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Skud

by Dennis Foon
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Four guys — Tommy, Brad, Andy and Shane — are all making their way through the jungle that is the last year of high school. Tommy, model student, is heading for the military to learn to fly fighter jets, something that will please his doting grandmother and free him once and for all from his abusive parasite of a mother. His best friend, Brad, is being scouted for Junior B, which will finally satisfy his ambitious hockey dad, whose relentless pressure has turned his son into the team enforcer. Andy is on the verge of making his acting breakthrough. He's got an agent, and he's got an audition for the role that could launch his career — the Punk. All he needs is someone who can show him the moves, teach him the hard stare. He turns to Shane, the kid who is so scary that even the teachers are afraid of him.

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  • Release date

    September 6, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781554980383

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781554980383
      • File size: 2687 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.4
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 2

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      July 1, 2003
      Gr 9 Up-When seniors Brad and Tommy suspect Andy of stealing Tommy's girlfriend, they decide to make him pay by beating him up and humiliating him. Unfortunately for them, Shane, a notorious gang member, shows up and claims to be Andy's backup. This unlikely pair forms a tenuous friendship when Shane agrees to help Andy "punk up" for an acting part. Brad runs into subsequent trouble on the hockey team and Tommy, an honor student and school hero, is arrested for raping his former girlfriend. Foon has created this novel from a play he wrote in 1994 by expanding each character's part and alternating chapters among the teens. Readers will respond to the brutality and intensity felt throughout these story threads, and the bully theme rings loud and clear with anyone who has set foot in a high school. The book's small trim size and eye-catching cover should make it an easy sell to reluctant readers.-Lynn Evarts, Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac, WI

      Copyright 2003 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.4
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:2

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