There is enough action and suspense in this novel to hold just about any reader. The big, fun irony is that to maintain the façade of the halfway house, they must keep their noses extra clean – an often difficult task when faced with the temptations and opportunities of Manhattan. This is a story about boys learning how to use their innate character traits for positive, rather than criminal, ends. Healy is hospitalized as a comatose John Doe, and the boys realize they must work together to maintain the appearance that Healy is still at the helm, lest they be sent back to prison. When Terence tries to escape, their minder, the big-hearted Mr. The halfway house affords the boys limited liberty, but if any of them messes up, they all go back to jail. Terence Florian is a fast-talking petty thief and would-be gang member. Arjay Moran is a gentle giant with a talent for music, who accidentally killed a boy in a schoolyard tussle. Gecko Fosse, a smart kid whose self-proclaimed hobby is not thinking, is serving time for driving his burglar brother’s getaway car. Gordon Korman’s latest finds a trio of 15-year-old boys plucked from the American penal system and planted in an experimental halfway house in Manhattan.
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