- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Orca Book Publishers (Sep 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1551432692
- ISBN-13: 978-1551432694
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #408,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 7-10-Birgit Neilsen, gorgeous and popular, is tired of the long-standing status quo at Grandview High School. She organizes a group of like-minded students to combat the bullying and terrorism that exists, but their good intentions soon result in tragedy and the death of a fellow student. This book is obviously intended for reluctant readers. Engaging dialogue, an absorbing plot, and well-defined characters are all sacrificed to short, choppy sentences; stilted dialogue; and a message that has all of the subtlety of a hammer blow to the head. An incredibly monotonous book.
Robert Gray, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, MN
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Robert Gray, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, MN
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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"Heneghan writes in an eminently readable style without shirking from the real issues that teens are facing in schools today tightly written and instantly engaging. Highly recommended." (CM Magazine )
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3.0 out of 5 stars
This book is misleading, but good,
By Aaron Bucciantini (Albany, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hit Squad (Paperback)
I read the book Hit Squad by James Heneghan for a school project. It is an adventure book. It is also fiction. This book is very misleading. It has many surprises. I enjoyed this book because this book has mysteries to it that are not solved until the end.I'd give this book about 3 stars. You can make connections in this book with real world affairs. An example of this is the quote "The ski masks gave the kidnappers an even more menacing and scary look." This can relate to real world affairs by terrorists are doing the exact same thing every day all over the world. The book Hit Squad was intresting. You don't know what is going to happen next. The ending is very surprising. You'll never guess what is going to happen.
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If You Put A Clockwork Orange, Of Mice And Men, And The Great Gatsby Into A Blender . . .,
By Lily Bart "lilybits" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hit Squad (Paperback)
Chopping up classics and smashing them into little pieces is a great way to get below-average kids to read! Mickey is a tough, smart little hood, from the wrong part of town. His hulking, moronic sidekick Hulk is always following him around, begging to tend the rabbits . . . I mean, to fit in with the gang. Then tough Mickey meets sexy Birgette, who has a green light that glows all night long at the end of her . . . uh, BMW. Birgette wants Mickey to help her beat up the bullies, so suddnely they all turn into expert car thieves and go out beating and tolchocking, just like Alex and his droogs! But two wrongs don't make a right, and suddenly for no real reason our young hoodlum/hero/gang ends up running down endless corridors, searching for a final confrontation that . . . uh, never quite materializes.
"Tell me again about the rabbits, droogy!" "Sorry, old sport, but when Daisy told me to beat up the bullies I just couldn't help myself!"
3.0 out of 5 stars
The bullied go after the bullies,
By Dawn Kessinger - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hit Squad (Paperback)
The beginning of the book deals with an attack on a pretty, rich girl - Birgit, and other attacks of bullies on other students at Grandview High. I think many kids can relate to being picked on in some way - and the examples of bullying vary widely from name-calling to creative nastiness to pure mean-spirited violence.
So, some of those who have been bullied decide to create a secret team to punish the bullies. They call themselves the Hit Squad. What happens after the first "hit" makes Mickey, one of the team members, who is living with a foster family, question how much he enjoys getting revenge. He REALLY likes Birgit and wants to fit in, but sometimes he catches himself wondering about what he's doing. His foster sister encourages him to think about what he's doing when he involves an older foster sibling in a "hit" on two especially mean bulllies, but it takes a tragedy for Mickey to realize that violence isn't the answer. |
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