- Hardcover: 183 pages
- Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv) (May 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316775401
- ISBN-13: 978-0316775403
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 626 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
This engrossing book portrays how easily even "good" kids can lose control of themselves and do cruel and horrible things. Seven junior-high-school students (all "second-bests") led by narrator Jared and best friend Cheryl form the Shadow Club to get back at the "unbeatables" who make their lives miserable. Revenge tastes very sweet when they play humiliating practical jokes on all the school's first-bests, including track star Austin, Jared's nemesis. Any qualms that Jared has about the club get tossed aside when he's acknowledged as president. And, though he calls a temporary halt to the pranks, someone starts playing really dangerous tricks. Events come to a head when Austin is seriously injured. Sure that school weirdo Tyson is the culprit, the Shadow Club captures him. Jared leads the others in beating him up, then almost causes the boy's death. In the thrilling denouement, Jared learns where the blame really lies. Shusterman vividly conveys the overwhelming qualities of violent emotions and chillingly shows how a group of "nice" people can become an ugly, vengeful mob. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up A group of competitive high-school students, all second best in their areas of talent, form a secret club in order to pull anonymous practical jokes on their rivals. The pranks, which at first are humiliating but harmless, escalate to the point that they result in vandalism and injury and nearly cause a student's death. Shusterman's focus is on how the actions of these teens create a power that feeds on a previously hidden cruel or evil side of their personalities. This is strong material, and sections of the book have a punch that matches the subject. The dialogue of the teens, their concerns, and especially their feelings, are on target. Unfortunately, most of the book lacks suspense. The club members believe that an unpopular student who has eavesdropped on them is responsible for some of the more vicious pranks, but this is such an obvious red herring that the drama of the situation is lost. This book is neither as complex nor as well written as Robert Cormier's novels, but as its premise and tone hold interest, The Shadow Club may appeal to Cormier's fans and those readers who are not yet ready for his books. David Gale, ``School Library Journal''
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Courtesy of Teens Read Too,
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Shadow Club (Paperback)
Meet the second-bests: a group of kids who, although they have one thing they're best at, still get beat daily by the "unbeatables." Although these kids are good kids, well-behaved, smart, athletic, interesting, their lives are being ruined by those who always seem to be one step ahead, stealing the limelight and rubbing it in until you just wish they'd never been born.Thus is the basis for THE SHADOW CLUB, a secret group of seven kids who decided to get back at those who make their lives miserable by playing harmless pranks on them--pranks that will embarrass them before their admirers, and give the second-besters their just due. Except revenge, as revenge always seems to do, comes back to bite you in the butt. Pranks start getting out of control, even though they're not being committed by the Shadow Club members. Someone's out to sabotage their club, and one of the "unbeatables" could wind up getting seriously hurt--even killed. As the Club seeks to get the biggest loser in school, Tyson McGaw, to confess to the pranks, the Shadow Club comes to realize that they might not be the all-around good kids that they thought they were. What started out as fun is turning into something darker, and no one seems to know how to make it stop. THE SHADOW CLUB is a great read by Neal Shusterman. Dealing with human nature, the fact that kids can traumatize each other more than anyone else can, and the fact that we all have anger inside of us is forefront in the story. A great read! Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
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The Shadow Club,
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This review is from: The Shadow Club (Paperback)
I can really picture this book in real life. Even though I'm only 10. The things the characters do and say teach you that you have to be very careful before you say or do something. I thought that this was a very realistic book. This book is set in a highschool and there are the number ones who get all the glory and the number twos who hate the number ones. All these number twos get together and form the shadow club where they play tricks on the number ones. But then tricks happen that the club didn't do. Who did them? Why? Read the Shadow Club to find out.
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The Shadow Club is The Best Books For Teens,
By Micah Hegerle (Kasson, MN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Shadow Club (Paperback)
As every teenager knows there is the popular group that always has the best kids at everything. Then there is the group of the kids that are forgotten, or lost in the Shadows, and are second best at everything. Jared is one of those kids, he's the second best runner in the school, and Austin is the fastest most agile person in the school, or even the town. Jared has a friend named Cheryl that is the second best singer in the school next to her cousin Rebecca who has a voice of an angel. Jared and Cheryl are tired of being second best, so they start their own group of kids at the school, formed of all the kids that are second best at band, running, singing, second smartest, second best looking...ect. Together they are "The Shadow Club," and together they plot to humiliate and make all the "unbeatables" look as bad as possible without hurting them. Well, when they start out they only were doing small practical jokes, nothing to seriously harm anybody, but when jealously adds up things start getting extremely out of hand.The Shadow Club is the best and most exciting book that I have read that is written about, and for teenagers. This book has most emotions you can feel all wrapped inside it, and also has a great message for young adults or older adults.
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