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 `` In the Pines ''

 Song

 Published

 1917

 Songwriter ( s )

 Traditional

 `` In the Pines '' , also known as `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night ? '' and `` Black Girl '' , is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs , `` In the Pines '' and `` The Longest Train '' , both of which whose authorship is unknown and date back to at least the 1870s . ( Some contend an older , Irish history ) The songs originated in the Southern Appalachian area of the United States in the contiguous areas of Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky , Western North Carolina and Northern Georgia .

 Versions of the song have been recorded by many artists in numerous genres , but it is most often associated with American blues musician Lead Belly and American bluegrass musician Bill Monroe , both of whom recorded very different versions of the song in the 1940s and 1950s .

 A version of the song performed by The Four Pennies reached the UK top - twenty in 1964 . A live performance by the American grunge band Nirvana reinterpreted Lead Belly 's version and was recorded during their MTV Unplugged performance in 1993 .

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 1 Early history

 2 Influential versions

 2.1 Bill Monroe

 2.2 Lead Belly

 2.3 Cajun versions

 2.4 The Four Pennies

 2.5 Mark Lanegan / Nirvana

 2.6 Other versions

 3 In popular culture

 3.1 In film

 3.2 In literature

 3.3 In television

 3.4 In video games

 4 See also

 5 References

 6 External links

 Early history ( edit )

 Like numerous other folk songs , `` In the Pines '' was passed on from one generation and locale to the next by word of mouth . The first printed version of the song , compiled by Cecil Sharp , appeared in 1917 , and comprised just four lines and a melody . The lines are :

 Black girl , black girl , do n't lie to me Where did you stay last night ? I stayed in the pines where the sun never shines And shivered when the cold wind blows

 In 1925 , a version of the song was recorded onto phonograph cylinder by a folk collector . This was the first documentation of `` The Longest Train '' variant of the song , which includes a verse about `` The longest train I ever saw '' . This verse probably began as a separate song that later merged into `` In the Pines '' . Lyrics in some versions about `` Joe Brown 's coal mine '' and `` the Georgia line '' may refer to Joseph E. Brown , a former Governor of Georgia , who famously leased convicts to operate coal mines in the 1870s . While early renditions which mention the head in the `` driver 's wheel '' make clear that the decapitation was caused by the train , some later versions would omit the reference to the train and reattribute the cause . As music historian Norm Cohen pointed out in his 1981 book , Long Steel Rail : The Railroad in American Folksong , the song came to consist of three frequent elements : a chorus about `` in the pines '' , a verse about `` the longest train '' and a verse about a decapitation , but not all elements are present in all versions .

 Starting in 1926 , commercial recordings of the song were made by various folk and bluegrass bands . In her 1970 Ph. D. dissertation , Judith McCulloh ( 1935 - 2014 ) found 160 permutations of the song . As well as rearrangement of the three frequent elements , the person who goes into the pines , or who is decapitated , is described as a man , woman , adolescent , husband , wife , or parent , while the pines can be seen as representing sexuality , death , or loneliness . The train is described as killing a loved one , as taking one 's beloved away , or as leaving an itinerant worker far from home .

 In variants in which the song describes a confrontation , the person being challenged is always a woman . The folk version by the Kossoy Sisters asks , `` Little girl , little girl , where 'd you stay last night ? Not even your mother knows . '' The reply to the question , `` Where did you get that dress / And those shoes that are so fine ? '' from one version is , `` From a man in the mines / Who sleeps in the pines . '' The theme of a woman being caught doing something she should not is thus also common to many variants . One variant , performed in the early twentieth century by the Ellison clan ( Ora Ellison , deceased ) in Lookout Mountain , Georgia , tells of a young Georgia girl who flees to the pines after being raped . Her rapist , a male soldier , is later beheaded by the train .

 Some versions of the song also reference the Great Depression , with the `` black girl '' being a hobo on the move from the police , who witnesses the murder of her father while train - jumping . She hides from this by sleeping in the pines , in the cold .

 Influential versions ( edit )

 Bill Monroe ( edit )

 Bill Monroe 's 1941 and 1952 recordings , both under the title `` In the Pines '' , were highly influential on later bluegrass and country versions . Recorded with his Bluegrass Boys and featuring fiddles and yodelling , they represent the `` longest train '' variant of the song , and omit any reference to a decapitation . However , as Eric Weisbard writes in a 1994 article in The New York Times , `` ... the enigmatic train is almost as frightening , suggesting an eternal passage : ' I asked my captain for the time of day / He said he throwed his watch away . ' ''

 Lead Belly ( edit )

 Huddie Ledbetter , a.k.a. Lead Belly , recorded over half - a-dozen versions between 1944 and 1948 , most often under the title , `` Black Girl '' or `` Black Gal '' . His first rendition , for Musicraft Records in New York City in February 1944 , is arguably his most familiar . Listed as `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night '' , this version appears on a number of Lead Belly `` best - of '' compilations , such as Absolutely the Best ( 2000 ) .

 Another familiar version was recorded for Moses Asch , founder of Folkways Records , in New York City . Listed as `` Black Girl '' or `` In the Pines '' , this version appears on compilations such as Where Did You Sleep Last Night -- Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1 ( 1996 ) , and The Definitive Lead Belly ( 2008 ) .

 Lead Belly is often said to be the author of the song , e.g. by Nirvana on their MTV Unplugged album in 1994 . However , Lead Belly did n't write the song , but reinterpreted it , as did other musicians before and after him . According to the American folklorist Alan Lomax , Lead Belly learned the song from someone 's interpretation of the 1917 version compiled by Cecil Sharp , and by the 1925 phonograph recording .

 Cajun versions ( edit )

 `` In the Pines '' , converted into the Cajun French language and sung under the titles `` Pine Grove Blues '' or `` Ma Negresse '' , became one of the landmark songs of Cajun music . The song is most associated with Nathan Abshire , the Louisiana Cajun accordion player , for whom `` Pine Grove Blues '' was his biggest hit . His melody is a hard - driving blues , but the lyrics , when translated to English , are the familiar `` Hey , my girl , where did you sleep last night ? '' The Cajun French word `` negresse '' and the masculine counterpart `` negre '' are terms of endearment without regard to race . He recorded it at least three times , from the 1940s onward . Since then , Abshire 's version has been covered by a wide variety of Cajun and zydeco musicians , including the Pine Leaf Boys , the Lost Bayou Ramblers , Beau Jocque , and Cedric Watson .

 The Four Pennies ( edit )

 The Four Pennies recorded and released the song as `` Black Girl '' in October 1964 . Their version reached No. 20 in the UK , but was not released by their label in the US .

 Mark Lanegan / Nirvana ( edit )

 `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night ''

 Song by Nirvana

 from the album MTV Unplugged in New York

 Released

 1 November 1994

 Recorded

 November 18 , 1993 at Sony Music Studios in New York City

 Length

 5.08

 Label

 DGC Records

 Songwriter ( s )

 Lead Belly

 Producer ( s )

 Alex Coletti , Scott Litt , Nirvana

 MTV Unplugged in New York track listing

 13 tracks ( show )

 `` About a Girl ''

 `` Come as You Are ''

 `` Jesus Does n't Want Me for a Sunbeam ''

 `` The Man Who Sold the World ''

 `` Pennyroyal Tea ''

 `` Dumb ''

 `` Polly ''

 `` On a Plain ''

 `` Something in the Way ''

 `` Plateau ''

 `` Oh , Me ''

 `` Lake of Fire ''

 `` All Apologies ''

 `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night ''

 Nirvana occasionally performed the song during the early 1990s . Singer / guitarist Kurt Cobain was introduced to the song by fellow Seattle musician Mark Lanegan , and played guitar on a version on Lanegan 's 1990 album , The Winding Sheet . Like Lanegan , Cobain usually screamed its final verse .

