heck not?" I'm a huge fan of dystopian fantasy. But wow, this book could not have been worse.

The plot plays out in a "Hunger Games" style future in which the United States has been taken over by a dictatorial regime of eco-fascists. When the main character is forced to mate, and subsequently give up her daughter to the regime, she begins to le...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Kathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

Agenda 21 is a quick read, but it stays with you as your mind ponders the "what if..." scenario. For those not a fan of Glenn Beck, he wrote the book with Harriet Parke and it should not be an obstacle to reading the book. There is no party or political specifics contained in the story. The book reads like a young adult book rather than contemporary fiction. That should not be a detriment either to reading Agenda 21. It reminded me of Hunger Games, also a book that delves into the question, "wha...more Agenda 21 is a quick read, but it stays with you as your mind ponders the "what if..." scenario. For those not a fan of Glenn Beck, he wrote the book with Harriet Parke and it should not be an obstacle to reading the book. There is no party or political specifics contained in the story. The book reads like a young adult book rather than contemporary fiction. That should not be a detriment either to reading Agenda 21. It reminded me of Hunger Games, also a book that delves into the question, "what happens when government gets too big and has too much power". The book takes place in a government compound. Life as we know it, ended a generation ago. "Citizens" are given a place to live, nourishment cubes to eat, responsibilities to create energy and an occupational positions. There is no money, one cannot buy anything. Everything you "need" is handed to you. The compound is gated and there is no escape. The story is centered around one family, with the major protagonist being a young girl named Emmeline. Her life as a child and as she grows what is expected of her from the "authority'. Agenda 21 is the name of the novel, but also a real U.N. initiative. Also called ICLEI (International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives)is a bottom up international initiative. There is an afterward in the book, totally separate from the story that explains what Agenda 21 is. Starting with local governments to restrict land growth and ownership, enforce sustainable development...basically everything you do to the environment must help future generations... If sounds far fetched, try installing a new toilet in the state of New Jersey, only smaller, water conserving toilets are permitted...the list goes on. The use of precautionary approach is the most frightening...guilty til proven innocent...goes against everything we beleive in. If you do not think that governments have the power to control you or that governments only want the best for its citizens, remember it has happened before...in World War II.(less)

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Dec 13, 2012 Leah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure-mystery, non-fiction

What a crazy/intense story!
Agenda 21 was a very interesting book. Once I started reading I wasn't able to put it down.
Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke did a great job of writing it!
It reminded me a little bit of the Hunger Games, but it was better.

The way the people in this book were forced to live is horrible.
Everyone had a food and water ration. One in the morning and one at night.(If they completed all their required work for the day.)
The people lived in compounds, and they had to do everything t...more

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Dec 01, 2012 Jihm added it

Shelves: never-going-to-read

The first chapter and Glenn Beck's afterword are available on Amazon.

The narrative is presented as the inevitable consequences of environmental "over" protectionism. If you like The Handmaid's Tale, Farenheit 451, and 1984, prepare to retch all over the pages of this book.

Glenn Beck should realize that an apocalyptic future where everything is dictated, uniform, and rationed will be much more likely if humanity fails to protect the resources we have now. In the unnamed year when the plot takes p...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Frank rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read this page-turner in one day and finished more than a quarter of the book in one sitting. Upon taking a break from reading I felt overwhelmed with gratitude for having personal freedom, something not available to the book's characters.

The novel describes a post-America in which the authorities and their underlings regulate all aspects of life from birth to the grave: what and how much you may eat and drink, your occupation, your work quota, with whom you may procreate. The leaders arrest a...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Margie rated it 4 of 5 stars

"Agenda 21" reminded me of "1984" and "The Hunger Games" and a couple of other lesser known novels I've read in which a all-too-powerful centralized government controls the healthy people and kills the weak. When will people ever learn that a powerful centralized government spells disaster for individual rights? And although George and Julia of "1984" succumbed to the power of Big Brother, "Agenda 21" is more hopeful because some people, like David and Emmeline in this novel, still have enough m...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Heather rated it 2 of 5 stars

When I read Glenn Beck's "The Overton Window" I was impressed. Ok. Maybe impressed is being a little generous. The point is I enjoyed it, but Beck was at a different place in his career. Less fear mongering I think.

