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As an educator I have reviewed many texts simply for the purpose to leadi young adults int literature they can connect to personally. This exceprt is directly lifted from What the Birds See by Sonya Hartnett. I do not make an assumption that it is a good read, however the refernce to 1977 captured my attention. And so it goes....
and I quote..
" In 1977, a Year of the Snake, the purged Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was returned to power. The audacious angles of Concorde took the air, linking Paris to New York. Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Silver Jubilee, Time magazine named Anwar Sadat its Man of the Year. Disco ruled the dance floor, jivng to Saturday Night Fever. The space shuttle Enterprise successfully completed its first manned flight, and Star Wars was seen by millions. A fishing boat dredged from the Pacific's depths a carcass initially touted as being that of a dinosaur. The United Nations banned the sale of arms in South Africa, U.S. President Carter officially pardoned those who'd draft-dodged the Vietnam War. The Altair 8800, the first true personal computer, was released for sale in kit form. Soccerstar Pele retired from the game; comedian Groucho Marx took his final curtain call. The credits rolled over actors Joan Crawford and Charlie Chaplin. Elvis left the building, beached ignominiously on his bathroom floor. In the Canary Island, two 747s collided on a runway: more than 570 people were killed, making this a greastest aircraft disaster in history."