 It is likely that Cobain referenced Lead Belly 's 1944 Musicraft version for his interpretation of the song ; Lanegan owned an original 78 rpm record of this version , and it is the one that Cobain 's version most closely resembles in terms of lyrics , form and title . In a 2009 MTV article , Kurt Loder remembers discussing the song 's title with Cobain , with Cobain insisting , `` But the Leadbelly version is called ' Where Did You Sleep Last Night , ' '' and Loder preferring the `` In the Pines '' title used by Bill Monroe ( as well as Lead Belly ) .

 Cobain earned critical acclaim for his acoustic performance of the song during Nirvana 's MTV Unplugged appearance in 1993 . Canadian musician Neil Young described Cobain 's vocals during the final screamed verse as `` Unearthly , like a werewolf , unbelievable . '' This version was originally sanctioned to be released as a b - side to the band 's `` Pennyroyal Tea '' single in 1994 , but the single was cancelled following Cobain 's death in April 1994 . It was posthumously released on the band 's MTV Unplugged in New York album in November 1994 , and as a promotional single from the album . In 2002 the song featured as a bonus track on Nirvana 's `` best of '' compilation album Nirvana . A solo Cobain home demo , recorded in 1990 , appears on the band 's 2004 rarities box set , With the Lights Out .

 Nirvana 's chart positions

 Chart ( 1995 )

 Position

 French Airplay Chart

 62

 Other versions ( edit )

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 Dock Walsh recorded the first known commercial version April 17 , 1926 ( Columbia mastered W142031 - 1 ; released on 15094 - D , September 20 , 1926 ) .

 Darby and Tarlton recorded the song in 1927 as Lonesome In The Pines , and reworked it as Lonesome Railroad in 1928 .

 Roscoe Holcomb recorded a version , available on The High Lonesome Sound .

 The Louvin Brothers ' version appears on the 1956 album , Tragic Songs of Life .

 Dave Van Ronk 's version appears on The Folkway Years 1959 -- 1961 .

 The New Christy Minstrels recorded a version for their 1961 Columbia Records debut album .

 Joan Baez 's version appears on Very Early Joan , which includes performances from 1961 and 1963 .

 Fred Gerlach 's version , titled `` Little Girl '' , appears on his album Twelve - String Guitar , released on Folkways Records in 1962 .

 Doc Watson often performed the song , and a live recording exists , dating from the 1960s .

 Marianne Faithfull recorded a version of the song for her 1965 album Come My Way .

 Jackson C. Frank recorded `` In The Pines '' , which was released on the unreleased tracks and demos compilation Fixin ' to Die .

 Tiny Tim 's version is the B - side of his single `` April Showers '' , in 1966 .

 Grateful Dead recorded the song on July 17 , 1966 . It appears on their 2001 box set , The Golden Road .

 Jerry Reed recorded a version on Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country , released in 1969 .

 Long John Baldry 's `` Black Girl '' , a duet with Maggie Bell , appears on his 1971 album It Ai n't Easy . A rendition also appears on Long John Baldry Trio - Live ( 1999 ) .

 Link Wray recorded two versions titled `` Georgia Pines '' and `` In the Pines '' on his 1973 folk rock release Beans and Fatback .

 Gene Clark recorded the song for his 1977 album Two Sides to Every Story .

 Charlie Feathers recorded a version in the 1980s in Memphis .

 The Oak Ridge Boys recorded `` In the Pines '' on their 1983 album , Deliver .

 Dolly Parton 's version appears on her 1994 album Heartsongs : Live from Home .

 Odetta recorded the song for her 2001 Lead Belly tribute album , Looking for a Home -- Thanks to Leadbelly .

 Pete Seeger 's version of `` Black Girl '' appears on the 2002 Smithsonian Folkways re-release of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s entitled American Favorite Ballads , Vol. 1 .

 Josh White 's version of `` Black Girl '' appears on his 1955 album , 25th Anniversary : The Story of John Henry , A Musical Narrative . Another version appears on New York to London ( 2002 ) .

 R. Crumb performed the song in Hamburg , Germany in 2003 . The only known release is on R. Crumb 's Music Sampler , included with the R. Crumb Handbook .

 ( Smog ) 's version appears on his 2005 album A River Ai n't Too Much to Love .

 Ralph Stanley and Jimmy Martin 's version appears on their album First Time Together , released in 2005 .

 Jack Rose 's version appears on his 2010 EP Ragged and Right .

 Laura Gibson 's version appears as a b - side on her single La Grande

 Kid Cudi and Dot da Genius , known collectively as WZRD , recorded a rendition on their eponymous 2012 album .

 My Own Private Alaska on the album `` Amen '' ( 2010 ) .

 Joe Banfi `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night ? '' on the EP `` Iron '' in 2012

 Brad Paisley contributed a version of the song to the Orthophonic Joy collection released in 2015 .

 Loretta Lynn recorded a cover for her 2016 album Full Circle .

 The Journeymen recorded a cover of this song , titled `` Black Girl '' , for their eponymous album in 1961 .

 The Finnish rock group Lasten Hautausmaa recorded a cover of the song in Finnish with the name `` Tyttöni '' ( `` My Girl '' ) to close their 2015 eponymous debut LP. ( 1 ) ( 2 )

 In popular culture ( edit )

 In film ( edit )

 A version of the song is sung during Elia Kazan 's 1960 film , Wild River .

 A few lines of the song are sung by Sissy Spacek in the Loretta Lynn biopic , Coal Miner 's Daughter .

 In literature ( edit )

 Danzy Senna titled her memoir `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night ? A Personal History '' after this song in memory of her paternal grandmother .

 In 2007 , Czech - American writer - singer Natálie Kocábová used a strophe of `` Where Did You Sleep Last Night '' for the opening of her novella Růže : Cesta za světlem ... ( `` Rose : A Way to the Light '' ) .

 In television ( edit )

 A version of the song is used in the trailer for American Gods , and appears in the first episode of the series .

 The song becomes an important plot point in the fourth series of Ripper Street .

 A version of it appears in the opening scene of the Marvel 's The Defenders seventh episode `` Fish in the Jailhouse ''

 In video Games ( edit )

 A rendition by Jared Emerson - Johnson and Janel Drewis is played during the closing credits of The Walking Dead : Season Two - Episode 2 : A House Divided released in 2014 .

 See also ( edit )

 List of train songs

 References ( edit )

 Jump up ^ Cohen , Norm ( 2000 ) , Long Steel Rail : The Railroad in American Folk Song . Chicago , University of Illinois Press , pp. 491 - 496 . ISBN 0252068815 . Accessed 2017 - 09 - 30 .

 Jump up ^ `` In the Pines '' , Second Hand Songs . Accessed 2017 - 19 - 30 .

 Jump up ^ `` Five Good Covers : In The Pines ( Where Did You Sleep Last Night ) '' , ( www.covermesongs.com Cover Me ) . Accessed 2017 - 09 - 30 .

 ^ Jump up to : Seida , Linda . `` The Four Pennies -- Music Biography , Credits and Discography '' . AllMusic . Retrieved June 16 , 2012 .

 Jump up ^ MTV Unplugged in New York ( 1993 ) , DGC Records .

 ^ Jump up to : Weisbard , Eric ( November 13 , 1994 ) . `` A Simple Song That Lives Beyond Time '' . The New York Times .

 Jump up ^ Cohen , Norm ( 2000 ) . Long Steel Rail : The Railroad in American Folksong ( 2 ed . ) . p. 459 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 252 - 06881 - 2 .

 Jump up ^ McCulloh , Judith Marie ( 1970 ) , In the Pines : The Melodic - Textual Identity of an American Lyric Folksong Cluster ( Ph. D. dissertation , Folklore ) format = requires url = ( help ) , Indiana University

 Jump up ^ `` The Four Pennies -- Discover music , videos , concerts , stats , & pictures at '' . Last.fm . March 22 , 2012 . Retrieved June 16 , 2012 .