Since publishing "The Overton Window" in 2012 Beck has gone even more extreme in idiocy and that means something coming from me. I used to watch Beck in late 2009 into 2010. Perhaps that's why I enjoyed TOW. Maybe I should reread it. Would my opinion of it change? Probably not.

This b...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Emma rated it 3 of 5 stars

This had me in the first few pages! I absolutely loved the story line. Of course, I'm a huge fan of reading about futuristic dystopian societies. I think Harriet Parke's writing was tasteful, yet powerful - easily creating vivid images. Even though traditional "Glenn Beck" undertones and pulses were felt throughout, I don't believe it took away from the story. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. It is a quick and easy read - I read it in just under 5 hours.

What I didn't like: The ending to m...more This had me in the first few pages! I absolutely loved the story line. Of course, I'm a huge fan of reading about futuristic dystopian societies. I think Harriet Parke's writing was tasteful, yet powerful - easily creating vivid images. Even though traditional "Glenn Beck" undertones and pulses were felt throughout, I don't believe it took away from the story. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. It is a quick and easy read - I read it in just under 5 hours.

What I didn't like: The ending to me felt a little rushed; too abrupt. The ending sets us up for a new beginning for the main characters without glimpsing what that might entail. I felt gypped - unrewarded as a reader; it was almost like saying, "And they lived happily ever after." Then, I saw there was an afterword.

Hope-filled, I read on only to be disappointed that it was an explanation of the book in the form of political rhetoric. I felt duped or tricked as I began to read the afterword because Mr. Beck tells us that he and Harriet Parke knew that "we" (American readers) probably wouldn't pick up a piece of non-fiction or a newspaper article on the same subject, and we'd be more likely to read about Agenda 21 if it were presented to us in the form of a fiction novel. He goes on to write that if we liked the story, we should prompt others to read it, hiding the fact that Agenda 21 is a real proposition, with further instruction not to even mention the afterword. I was offended that Mr. Beck assumes that I am an ignorant person who wouldn't care enough about my society to learn about something like this on my own, and that I have to be tricked into reading about it. Regardless if I agree with you on Agenda 21 or not, Mr. Beck, Give me SOME credit will ya? I only skimmed the rest of the afterword, deciding I could read it on the UN's website whenever I wanted, without all of Beck's political repartee.

Personally, I picked up the book to be entertained, and to feel inspired by the thought-provoking material. To that end, it was a gratifying experience. Now, I want to know what happens next. Ms. Harriet Parke, a sequel please?(less)

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Nov 30, 2012 Glen R. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

Glenn is the prince of conspiracy theory. While many people gasp at the audacity of his theories, they do make for interesting fiction. In this futuristic novel the United Nations’ “Agenda 21” is taken to one possible conclusion. Everyone is equal and the environment comes first in all decisions. In order to prevent rebellion, communication between groups of people is blocked. The story is told in 1st person by a young girl coming of age. She lives in a concrete hunt in a compound that is divide...more

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Nov 20, 2012 Jim Dea added it

Knowing what the future holds is something only God knows but to even fictionalize such a scenario is akin to allowing your car to drive itself into a ditch. Completely missing are the FACTS that there is an evil gang of ruthless money grubbing elite rulers behind the lies of the media that control the world and want to control the population and keep it at a comfy 500,000,000 (meaning 6.5 billion must die!) but the novel takes efforts to lead the reader into a false, fictional reality of carefu...more

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Dec 07, 2012 Chrissy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopia

As far as dystopian stories go, I have read better. That being said, this was a great psychological thriller and a real page-turner. It reminded me a lot of "The Hunger Games," just without the whole kids-fight-to-the-death and rebellion against oppressive authority and juvenile love triangles ("one of these things is not like the other...") Then again, a sequel to "Agenda 21" could certainly go in the direction of throwing off their oppressors - the plot elements are already there. This story i...more

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Nov 24, 2012 Kristine rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: novel, post-apocalyptic-or-dystopian, own-it-and-have-read

The biggest downfall this novel will face is Glenn Beck's name splashed across the top. To those looking for a good, fast-paced read who do take issue with that (despite the fact that it's really Ms. Parke who wrote it), I would advise getting it from your local public library. They probably even have an eBook copy that would allow you to hide from everyone else what you're reading.

