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High Interest Publishing Inc., 2003 - Juvenile Fiction - 88 pages

A teenage girl is part of a gang that enjoys crazy vandalism. But when the court sentences her to community service at a hospital, she meets a paraplegic who changes her life and her feelings about the gang.

Reading level: Grade 3.8 (Lexile 710)  Interest level: Grades 5-10

HIP SR novels feature exciting, action-based stories and realistic teenage characters with authentic problems and issues.  Geared to reluctant readers in middle and high school.

 

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Contents

Section 1
12
Section 2
21
Section 3
39
Section 4
46
Section 5
73
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About the author (2003)

Paul Kropp was born in Buffalo, New York on February 22, 1948. He received a B.A. degree from Columbia University and a M.A. degree in 17th century English poetry at the University of Western Ontario. He got his teacher's certification and started writing for his struggling students. He became a full-time author in 1994. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 70 books including Burn Out, Wilted, Cottage Crazy, and Ski Stooges. He also co-founded High Interest Publishing, a company that produces materials for reluctant readers. He died from cancer on August 22, 2015 at the age of 67.