 Jump up ^ Kurt Loder ( April 8 , 2009 ) . `` Nirvana 's Kurt Cobain : Still Missed '' . MTV.com . Retrieved June 16 , 2012 .

 Jump up ^ `` Nirvana 's Tense , Brilliant Unplugged in New York , 20 Years Later '' . The Atlantic . December 12 , 2013 . Retrieved October 27 , 2015 .

 Jump up ^ Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night Discogs.com . Retrieved March 1 , 2014 .

 Jump up ^ `` InfoDisc : Accès direct à ces Artistes ( The user must select `` Nirvana '' from the dropdown list ) `` . Infodisc.fr . Retrieved October 14 , 2012 .

 Jump up ^ `` Laura Gibson - La Grande b / w In the Pines '' . Discogs .

 Jump up ^ Horáková , Hana ( August 15 , 2010 ) . `` Cesta Natálie Kocáb '' . VašeLiteratura ( in Czech ) . VašeLiteratura . Retrieved February 9 , 2012 .

 Jump up ^ / . `` Telltale Games '' . Telltalegames.bandcamp.com . Retrieved October 27 , 2015 .

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 The cost of raising a child varies from country to country .

 The cost of raising a child is usually determined according to a formula that accounts for major areas of expenditure , such as food , housing , and clothing . However , any given family 's actual expenses may differ from the estimates . For example , the rent on a home does not usually change when the tenants have another child , so the family 's housing costs may remain the same . In other cases , the home may be too small , in which case the family might move to a larger home at a higher cost .

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 1 Developing countries

 2 United Kingdom

 3 United States

 3.1 Dual - Parent Family - USDA Average Spending per Child ( not the basic cost of raising )

 3.2 Single - Parent Family - USDA Average Spending per Child ( not the basic cost of raising )

 4 India

 5 See also

 6 References

 7 External links

 Developing countries ( edit )

 According to Globalissues.org , `` Almost half the world -- over three billion people -- live on less than $2.50 a day . '' This statistic includes children . Based on UNICEF statistics , in developing countries the cost is roughly US $ 900 for raising a child for a year , and US $16,200 for raising a child from birth to age 17 . ( This calculation is difficult , since families in developing countries often do not operate with currency , but barter or trade to provide for their children . ) Half of all children in the world live in poverty .

 United Kingdom ( edit )

 The annual LV = ( Liverpool Victoria ) Cost of a Child report calculates the cost of raising a child from birth to 21 years old . The latest report puts the cost as £ 231,843 . The Cost of a child calculations , from birth to 21 years , were compiled by the Centre of Economic and Business Research ( CEBR ) for LV = in December 2015 and are based on the cost for the 21 - year period to December 2015 . Additional research was conducted by Opinium Research LLP from 22 to 27 January 2016 . The total sample size was 1,000 UK adults with children under the age of 18 and was conducted online . Results have been weighted to nationally representative criteria

 United States ( edit )

 The tax exemption per child is $3,900 in 2013 which is based on the basic cost of raising a child . Plus there is a tax credit up to $1000 for each child. citation needed

 Based on a survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture , the table below shows the estimated Average Spending on Children by Families . The data comes from the Consumer Expenditure Survey by the U.S. Department of Labor , conducted from 2005 - 06 . The figures have been updated to 2011 dollars using the Consumer Price Index . However , some dispute the numbers as being biased high for political reasons ( e.g. , Texas A&M University Finance Professor H. Swint Friday : `` The numbers , reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture , are outrageously misleading . Often government statistics are produced for political objectives that cause the research methodology to be biased toward finding the highest dollar amount to support the objective . '' ) .

 These figures from the USDA go up to age 18 , and do not include any college or university education . Nor does it offer any spending estimates if the child remains in the home as a dependent after the age of 18 .

 Both tables are for the United States overall , not based on any specific region in the country .

 Dual - parent family - USDA Average spending per child ( not the basic cost of raising ) ( edit )

 Dual - Parent Family - USDA Average Spending per Child ( not the basic cost of raising )

 Age of Child

 Housing

 Food

 Transport .

 Clothing

 Health

 Child Care / Education

 Misc .

 Total

 Before - tax income : Less than $59,410 ( Average = $38,000 )

 0 to 2

 2,990

 1,160

 1,170

 640

 630

 2,040

 420

 9,050

 3 to 5

 2,990

 1,260

 1,230

 500

 590

 1,910

 620

 9,100

 6 to 8

 2,990

 1,710

 1,350

 570

 660

 1,290

 630

 8,760

 9 to 11

 2,990

 1,970

 1,350

 580

 710

 1,910

 630

 9,520

 12 to 14

 2,990

 2,130

 1,480

 690

 1,090

 1,110

 700

 9,960

 15 to 17

 2,990

 2,120

 1,630

 730

 1,010

 1,290

 580

 9,970

 Total

 53,820

 31,050

 24,630

 11,130

 14,070

 23,640

 10,740

 169,080

 Before - tax income : $59,410 to $102,870 ( Average = $79,940 )

 0 to 2

 3,920

 1,405

 1,690

 760

 850

 2,860

 890

 12,370

 3 to 5

 3,920

 1,490

 1,740

 610

 800

 2,740

 1,090

 12,390

 6 to 8

 3,920

 2,100

 1,860

 680

 940

 1,680

 1,110

 12,290

 9 to 11

 3,920

 2,400

 1,870

 710

 1,000

 2,110

 1,100

 13,110

 12 to 14

 3,920

 2,580

 1,990

 840

 1,410

 1,910

 1,170

 13,820

 15 to 17

 3,920

 2,570

 2,150

 900

 1,330

 2,400

 1,050

 14,320

 Total

 70,560

 37,620

 33,900

 13,500

 18,990

 41,100

 19,230

 234,900

 Before - tax income : More than $102,870 ( Average = $180,040 )

 0 to 2

 7,100

 1,900

 2,550

 1,050

 980

 5,090

 1,790

 20,460

 3 to 5

 7,100

 2,000

 2,610

 880

 930

 4,970

 1,990

 20,480

 6 to 8

 7,100

 2,630

 2,730

 970

 1,080

 3,910

 2,000

 20,420

 9 to 11

 7,100

 2,980

 2,730

 1,010

 1,150

 4,350

 2,000

 21,320

 12 to 14

 7,100

 3,190

 2,860

 1,170

 1,610

 4,700

 2,070

 22,700

 15 to 17

 7,100

 3,180

 3,020

 1,280

 1,520

 6,460

 1,950

 24,510

 Total

 127,800

 47,640

 49,500

 19,080

 21,810

 88,440

 35,400

 389,670

 All numbers are in US dollars .

 Also notice that the dual parent and solo parent charts use different income ranges so that direct comparison between the two should be undertaken with care .

 Single - Parent Family - USDA Average Spending per Child ( not the basic cost of raising ) ( edit )

 Single - Parent Family - USDA Average Spending per Child ( not the basic cost of raising )

 Age of Child

 Housing

 Food

 Transport .

 Clothing

 Health

 Child care / Education

 Misc .