Fans of other dystopian novels will be especially remiss to skip over this foray into a world where the government...more The biggest downfall this novel will face is Glenn Beck's name splashed across the top. To those looking for a good, fast-paced read who do take issue with that (despite the fact that it's really Ms. Parke who wrote it), I would advise getting it from your local public library. They probably even have an eBook copy that would allow you to hide from everyone else what you're reading.

Fans of other dystopian novels will be especially remiss to skip over this foray into a world where the government expects everyone to produce energy and babies while consuming as little as possible. Emmeline is a teenager who is one of the last "home-raised" citizens of the Republic. She is one of the last to hear stories of the way things were prior to citizens being relocated into uniform, high-density housing. But she has also been forced into becoming a mother. A mother who has had her baby taken from her because the state believes children are best raised by the government.

Overall, I thought it was a good effort. There are a few rough spots that could have used some more editing, especially toward the end. The ending is typical of the genre, dim but ultimately hopeful. I also had a few issues with the set up of society (namely the fact that there's no way there wouldn't have been audio and video monitoring of people inside their homes). There were a few questions raised that the reader can guess the answer, but because Emmeline never figures it out, there are no definitive answers; however, none of these are major issues.

It is presented as the fiction that it is. It is also presented as a very worst-case extreme of the future. However, it is also grounded in a real UN initiative that is being pushed in various pieces of legislation, from the local to the federal level. I hope readers will take the time to do their own research into the real Agenda 21 to form their own opinions.

Characterization: I felt like I knew Emmeline fairly well, as well as her mother, but it is definitely more plot driven than character driven
Frame: The dystopian world is built with a fair amount of detail given the shorter length of the novel
Pace: Short chapters help keep the pace fast, though there is a lot of description
Point of View: First person, female teenager
Red Flags: Vague sexual references and minimal violence
Tone: Bleak(less)

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Apr 19, 2013 Bob rated it 2 of 5 stars

Agenda 21 is a dystopian novel reminiscent of The Hunger Games. Unlike The Hunger Games, however, it did not have any action, or any main event toward which the tension was building. Instead, we experience everyday life in post-Agenda 21 America through the eyes of Emmeline, an eighteen year-old girl who lives in a small, drab hovel with her widowed mother. America as we know it is gone, replaced by the all-wise, all-powerful "Republic". Everyday life is dominated by the requirement that every c...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Jeff Stockett rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopian

I did enjoy this book. It was a good dystopian novel. It did a good job of showing how terrifying the world becomes under totalitarian government. Without getting too gruesome, it also showed how sickening it becomes when human life is valued less than the Earth or animal life.

It was also primarily a character piece. We got to really understand how Emmeline felt, what she feared, what she loved.

My one complaint was that it seemed a little heavy handed. Some of the dialogue felt a little preachy....more

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Dec 24, 2012 Jayda rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone and everyone who wants to be informed on U.N. Agenda 21

Shelves: 2012, adult-based-novels, horror, my-teenage-years, politics, suspense-and-action, ya-novels, favorites, life-changing

Wow. I don't even really know how to explain this book.

It's completely terrifying, when you read it and then read the afterword and realize that, as extreme as this story is, it's completely possible if Agenda 21 were to be passed.

Anyway, I've read most of Glenn's other books, but I had either forgotten or didn't realize his talent when it comes to writing fiction. This story was positively addicting, and easy to read, as well as informative. His description flowed with the dialogue (which is sa...more

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Dec 07, 2012 Emily MacPherson rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a great book and an awesome read. This book is about extreme views regarding human life, equality, and saving Mother Earth. The author was able to make a great political statement about what can happen if we let these views take over our policies and culture. By trying to make everyone and everything equal we actually make the rich poorer and the poor poorer. We then limit liberty and freedom, instead of letting it flourish. It also demonstrates how some devalue human life by raising th...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Elle Lenore rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopian

The was a gift given to me by someone who did not know who Glenn Beck is, but knew I liked dystopian fiction. Since it was written by Harriet Parke not Beck, and I never pass up a book anyway, I read it.

It's not a bad novel, and Parke is not a bad writer. She is, however, a bad novelist. She gets too involved in her word-building, and when she finally does manage to bring forth suspense and build up a plot, she fails in giving a satisfying ending. "Agenda 21" is shades of The Giver, although whe...more

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Agenda 21

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