Final Blog Truancy by Isamu Fukui

                                During the school year, I read a decent amount of books. If I had to pick one that every teacher should have available for students to read, I would have to chose Truancy by Isamu Fukui. The story's setting and lesson makes Truancy a great book that is worth reading.
                               The setting of Truancy is crucial to the story. This story takes place in a totalitarian society. I can assume it also takes place in an Asian country because of some of the names Fukui uses. In this society, the Educators, a board of strict teachers, and the Enforcers, a group of police officers and soldiers, completely control every aspect of everyday life. These groups only answer to the Mayor. The Mayor is the man in charge of everything that goes on in his society. He has the biggest influence on everyone's lives. He enforces strict rules and can sometimes make life unbearable, especially for children. Children in this society are treated the worst. The teachers expect that no child behaves poorly. In order to prevent this, the Educators made a rule that prohibited talking in school. Any student that was caught talking was sent to the principle's office and most likely suspended. These strict rules sparked the creation of the Truancy. The Truancy is a group of children who go on special ops missions in order to loosen the Mayor's grip on the society. Their main goal is to disrupt the Mayor's plans so that children and others can live freely in the society. They do this by destroying as many of the Mayor's bases and headquarters as possible; however, the Mayor is not a person who excepts defeat easily. Both sides are determined to fight each other until one side gives in.
                                 While reading this book, I found that the Fukui tried to teach his readers a lesson. The lesson in this story is that people must stand up for justice and freedom when these things are being taken away from them. All teachers should support "liberty and justice for all." The Truancy stood up against the Mayor in order to help the children and people living in the society. This lesson also applies to real life events. The Patriots revolted against Great Britain because they were being treated unfairly. Because of their efforts, all American citizens have freedoms and can live in a just society. Without their hard work and determination, the United States would not exist today.
                                I really enjoyed reading this book. The book's totalitarian setting and lesson made it a very interesting book to read. I would consider it a science-fiction book and a moderate book to read. I actually did a decent job pacing myself while reading this book and I was able to finish it within a month. Fukui's writing style in this book consists of him changing points of view form the Truancy's point of view to the Mayor's point of view. He does this constantly. I like this style of writing because I felt that it gave me a better understanding of each event that occurred. Overall, I would give this book four out of five stars.