 Total

 Before - tax income : Less than $40,410 ( Average = $18,350 )

 0 to 2

 2,840

 1,400

 680

 410

 520

 1,400

 510

 7,760

 3 to 5

 2,840

 1,370

 920

 330

 600

 1,940

 610

 8,610

 6 to 8

 2,840

 1,830

 1,030

 340

 670

 1,940

 780

 8,450

 9 to 11

 2,840

 2,010

 1,060

 400

 620

 1,360

 740

 9,030

 12 to 14

 2,840

 2,150

 1,130

 420

 940

 1,120

 840

 9,440

 15 to 17

 2,840

 2,270

 1,130

 460

 930

 880

 670

 9,180

 Total

 51,120

 33,090

 17,850

 7,080

 12,840

 22,980

 12,450

 157,410

 Before - tax income : $59,410 or more ( Average = $107,820 )

 0 to 2

 5,880

 2,080

 1,920

 590

 980

 3,670

 1,650

 16,770

 3 to 5

 5,880

 2,070

 2,160

 500

 1,090

 4,210

 1,750

 17,660

 6 to 8

 5,880

 2,680

 2,260

 530

 1,180

 3,350

 1,930

 17,810

 9 to 11

 5,880

 3,000

 2,300

 610

 1,110

 3,880

 1,880

 18,660

 12 to 14

 5,880

 3,080

 2,370

 650

 1,560

 4,150

 1,980

 19,670

 15 to 17

 5,880

 3,220

 2,370

 730

 1,550

 5,010

 1,810

 20,570

 Total

 105,840

 48,390

 40,140

 10,830

 22,410

 72,810

 33,000

 333,420

 All numbers are in US dollars .

 India ( edit )

 Based on an estimate by Economic Times in April 2011 , the cost of raising a child from birth to age of majority ( 21 Years ) for a middle to upper - middle income family comes to about ₹ 55 lakh ( US $87,000 ) in total .

 Cost break up is as follows :

 Cost of raising a child in India ( as of April , 2011 )

 Expenditure Class

 Estimated Cost ( Rs . Lakh )

 % of Cost

 Education

 25.19

 46 %

 Housing

 10.40

 19 %

 Entertainment

 6.57

 12 %

 Clothing

 3.29

 6 %

 Food

 2.74

 5 %

 Transportation

 2.74

 5 %

 Healthcare

 2.19

 4 %

 Others

 1.64

 3 %

 Total

 54.75

 100 %

 Note : Estimate assumes cost of birth , but does n't consider any major illness in child .

 See also ( edit )

 Only child

 Child care

 Child support

 Childfree

 Cost of living

 Demographic economics

 Family economics

 Family planning

 Family values

 Single parent

 Middle class squeeze

 References ( edit )

 Jump up ^ Shah , Anup ( September 20 , 2010 ) . `` Poverty Facts and Stats '' . Global Issues . Retrieved August 5 , 2012 .

 ^ Jump up to : State of the World 's Children , 2005 , UNICEF

 Jump up ^ Martin Ravallion , Shaohua Chen and Prem Sangraula , Dollar a day revisited , World Bank , May 2008

 Jump up ^ `` Cost of a child LV = '' . www.lv.com . Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 27 .

 Jump up ^ Friday , H. Swint ( July 20 , 2007 ) . `` Cost of raising children not as high as government would have you believe '' . caller.com . Retrieved March 31 , 2013 .

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 Directed by

 Garth Jennings

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 Chris Meledandri

 Janet Healy

 Written by

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 Starring

 Matthew McConaughey

 Reese Witherspoon

 Seth MacFarlane

 Scarlett Johansson

 John C. Reilly

 Taron Egerton

 Tori Kelly

 Music by

 Joby Talbot

 Edited by

 Gregory Perler

 Production company

 Illumination Entertainment

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 Universal Pictures

 Release date

 September 11 , 2016 ( 2016 - 09 - 11 ) ( TIFF )

 December 21 , 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 21 ) ( United States )

 Running time

 108 minutes

 Country

 United States

 Language

 English

 Budget

 $75 million

 Box office

 $634.1 million

 Sing is a 2016 American computer - animated musical comedy - drama film produced by Illumination Entertainment . It was directed and written by Garth Jennings , co-directed by Christophe Lourdelet and starring the voices of Matthew McConaughey , Reese Witherspoon , Seth MacFarlane , Scarlett Johansson , John C. Reilly , Taron Egerton , and Tori Kelly . The film is about a group of anthropomorphic animals that enter a singing competition , hosted by a koala hoping to save his theater .

 The film includes more than 60 songs from famous artists and also has an original song by Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande called `` Faith , '' which was nominated for a Golden Globe . It screened on the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11 , 2016 , premiered at Microsoft Theater on December 3 , 2016 and was released in the United States on December 21 , 2016 , by Universal Pictures . The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $634 million worldwide . Along with The Secret Life of Pets , it marked the first time that Illumination Entertainment released two feature films in the same year .

 A sequel , entitled Sing 2 , has been announced for a release on December 25 , 2020 .

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 3 Production

 4 Soundtrack

 5 Release

 5.1 Home media

 6 Reception

 6.1 Box office

 6.2 Critical response

 6.3 Accolades

 7 Sequel

 8 References

 9 External links

 Plot ( edit )

 In a world of anthropomorphic animals , koala Buster Moon owns a theater , having been interested in show business since his father took him to his first music show as a child . Following financial problems brought up by the bank representative Judith , he tells his wealthy friend Eddie that he will host a singing competition with a prize of $1,000 . But Buster 's assistant , Miss Crawly , accidentally appends two extra zeroes , and the promotional fliers showing $100,000 are blown out of Buster 's office into the city streets .

 Animals from all around the city gather for auditions . Those selected include housewife and mother of 25 piglets Rosita ; street musician mouse Mike ; mobster 's son gorilla Johnny ; and punk - rock porcupine Ash . Shy teenage elephant Meena fails her audition out of stage fright , while Ash 's boyfriend Lance is dismissed from the contest . Rosita is paired with another contestant , an exuberant pig named Gunter , for a dance routine . Although Buster discovers the flyers show a prize of $100,000 ( money he does not have ) , he remains optimistic . Buster convinces Eddie to arrange a visit with Eddie 's grandmother , former opera singer and theater actress Nana Noodleman , to persuade her to sponsor the prize money . She is hesitant to contribute but agrees to see a private screening of the show .

 Encouraged by her grandfather , Meena tries to ask Buster for another chance , but becomes his stage hand instead . When one of the acts quits , and another is injured , Meena is added as an act . The performers ' individual problems begin to hinder rehearsals : Rosita flounders in her dance routine with Gunter , after having been distracted by her parenting duties that have fallen into disarray . After discovering Lance with a new girlfriend and evicting them from her apartment , Ash is devastated and can no longer sing her assigned song , Carly Rae Jepsen 's `` Call Me Maybe . '' Johnny is torn between having to help his father as the driver of a getaway car in a heist and making the practices . When he tries to do both , he does not show up for the planned pickup in time , and his father and his gang are arrested . Meena does not get any help in overcoming her stage fright , and Mike , certain that the prize money is as good as his , buys a fancy car to impress a female mouse , and then swindles a group of bears in a card game at a nightclub .

 The day of the screening , the bears interrupt the show , demanding the money from Mike , who in turn , points to Buster . The bears open the chest containing the prize money , but it is nowhere near $100,000 . The glass tank full of luminescent squids that Buster got to light up the theater breaks under all their weight , flooding the theater , which then comes crashing down . With the lot repossessed by Judith , Buster , who had been living in his theater 's office desk , takes up residence at Eddie 's place ( his parents ' pool house ) . Although the contestants ( besides Mike , who saw Buster as a fraud ) visit him and try to cheer him up , Buster is too despondent to listen to them . He tries to start over by opening a car wash , using the same bucket that his father had used to earn money for Buster 's theater .

 When Meena goes to the theater 's rubble lot and sings Leonard Cohen 's `` Hallelujah , '' Buster hears her and is inspired to reinstate the show without the prize money . They perform on a makeshift stage on the lot in front of Rosita and Meena 's family members . As Rosita and Gunter perform Taylor Swift 's `` Shake It Off , '' more animals are attracted to the scene as the show is broadcast on the news . Johnny 's rendition of Elton John 's `` I 'm Still Standing '' impresses his father , who then escapes from prison to reconcile with him . Despite an interruption by Judith , Ash sings her original rock song `` Set It All Free . '' Mike returns to the show and sings Frank Sinatra 's `` My Way . '' Meena finally overcomes her fears and sings Stevie Wonder 's `` Do n't You Worry ' bout a Thing , '' which literally brings down the house . The show becomes a success and impresses Nana , who was in the audience . Nana buys the lot and the theater is rebuilt and reopened .

