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The Juvie Three
The Juvie Three
The Juvie Three
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The Juvie Three

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Gordon Korman is an award-winning young adult author with over 50 titles to his credit. Told in an electrifying, hard-edged style, The Juvie Three follows a trio of young delinquents who are granted a very special opportunity in New York City. Accessory to robbery, grand theft auto, driving without a license-these boys did it all, and now they're doing hard time in various juvenile detention centers. Then, however, a mysterious stranger visits each of them, offering to pull them out of "jail" immediately. But isn't there always a catch?
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 5, 2008
ISBN9781436186100
The Juvie Three
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Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, Operation Do-Over, Slugfest, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at gordonkorman.com.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The Juvie Three opens with Gecko driving a stolen car as a getaway driver for his older brother. When he makes a snap decision to crash the car rather then hit an old lady crossing the street, the gang is arrested. Flash forward to Gecko getting beaten up in juvie; Douglas Healy shows up with an offer to get him out of there. Gecko meets Terrance Florian and Arjay Moran, two other kids in the system who are offered the same deal: live in an experimental halfway house in New York with Healy as their guardian. Things go sideways one night when Terrance tries to sneak out to meet up with a gang member he met in school. The other boys are trying to grab him off the fire escape and push him back into the house when Healy is awakened. In the scuffle Healy falls of the third floor fire escape, landing in the alley, unconscious and bleeding from the head. The boys panic and drop him off at the emergency doors then speed off in a stolen car. Their plan is to do everything they are supposed to do, school, therapy, and community service, until Healy wakes up and comes home. They hope this will keep them from returning to juvie jail. The problems arise as Terrance's criminal streak surfaces, Gecko gets a girlfriend, Arjay joins a punk band, and Healy is still in a coma. When Healy eventually wakes up, he has amnesia and is sent to the Bronx Psychiatric Hospital. The boys decide that they have been selfish for long enough and have to stage a daring rescue of the man who rescued them from juvie. If they get caught? Give themselves up and admit everything. I thought the characters in this book were relatable; Healy has a troubled past and sees himself in the kids he's trying to rescue. Gecko slowly sees that he can't completely blame his brother for his choices, even if his family isn't there for him. Arjay made a mistake that lead to someone dying, and has thrown himself into creating music. Terrance eventually learns that having street cred isn't the same as having a solid network of people that care about you. Although the scenario is a little far fetched at times, I couldn't put this book down. There is a small mention of class differences, but all the boys come from different backgrounds, and I think almost every kid could relate to these characters.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Have you ever been in trouble for something someone else started? Gordon Korman's The Juvie Jail brings together three young men who have one thing in common: they were all convicted for something that wasn't entirely their fault. That's not to say they are completely innocent. But social worker Douglas Healey believes they deserve a second chance. Healey creates a 'halfway house' in New York City and pulls Gecko, Terrance, and Arjay out of juvenile jail. They're all one step away from long-term lock-up when Healey is knocked unconscious trying to break up a fight among the boys. Fearing they'll head back to jail if caught, the boys drop Healey off at a hospital and run away. When Healey wakes up, he has absolutely no idea who he is-- and the boys realize they are completely on their own and must continue to go to school, do community service, even attend group counseling-- as if Healey were there. The hole they've dug for themselves keeps getting deeper, and they know as soon as someone discovers Healey is missing they'll go straight back to jail with additional consequences. Korman has another hit with this book, which is as enjoyable as Son of the Mob and Born to Rock. Like those, The Juvie Three offers a number of moral dilemnas: is it better to do the right thing if it means getting into really bad trouble? Is it better to lie and hurt yourself and your girlfriend knowing that it ultimately helps your two convict housemates not be discovered? I hope that this book becomes a Missouri Gateway nominee for 2010/2011. It's one of the better b ooks I've read in this cycle, and will undoubtedly be a popular title for high schoolers. I recommend it and will book talk it with my students!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Douglas Healy worked really hard to get permission to run a halfway house for troubled teens. He handpicks the three he wants to help first; Arjay Moran, a giant of a kid who accidentally killed someone during a fight, Gecko Fosse, who drove a getaway car for his older brother and got caught when the car crashed, and Terence Florian, a boy associated with the worst gang in Chicago. All three boys are in juvenile detention centres when Healy offers them a second chance. One night Healy is accidentally knocked unconscious during a scuffle among the boys. They're horrified, but drop him off at the hospital and run back home where they try to decide what to do. When Healy wakes, he is suffering from amnesia. The boys have taken his wallet so no one knows who he is. The three boys realize they have to behave like angels to avoid any visit from Miss Vaughn, the social worker, who has the authority to get them locked back in a juvenile detention center. Will the boys be able to keep it together long enough for Douglas Healy to recover his memory? Will Healy ever recover his memory, and if he does, will he forgive the boys? This is a great story by a well respected author.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Not quite a return to Korman's best work (A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, Don't Care High), but much better than most of his recent books. These boys are rougher-edged than many of his teen heroes, but their hearts are in the right place.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I WFH and travel a 6 hour drive to work twice a year with my husband and 12 yr old son. We listened to this on one of our trips. We all loved it and laughed throughout the book. It's difficult to keep my son's interest in a book and Korman's books have always been a hit for us all!
    Keep up the good work!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This story is about three teens that are chosen to try an experimental halfway house in place of their original sentencing at detention centres. When the man who is running the halfway house is knocked unconscious by the boys accidentally, they are forced to come up with a solution that can somehow keep them from having to return to jail.This was a really fun read that kept up a high amount of action, humour and realism throughout, while still managing to cover some of the more serious topics in youth crime. The three main characters have depth and a strong likeability that keeps you hoping that they can get out of their predicament and perhaps turn in their stripes along the way. Nominated for the Intermediate Division Books for 2011 YRCA and nominated for the 2009 Snow willow award.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Korman's newest is both hilarious and poignant. Three juvenile offenders are plucked from prison to be part of a pilot project. Their mentor lives with them in an apartment in NYC and tries to mold a thief, an innocent, and a get away driver into some sort of family. Both middle school and high school students can enjoy this one!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Gecko, Terence and Arjay are given one last chance to get out of juvenile prison. They are chosen by Douglas Healy for a new program which gives them a chance for some normalcy while yet being counseled and watched by the juvenile system. Doug is seriously injured and the boys carry on as if he were still around until a nosey probation officer gets suspicious. An exciting read filled with action that will keep you engaged.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I really liked this book. Short chapters keep the action going and it has a good ending.