Good Girls Go For Bad Boys

I have been gone awhile!!! I'm sorry for leaving for an extended period, but it was thanksgiving so you have to let it go. So here's a new book, one I think all you guys will go for.

Everyone has done something bad. Whether it’s a small white lie, or a stolen item from an overpriced store or throwing the first punch. But sometimes, people do really bad things, the kind that get you landed in jail. That’s what Gordon Korman’s The Juvie Three is about. Three teenagers, who have done some terrible things, but they are given a second chance. Douglas Healy has started a halfway house in New York where he picks three juvie delinquents and tries to help them back into society. But, when something terrible happens to Healy, the boys are put to the test like never before.

The ‘best’ one of the juvie three would be Graham Fosse, better known as Gecko. Ever since he was a kid, he has always been his brother’s getaway driver. For all the stupid crimes his brother committed, Gecko would be an accessory to. He didn’t really do much wrong, but when his brother called on him to be his driver, Gecko was pulled in. He, in order to not hit an older lady, flipped the car he was driving and they were caught. He is better off that his brother, in the local prison, but he still is in juvie. Until, Healy come with a preposition that Gecko can’t refuse: freedom.

Arjay Moran is a strange character; it seems that everything he’s stereotyped to be is wrong. When he was in high school, the ‘jocks’ wanted him, standing 6’5 and 260 pounds with huge muscles, to plays football, and when he wouldn’t, a struggle ensued. In self-defense, Arjay accidentally killed one of the boys. But, since he was the only one that wasn’t friends with the others, all of the witnesses testified that he murdered their friend and he needed to go to prison. Being fifteen, he was only found of manslaughter and sent to juvie. But he’s really nice and very quiet, not like the animal people make him out to be.

The last kid is Terence Florian, and he is definatly the ‘worst’ of the three. He lived in Chicago and ran with the worst gang there. When he was caught he was sent to one of the worst juvie facilities in the country. He’s cocky and arrogant and thinks being a criminal is the best life ever. When he’s dropped into the small New York apartment with two other boys going to school and doing community service, things are not going to go well.

The book is good. It’s strange to get inside the mindset of these simple criminals and why they do what they do. It’s also good to see their struggle when Healy drops out of the picture, but they still have to carry on as usual. Until things start happening, like Gecko falls in love. Arjay gets famous in a part of the city, and Terence starts to get back into gang activity. Being good for these guys is getting harder and harder, especially in a city like New York where crime is essential.

RED’ S ALL STAR REVIEW: 3 out of 5. It’s a great book and it had interesting characters and points of view. It also has a lot of face-palm slaps at Terence and the trouble he gets in.

MASS APPEAL: Guys should really like this book. I know a lot of my blogs are more girly books, for the sole purpose that they are easier to find and girls read more. For any guys out there, though, this is for you.

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