 Voice cast ( edit )

 Matthew McConaughey , Reese Witherspoon , Scarlett Johansson , Tori Kelly , Taron Egerton , and Nick Kroll at the film 's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival .

 Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon , an optimistic koala who plans to save his theater from closure by holding a singing competition .

 Reese Witherspoon as Rosita , a pig who gave up her teenage music dreams to become a devoted wife to Norman , and mother to their 25 piglets .

 Seth MacFarlane as Mike , an arrogant street musician mouse with a big Frank Sinatra-esque voice .

 Scarlett Johansson as Ash , a teenage porcupine punk rocker who takes part in an alternative - rock music duo with her boyfriend Lance .

 John C. Reilly as Eddie Noodleman , a sheep and Buster 's friend who doubts the future of the theater .

 Tori Kelly as Meena , a teenage elephant with an exquisite singing voice and severe stage fright .

 Taron Egerton as Johnny , a teenage gorilla who wants to sing , though his father would rather have him follow his criminal footsteps .

 Jennifer Saunders as Nana Noodleman , a sheep and Eddie 's grandmother who was a singer in her glory days .

 Jennifer Hudson as Young Nana

 Garth Jennings as Miss Crawly , an elderly iguana with a glass eye who is Buster 's administrative assistant .

 Peter Serafinowicz as Big Daddy , a gorilla gang leader who wants his son Johnny to follow in his crime business .

 Nick Kroll as Gunter , a passionate dancing pig who is partnered with Rosita for the show .

 Beck Bennett as Lance , a porcupine and Ash 's boyfriend .

 Jay Pharoah as Meena 's grandfather who pressures her to overcome her stage fright .

 Nick Offerman as Norman , a pig and Rosita 's husband .

 Leslie Jones as Meena 's mother

 Rhea Perlman as Judith , a brown llama from the bank who warns Buster that his theater will be repossessed if he does not pay .

 Laraine Newman as Meena 's grandmother

 Adam Buxton as Stan , a gorilla who is a member of Big Daddy 's gang .

 Brad Morris as Baboon , whom Mike attacks for not donating more money to his street performances .

 Bill Farmer as News Reporter Dog , who documents Buster 's singing competition .

 The voices of Rosita 's piglet children were provided by Oscar , Leo , Caspar , and Asa Jennings , the children of Garth Jennings , the film 's writer and director . Jennings had directors Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson provide `` additional voices '' , continuing a tradition of the three friends appearing in each other 's films .

 Production ( edit )

 In January 2014 , it was announced that Garth Jennings would write and direct an animated comedy film for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment , about `` courage , competition and carrying a tune , '' which was originally titled Lunch , and then retitled as Sing .

 On January 14 , 2015 , Matthew McConaughey was cast in the film 's lead voice role . Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy produced the film . On June 17 , 2015 , it was confirmed that McConaughey 's character is named Buster and that John C. Reilly would voice Eddie , a sheep and Buster 's best friend . In November 2015 , it was announced that Reese Witherspoon , Seth MacFarlane , Scarlett Johansson , Tori Kelly and Taron Egerton had joined the cast of the film .

 The film features 65 pop songs , the rights to which cost 15 percent of the film 's $75 million budget . The animation was created entirely in France by Illumination MacGuff .

 Soundtrack ( edit )

 Main article : Sing : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

 A soundtrack album for the film was released on December 21 , 2016 .

 Release ( edit )

 The almost complete film was screened as a work in progress beginning September 11 , 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival . Universal Studios released the film on December 21 , 2016 .

 Home Media ( edit )

 Sing was released on Blu - ray , Blu - ray 3D , Ultra HD Blu - ray and DVD on March 21 , 2017 . It includes three short films : Gunter Babysits , Love at First Sight , and Eddie 's Life Coach .

 In Gunter Babysits , Gunter offers to watch over Rosita and Norman 's piglets while they are away as he works to prove himself to be a good babysitter .

 In Love at First Sight , Johnny sets Miss Crawly up with an online dating website where she manages to score a date with a lizard named Herman .

 In Eddie 's Life Coach , Eddie 's mother sets Eddie up for a digital training seminar where he will be assigned to a dachshund named Garry `` The Winner '' Wishman .

 Reception ( edit )

 Box office ( edit )

 Sing grossed $270.3 million in the United States and Canada , and $363.8 million in other territories , for a worldwide total of $634.1 million , against a production budget of $75 million . Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $194.2 million , when factoring together all expenses and revenue for the film , making it the 7th most profitable release of 2016 .

 In North America , the film opened alongside Passengers and Assassin 's Creed , and was expected to gross around $70 million from 4,022 theaters over its first six days of release . The film made $1.7 million during its Tuesday night previews . It went on to gross $35.2 million in its opening weekend ( a six - day total of $75.5 million ) , finishing second at the box office behind Rogue One : A Star Wars Story , which was in its second week . Sing holds the record for being the highest - grossing film to never finish first at the North American box office , besting My Big Fat Greek Wedding ( $241.4 million in 2002 ) .

 Critical response ( edit )

 On the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 73 % based on 168 reviews , and an average rating of 6.5 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , `` Sing delivers colorfully animated , cheerfully undemanding entertainment with a solid voice cast and a warm - hearted -- albeit familiar -- storyline that lives up to its title . '' On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 37 critics , indicating `` mixed or average reviews . '' Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` A '' on an A+ to F scale .

 Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film three - and - a-half out of four stars and wrote , `` In a year full of talking - animal hits , Sing is n't quite as strong a number . It 's a tale that might not be particularly thought - provoking but sure is toe - tapping . '' In her review for the Los Angeles Times , Katie Walsh called Sing , `` a cute movie with genuinely funny moments ( keep an eye out for the koala car wash ) , and some great tunes to boot . '' The Arizona Republic 's Bill Goodykoontz was rather mixed about the movie in his review and overall said , `` Sing is like an album with a good song here and there , but too much filler and not enough hits . '' Reviewing the version of the film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival , Stefan Pape of the British website HeyUGuys gave the film a mixed review of 2 / 5 , stating that `` Garth Jennings 's Sing effectively acknowledges early on that it 's following a completely unoriginal formula , and yet carries on regardless . '' While Peter Debruge of Variety , who also saw the film during the same festival , did not find the subplots to have any `` profound life lessons , '' he overall praised Jennings ' direction , the cast 's voice performances and the film 's silliness .

 Accolades ( edit )

 List of awards and nominations

 Award

 Date of ceremony

 Recipient ( s )

 Result

 Ref ( s )

 AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards

 February 6 , 2017

 Best Movie for Grownups who Refuse to Grow Up

 Sing

 Nominated

 Annie Awards

 February 4 , 2017

 Outstanding Achievement , Music in an Animated Feature Production

 Joby Talbot

 Golden Globe Awards

 January 8 , 2017

 Best Animated Feature Film

 Sing

 Best Original Song

 `` Faith '' -- Ryan Tedder , Stevie Wonder and Francis Farewell Starlite

 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

 November 17 , 2016

 Best Song -- Animated Film

 Best Soundtrack Album

 Sing : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

 Outstanding Music Supervision -- Film

 Jojo Villanueva

 Won

 Nickelodeon Kids ' Choice Awards

 March 11 , 2017

 Favorite Animated Movie

 Sing

 Nominated

 Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie

 Reese Witherspoon

 Most Wanted Pet

 Favorite Soundtrack

 Sing

 Saturn Awards

 June 28 , 2017

 Best Animated Film

 Nominated

 Sequel ( edit )

 Universal and Illumination have announced plans for a sequel , tentatively titled Sing 2 , slated for December 25 , 2020 .

 References ( edit )

 ^ Jump up to : Felperin , Leslie ( September 11 , 2016 ) . `` ' Sing ' : Film Review '' . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 12 , 2016 .

 ^ Jump up to : `` Sing ( 2016 ) '' . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved July 10 , 2017 .

 ^ Jump up to : Kit , Borys ( January 14 , 2015 ) . `` Matthew McConaughey to Star in Illumination Animated Film ( Exclusive ) '' . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 3 , 2015 .

 Jump up ^ Amidi , Amid ( September 9 , 2016 ) . `` A Complete List of Every Song in Illumination 's ' Sing ' '' . Cartoon Brew . Retrieved December 28 , 2016 .

 ^ Jump up to : Truitt , Brian ( November 10 , 2015 ) . `` Sneak peek : A-list animals ' SING ' together '' . USA Today . Retrieved November 11 , 2015 .

 ^ Jump up to : Hopewell , John ( June 17 , 2015 ) . `` Annecy : Chris Meledandri on Matthew McConaughey as a Koala Legit Theater Owner , ' The Grinch ' '' . Variety . Retrieved August 3 , 2015 .

 ^ Jump up to : Trumbore , Dave ( November 11 , 2015 ) . `` Meet the Animated Animals of Illumination Entertainment 's 2016 Musical Comedy , ' Sing ' '' . Collider . Retrieved November 12 , 2015 .

 Jump up ^ Buxton , Adam ( April 14 , 2016 ) . `` EP. 16 - Pub Walk With Garth Jennings '' . soundcloud.com . Retrieved April 17 , 2016 .

 Jump up ^ Yuen , Jenny ( September 11 , 2016 ) . `` TIFF 2016 : Matthew McConaughey optimistic about ' Sing ' '' . Toronto Sun . Retrieved September 12 , 2016 .

 Jump up ^ `` Sing - Full Cast and Credits '' . Hollywood.com . Retrieved November 30 , 2016 .

 Jump up ^ Weintraub , Steve ' Frosty ' ( 2016 - 12 - 19 ) . `` Garth Jennings on Getting Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson to Provide Voices in ' Sing ' '' . Collider . Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 09 .

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 Jump up ^ Hopewell , John ( January 8 , 2014 ) . `` France Fights Bidding War to Lure Hollywood Filmmakers '' . Variety . Retrieved January 9 , 2014 . Universal now has `` Max '' and `` Lunch '' set up at Illumination MacGuff .

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 Jump up ^ Grobar , Matt ( December 5 , 2016 ) . `` ' Sing ' Director Garth Jennings On Working With `` Wizards , '' The Learning Curve Of His Feature Animation Debut `` . Deadline . Retrieved December 7 , 2016 .

 Jump up ^ Hammond , Pete ( August 23 , 2016 ) . `` Universal & Illumination To Launch ' Sing ' With Live Jennifer Hudson And Tori Kelly Performances At Toronto '' . Deadline . Retrieved September 11 , 2016 .

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 Jump up ^ Fleming Jr , Mike ( March 28 , 2017 ) . `` No. 7 ' Sing ' Box Office Profits -- 2016 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament '' . Deadline.com . Retrieved March 28 , 2017 .

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 Jump up ^ `` With ' Fences , ' ' La La Land ' Enter Top 10 As ' Rogue One ' & ' Sing ' Rule Holiday -- Monday AM Update '' . Deadline.com . December 27 , 2016 . Sing * ( Ill / Uni ) 4,022 locations , 4 - day $54.9 M , 3 - day : $35.2 M , 4 - day : $13 , 7K average , Total : $75.5 M , 1 wk

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 Jump up ^ Brian Truitt ( December 20 , 2016 ) . `` Review : Animated ' Sing ' is a poppy treat ( and Matthew McConaughey sings ! ) '' . USA Today . Retrieved March 19 , 2017 .

 Jump up ^ Katie Walsh ( December 20 , 2016 ) . `` Packed with pop tunes , ' Sing ' discovers the simple fun in putting on a show '' . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 19 , 2017 .

 Jump up ^ Bill Goodykoontz ( December 21 , 2016 ) . `` ' Sing ' has too much filler , not enough hits '' . The Arizona Republic . Retrieved March 19 , 2017 .

 Jump up ^ `` TIFF 2016 : Sing Review - HeyUGuys '' . Retrieved September 21 , 2016 .

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 People 's Postcode Lottery was launched in the north of England in 2005 as a pilot scheme . After a successful launch , it expanded into Scotland in 2007 and Wales in July 2010 . The lottery uses cause marketing , claiming to have been established to raise money for charity and to increase awareness of the work of the various charities and causes supported by its players .

 In 2017 Novamedia BV threatened to sue the Free Postcode Lottery ( an alternative free service which raises money through advertising and offers daily prizes to registered users ) on the basis that they were `` passing themselves off '' as the People 's Postcode Lottery . This claim was made in spite of the fact that the free Postcode lottery was completely free while the Peoples Postcode lottery is a paid for subscription service .

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 People 's Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery . Players sign up to pay monthly in advance by direct debit or debit card . There are ten draws each month with prizes every day .

 A player 's tickets are based on their playing postcode , which is most commonly their home postcode . A given postcode in Britain will usually represent a group of houses . If more than one resident has tickets in a winning postcode , all playing neighbours collect prizes .

 In accordance with restrictions under the Gambling Act 2005 , the maximum amount which can be won by a single ticket is £ 400,000 or 10 % of the total draw proceeds .

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 A minimum of 32 % goes to various trusts , which in turn provide funding to charities and community projects across Great Britain and internationally . As an external lottery manager , People 's Postcode Lottery manages several society lotteries promoted by different charities . Over 4,000 causes have received support .

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 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time

 Front cover of first edition ( quote from Ian McEwan )

 Author

 Mark Haddon

 Country

 United Kingdom

 Language

 English

 Genre

 Mystery novel

 Publisher

 Jonathan Cape ( UK ) Doubleday ( US ) Anchor Canada ( Canada )

 Publication date

 May 2003

 Media type

 Print ( hardback and paperback )

 Pages

 226

 ISBN

 0 - 09 - 945025 - 9

 OCLC

 59267481

 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon . Its title quotes the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle 's 1892 short story `` The Adventure of Silver Blaze '' . Haddon and The Curious Incident won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year , the Commonwealth Writers ' Prize for Best First Book , and the Guardian Children 's Fiction Prize . Unusually , it was published simultaneously in separate editions for adults and children .

 The novel is narrated in the first - person perspective by Christopher John Francis Boone , a 15 - year - old boy who describes himself as `` a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties '' living in Swindon , Wiltshire . Although Christopher 's condition is not stated , the book 's blurb refers to Asperger syndrome , high - functioning autism , or savant syndrome . In July 2009 , Haddon wrote on his blog that `` Curious Incident is not a book about Asperger 's ... if anything it 's a novel about difference , about being an outsider , about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way . The book is not specifically about any specific disorder , '' and that he , Haddon , is not an expert on autism spectrum disorder or Asperger syndrome .

 The book uses prime numbers to number the chapters , rather than the conventional successive numbers .

 Contents

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 1 Plot

 2 Characters

 3 Themes

 3.1 Social disability

 3.2 Metaphor

 4 Reception

 4.1 Awards

 4.2 Critical reaction

 4.3 Medical professionals ' reviews

 4.4 Texas community reactions

 5 Adaptations

 5.1 Stage

 5.2 Film

 6 References

 7 External links

 Plot

 Christopher , a fifteen - year - old boy with an autism spectrum condition , lives with his father , who has told him that his mother , Judy , died two years ago . The boy discovers the dead body of the neighbour 's dog , Wellington , speared by a garden fork . Mrs Shears , the dog 's owner , calls the police , and Christopher comes under suspicion . When a policeman touches him , he hits the policeman , and is arrested , then released with a police caution . He decides to investigate the dog 's death , despite his father 's orders to stay out of other people 's business . He is severely limited by his fears and difficulties when interpreting the world around him . Throughout his adventures , Christopher records his experiences in a book , which he calls a `` murder mystery novel '' . During his investigation , Christopher meets people whom he has never before encountered , even though they live on the same street , including the elderly Mrs Alexander , who informs Christopher that his mother had an affair with Mr Shears and had been with him for a long time .

 Christopher 's father , Ed , discovers the book and confiscates it after a brief fight with the boy . While searching for the confiscated book , Christopher uncovers a trove of letters which his mother wrote to him , dated after her supposed death , which his father has also hidden . He is so shocked by his father lying about his mother 's death that he is unable to move , curls up on the bed , vomits and groans for several hours until his father returns home . Ed realizes that Christopher has read the letters and cleans him up . He then confesses that he had indeed lied about Judy 's death and also that it was he who killed Wellington , stating that it was a mistake resulting from his anger after a heated argument with Mrs Shears . Christopher , having lost all trust in his father and fearing that Ed might try to kill him since he had already killed the dog , decides to live with his mother and runs away . He remembers his mother 's address from the letters and embarks on an adventurous trip to London , where his mother lives with Mr Shears .

 After a long and event - filled journey , evading policemen and feeling ill from the overwhelmingly large amount of information and stimuli from the trains and crowds around him , he finally finds his way to his mother and Mr Shears 's home , and waits outside until they arrive . Judy is delighted that Christopher has come to her ; she is upset that Ed told Christopher that she was dead . Mr Shears does not want Christopher living with them and never did . Very soon after arriving , Christopher wants to return to Swindon in order to take his mathematics A-level . His mother leaves Mr Shears , their relationship having broken down because of their conflict about Christopher and Mr Shears 's rejection of Christopher . Judy then moves into a rented room in Swindon . After an argument with Ed , she agrees to let Ed meet Christopher for daily brief visits . Christopher remains terrified of his father and makes repeated attempts to prevent him from talking . He hopes Ed will be imprisoned for killing Wellington , although his mother explains that for this to happen , Mrs Shears would have to press charges .

 The story ends with Ed getting Christopher a Golden Retriever puppy , whom Christopher gets to name , and promising that he will rebuild trust with Christopher slowly , `` no matter how long it takes '' . Christopher asserts that he will take further A-level exams and attend university . He completes his mathematics A-level with top grades despite having eaten and slept very little . Earlier in the story he talks about wanting to become an astronaut , but at the end he declares that his goal is to become a scientist . The book ends with Christopher optimistic about his future , having solved the mystery of the murdered dog , gone to London on his own , found his mother , written a book about his adventures , and achieved an A in his A-level maths exam .

 Characters

 Christopher John Francis Boone

 The 15 - year - old protagonist and narrator of the novel , who investigates the murder of Mrs Shears ' large black poodle .

 Ed Boone

 Christopher 's father , a boiler engineer . Prior to the beginning of the story , he has been living with Christopher as a single parent for two years .

 Judy Boone

 Christopher 's mother . Early in the book , Christopher writes that she died of a heart attack two years before the book 's events .

 Siobhan

 Christopher 's paraprofessional and mentor at school . She teaches him how society works and how to behave within its complex guidelines .

 Roger Shears

 One of the neighbours who lived near the Boones , but who has left his wife before the story begins .

 Eileen Shears

 Mr Shears 's wife , who attempts to console Ed for a time after Christopher learns of his mother 's death .

 Mrs Alexander

 An old lady , who is one of Christopher 's neighbours , who offers information to help Christopher 's investigation regarding his parents and Mr and Mrs Shears .

 Rhodri

 Ed Boone 's employee .

 Toby

 Christopher 's pet rat .

 Wellington

 Mrs Shears ' large black poodle , which Christopher finds dead in her garden , with a garden fork sticking out of him .

 Themes

 Social disability

 In a June 2003 interview with NPR 's Terry Gross on her program Fresh Air , Haddon said about Christopher , `` If he were diagnosed , he would be diagnosed as having Asperger 's syndrome , which is a form of autism . I suppose you 'd call it high - function autism in that he can function on , you know , a day - to - day basis , in a kind of rudimentary way . But he has a serious difficulty with life in that he really does n't empathize with other human beings . He ca n't read their faces . He ca n't put himself in their shoes . And he ca n't understand anything more than the literal meaning of whatever 's said to him , although I 'm very careful in the book not to actually use the word ' Asperger 's ' or ' autism . ' ... Because I do n't want him to be labelled , and because , as with most people who have a disability , I do n't think it 's necessarily the most important thing about him ... And as a good friend of mine said after reading the book , a friend who is himself a mathematician , it 's not a novel about a boy who has Asperger 's syndrome ; it 's a novel about a young mathematician who has some strange behavioural problems . And I think that 's right . ''

 Haddon added , in the conversation with Terry Gross , `` I have to say honestly that I did more research about the London Underground and the inside of Swindon Railway Station , where some of the novel takes place , than I did about Asperger 's syndrome . I gave him kind of nine or 10 rules that he would live his life by , and then I did n't read any more about Asperger 's because I think there is no typical person who has Asperger 's syndrome , and they 're as large and diverse a group of people as any other group in society . And the important thing is that I did a lot of imagining , that I did a lot of putting myself into his shoes in trying to make him come alive as a human being rather than getting him right , whatever that might mean . ''

 Haddon states on his website that , although he had read `` a handful of newspaper and magazine articles about , or by , people with Asperger 's and autism '' in preparation for writing the book , he knows `` very little '' about Asperger 's syndrome and that Christopher Boone is inspired by two different people . According to Haddon , none of these people can be labelled as having a disability . Haddon added that he `` slightly regret ( s ) '' that the term Asperger 's syndrome appeared on the cover of his novel . In 2010 , in an interview with The Independent , he was described as `` now thoroughly irritated that the word Asperger 's appeared on subsequent editions of the novel , because now everyone imagines that he is an expert and he keeps getting phone calls asking him to appear at lectures . ''

 In a critical essay on the novel , Vivienne Muller quotes some praise by experts on disability theory : `` In its presentation of Christopher 's everyday experiences of the society in which he lives , the narrative offers a rich canvas of experiences for an ethnographic study of this particular cognitive condition , and one which places a positive spin on the syndrome . The reader in this instance acts as ethnographer , invited to see what Mark Osteen claims is a ' quality in autistic lives that is valuable in and of itself ' ( cited in ( S . ) Adams 2005 , p. 1 ) . Along similar lines , ( Alex ) McClimens writes that Haddon 's novel is ' an ethnographic delight ' and that ' Haddon 's achievement is to have written a novel that turns on the central character 's difference without making that difference a stigmatising characteristic ' ( 2005 , p. 24 ) . '' Muller adds that the novel `` works with a strong sense of the disabled speaking subject , drawing readers into Christopher 's cognitive / corporeal space through an incremental layering of his perspectives and reactions ... The narrative also bristles with diagrams , maps , drawings , stories , texts that inform Christopher 's lexicon for mapping meaning in a world of bewildering signs and sounds . '' She also admires such elements as `` the digressive stream - of - connectedness - and - disconnectedness way in which Christopher writes and thinks ; the obsessive focus on minutiae ; his musings about why animals behave the way they do ; his quasi philosophizing on death and life and the afterlife ; his ambition to be an astronaut ... ''

 In a survey of children 's books which `` teach about emotional life , '' Laura Jana wrote , `` On the one hand , this is a story of how an undeniably quirky teenage boy clings to order , deals with a family crisis , and tries to make sense of the world as he sees it . But it also provides profound insight into a disorder -- autism -- that leaves those who have it struggling to perceive even the most basic of human emotions . In so doing , The Curious Incident leaves its readers with a greater appreciation of their own ability to feel , express , and interpret emotions . This mainstream literary success made its way to the top of the New York Times bestseller list for fiction at the same time it was being touted by experts in Asperger 's syndrome and autism - spectrum disorder as an unrivaled fictional depiction of the inner workings of an autistic teenage boy . ''

 Metaphor

 Christopher often comments on his inability to appreciate some metaphors and similes . He gives as an example a quote that he found in `` a proper novel '' : `` I am veined with iron , with silver and with streaks of common mud . I can not contract into the firm fist which those clench who do not depend on stimulus . '' Haddon told Terry Gross , `` Funnily enough , it 's actually a quote from Virginia Woolf . It 's Virginia Woolf on an off day , in the middle , I think , of The Waves . An author whom I love actually , but who sometimes got a little too carried away . ''

 Reception

 Awards

 The book was joint winner of the 2004 Boeke Prize , won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year award and sold more than two million copies . Haddon also was one of the winners of the 2004 Alex Awards , which `` honor the 10 top adult books with appeal for adolescents . ''

 As well as winning the Guardian Children 's Fiction Prize , Haddon earned the Book Trust teenage fiction award . The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time was also long - listed for the Man Booker Prize , and `` many observers were surprised that it did not advance to the shortlist . '' John Carey , chairman of the Booker panel of judges , told The Guardian , `` We have several clashes of opinion among the judges but I found Haddon 's book about a boy with Asperger 's syndrome breathtaking . ''

 Critical Reaction

 A survey in Great Britain , conducted by the BBC 's literacy campaign for World Book Day , found Curious Incident to be among `` the top five happy endings , as voted on by readers '' in novels ( the others were Pride and Prejudice , To Kill a Mockingbird , Jane Eyre and Rebecca , the last of which Curious outranked ) .

 School Library Journal praised it as a `` rich and poignant novel . '' The San Jose Mercury News said , `` Haddon does something audacious here , and he does it superbly . He shows us the way consciousness orders the world , even when the world does n't want to be ordered , '' adding that `` the great achievement of this novel is that it transcends its obvious cleverness . It 's more than an exercise in narrative ingenuity . Filled with humor and pain , it verges on profundity in its examination of those things -- customs , habits , language , symbols , daily routines , etc. -- that simultaneously unite and separate human beings . '' A reviewer for The Christian Century described it as `` an absorbing , plausible book '' : `` The reader becomes absorbed not only in the mystery of a murdered dog and a missing mom , but also in the mysterious world of an autistic child . ''

 A reviewer for The Atlanta Journal - Constitution wrote that the story is `` a touching evolution , one that Haddon scripts with tenderness and care ... a unique window into the mind of a boy who thinks a little differently , but like many kids his age , does n't quite know how to feel . '' Professor Roger Soder called it `` visceral '' and a `` delightful story , '' declaring , `` All of us in our Spokane Book Club are special education professionals and so have considerable experience with kids with this disability , and we found the story believable . ''

 Medical professionals ' reviews

 Dr. Alex McClimens , whom Muller quoted above , also wrote , `` This magnificent essay in communication is compulsory reading for anyone with the slightest interest in autistic spectrum disorders . This book is also required reading for those who simply enjoy a fascinating story ... we are offered a first person narrative to match anything by contemporary writers . Mark Haddon has created a true literary character and his handling of the teenage Asperger 's heroic adventure is brilliantly crafted . He uses the literal mind - set of his hero to mask the true direction of the plot . '' Reviewer Paul Moorehead calls the book `` a fairly ripping adventure story '' and writes , `` It 's also quite a feat of writing . The actual use of language is somewhat austere -- an unavoidable consequence of having a boy with autism as a narrator -- but it has its own beauty , and it works . So persuasive and so effective is the construction of Christopher , not only is he a character you 're rooting for , he 's also the character in the story you understand the best . It 's startling how believably and comfortably this story puts you into what you might have thought were likely to be some pretty alien shoes . ''

 Reviewer David Ellis , naming Curious Incident an `` ambitious and innovative novel , '' wrote that Haddon `` manages to avoid the opposing pitfalls of either offending people with autism and their families or turning Christopher into an object of pity . Instead of becoming the focus of the plot , the autism enhances it . The unemotional descriptions amplify many moments of observational comedy , and misfortunes are made extremely poignantly . '' He concludes that Christopher 's story is `` far more enjoyable and likely to stay with you for far longer than any medical textbook . ''

 Texas community reactions

 The novel was selected as a recommended book for the 2006 Galveston Reads program , a literacy encouragement program in Galveston County , Texas . Kimball Brizendine , the Mayor of Friendswood , issued a proclamation declaring `` Galveston County Reads Day '' and encouraging `` all citizens , teens to seniors '' to read the novel . Five days later , he retracted the statement , declaring that it was `` not ( his ) intention to endorse this readership ( sic ) for our younger readers . '' The journal American Libraries reported , `` City Council member Chris Peden went a step further , asserting to the January 28 Galveston County Daily News that while he had n't read Curious Incident in its entirety , he had noted that the ' F word ' appeared on page four and that ' later in the book , the ( lead character ) says there is no God and there is no life after death . Clearly , these are not ideas we should promote to kids ' . ''

 In August , 2007 , some parents in Bryan , Texas , `` were appalled to see what their kids were reading '' and protested the inclusion of the book in high school libraries , with one parent claiming that Curious Incident and another book ( Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson ) were `` unsuitable for not just some but all high school students . ''

 Adaptations

 Stage

 Main article : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time ( play )

 A stage adaptation , by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott , premiered at the National Theatre on 2 August 2012 . It starred Luke Treadaway as Christopher , Nicola Walker as his mother Judy , Paul Ritter as his father Ed , Una Stubbs as Mrs Alexander and Niamh Cusack as Siobhan . The production , which ran until late October 2012 , was broadcast live to cinemas worldwide on 6 September 2012 through the National Theatre Live programme .

 The show transferred to the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue , London , from March 2013 . On 19 December 2013 , during a performance of The Curious Incident at the Apollo , parts of the ceiling fell down injuring around 80 of the over 700 patrons inside . The production re-opened at the Gielgud Theatre on 24 June 2014 . The new West End cast was led by Sion Daniel Young as Christopher Boone , with Rebecca Lacey as Siobhan , Nicolas Tennant as Ed , Mary Stockley as Judy , Jacqueline Clarke as Mrs Alexander , Indra Ové as Mrs Shears , Stephen Beckett as Roger Shears , Matthew Trevannion as Mr Thompson , Pearl Mackie as No. 40 / Punk Girl , Sean McKenzie as Reverend Peters and Kaffe Keating plays alternate Christopher . They were joined by Mark Rawlings , Penelope McGhie , Naomi Said and Simon Victor .

 An adaptation and translation into Spanish by María Renée Prudencio played at the Teatro de los Insurgentes in Mexico City in June 2014 . The character of Christopher was played by Luis Gerardo Méndez and by Alfonso Dosal on alternate days . An Israeli adaptation ( translation into Hebrew by Daniel Efrat ) has been staged at the Beit Lessin Theater in Tel Aviv since March 2014 , starring Nadav Netz as Christopher . Netz won the Best Actor category at the 2015 Israeli Theater Awards for the role .

 Film

 The film rights for the novel were optioned by Brad Grey and Brad Pitt for Warner Brothers . In 2011 Steve Kloves was attached to write and direct the project , but as of 2017 it has not yet been produced .

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