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No Way Out (Bluford High #14)
by
Peggy Kern,
Paul Langan (Goodreads Author)
Bluford High freshman Harold Davis is trapped. Medical bills for his sick grandmother are piling up, and a social worker has threatened to put him in a foster home. Desperate for money, he reluctantly agrees to work for Londell James, a neighborhood drug dealer. The choice leads him into a world of dangerous streets where no one is safe. Will Harold escape the violence tha...more
Paperback, 140 pages
Published
September 22nd 2008
by Townsend Press
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I respect the fact that Harold did what he had to do to take good care of his grandmother. I would have done the same because I love my grandma dearly. Drug dealing is illegal but i certainly dont knock it because you're making money. Finding aswell as maintaining a job isnt always easy so if you decide to sale drugs I agree with your decision.
This novel grabbed my attention in multiple ways. It showed how people’s lives are in the real world. How this story can happen to anyone. One thing th...more
This novel grabbed my attention in multiple ways. It showed how people’s lives are in the real world. How this story can happen to anyone. One thing th...more
1) I like this book because it shows how a kid handels his money problems by working for a drug dealer(which isn't good).For example when Harrold found out that his sick grandmother had to pay a lot of hospital bills, he desided to get a job.Instead of countinuing his job at WholeFoods, he did the wrong thing and took a job from a drug dealer.This was kind of ackward to me because to pay some of your hospital bills you work for a drug dealer.At leatst think about the things that you are doing be...more
I think that the book is a good story. It tells you how life is on the streets and how quick it could take you . The kid in the story isn't really bad but he needed cash fast to help out his grandmother which he lives with. She had gotten sick and needed medical attention she got surgerys and then later a bill was sent to them harold had saw one of them and opened it he was shocked about how much it was . His grandma struggled for keeping the house and taking care of harold so she had very littl...more
im reading the book No way out,and its about this bluford high freshman who is trapped.His grandma has medical bills for his sick grandmother are pilling up,and a social worker has threatened to put him in a foster home.Desperate for money, he reluctantly agrees to work for Londell James, a neighborhood drug dealer.
Warning: Plot Spoilers and Discussion Follow Below.
setting: my book takes place in a nice neighborhood, then in a nasty,trashy neighborhood.
Protagonist: Harold Davis is a good smart k...more
Warning: Plot Spoilers and Discussion Follow Below.
setting: my book takes place in a nice neighborhood, then in a nasty,trashy neighborhood.
Protagonist: Harold Davis is a good smart k...more
Harold Davis is so desperate for money he will do anything. Harold needs money he thinks to help pay for his grandmother's hospital bills, food, and monthly bills. He sees all the bills stacked up in their apartment. A social worker also has been by and mail sent home that makes Harold nervous. Harold believes that he may not have a place to live if something happens to his grandmother. So, he applies for a stock position at SuperFoods. He's working hard and enjoying his job until he receives hi...more
In the book No Way Out By Peggy Kern i've that nlife you have to sarfice things in order to get to where you need to go in life.Harold the main chaaracter is the age of 17 still in high school and is now force to take care of his grandmother because she hurts herself.He has to become responsible take care of business in and out of school.it' alot on him because he still is a young teen trying to find his way out in life,forster care wants to take him because they feel as though he's not able to...more
This was a really good book. It showed how people’s lives are in the real world. How this story can happen to anyone. One thing that I learned is that you need to be careful of who you trust and hang out with. Harold didn’t do a good job of that. He knew that when he went to 25th street that trouble was going to start and that once he got there, there was no turning back. This book also made me think about how you should love your family while you’re alive and that when ever there is a problem b...more
Why I picked it up: I’m doing a Bluford book group with some middle school students and read several in the series so I would be familiar with them and could pick one title for us to focus on.
Harold lives with his grandmother. When she suddenly has to go to the hospital, Harold must take care of himself for a few days. When she comes home, he starts seeing the medical come in and does not know how they are going to pay for them. He got a job at the local grocery store to bring in some money, bu...more
Harold lives with his grandmother. When she suddenly has to go to the hospital, Harold must take care of himself for a few days. When she comes home, he starts seeing the medical come in and does not know how they are going to pay for them. He got a job at the local grocery store to bring in some money, bu...more
Sep 11, 2011
Jara
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I thought this book "No Way Out" by Peggy Kern was too interesting. I liked the book very much because it tells about what goes on exactly in the world today and it makes you realize that anything you may be going through does not necessarily mean your going to fail, only if you allow it. It was interesting to me also because it is a book that tells about life, and what happened in the book, could actually happen in real life and does happen in real life. I like reading books that I can relate t...more
Oct 28, 2009
Superman84
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I read the book the book No Way Out by Perry Kern. This had its ups and downs but it turned pretty good.
No Way Out is about a young 9th grade boy named Harold. Harolds' grandmother fell down some steps and got really banged up and he was the only one to support her. He tries a job and it doesn't work and he goes to worse job in the world. DRUG DEALING. At first when he was with the boss Lendell it was going good. But it all turned around when he went alone, he was attacked by a junkie and want...more
No Way Out is about a young 9th grade boy named Harold. Harolds' grandmother fell down some steps and got really banged up and he was the only one to support her. He tries a job and it doesn't work and he goes to worse job in the world. DRUG DEALING. At first when he was with the boss Lendell it was going good. But it all turned around when he went alone, he was attacked by a junkie and want...more
Is about a boy who lives with hes grandma because hes mom die and hes grandma is taking care of him. He gets trouble every day.
Oct 09, 2011
Ami Kyila
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so far i read about a young boy living with his grandmother and she just got out the hospital so harold her grandson is helping her out , and he just found out she's having money problems so he's thinking of ways to help even though she told him to focus on school .
september 26, 2011
now im on chapter 6 in this book and harold got a job at a supermarket, but he still isn't making enough to help his grandmother out with the bills . He hate to see her struggle so he quits his job and starts sellin...more
september 26, 2011
now im on chapter 6 in this book and harold got a job at a supermarket, but he still isn't making enough to help his grandmother out with the bills . He hate to see her struggle so he quits his job and starts sellin...more
This book is about a boy named Harold Davis woth a lot of trouble on his hands. He lives with his Grandma everything comes crashing down once she falls down the steps of their apartment complex. She has a problem paying all of the medical bills, so he decides to deliver drugs from an ex-con, Londell James. He soon realizes that this isn't what he was supposed to be doing and tried to get out of the game, but Londell threatened him and Harold could find No Way Out. You'd have to read the book to...more
This book provides a straight forward view of how a high schooler can suddenly find his life plummeting downward into dealing drugs as a way to earn money. When Harold's grandmother becomes sick and he fears that he will become a warden of the state is she can not pay their bills, he turns to an older boy in the neighborhood who seems loyal and offers him a job. He quickly realizes just how morally wrong and dangerous this job is, but it's too late for him to turn back. The characters in this st...more
Mar 28, 2013
Bobby
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3. What problems does one of the characters have, and how does he or she solve it?
Harold is a high school student. He does not have a mother or father. He lives with his grandmother. His grandmother is very sick and he is worried abut her. She does not have enough money to pay for bills. Harold finds a job and starts working. His first job was not good enough so he found another one with is drug dealing.
5. Did anyone in the book do something you did not like? Explain.
Harold is a good student a...more
Harold is a high school student. He does not have a mother or father. He lives with his grandmother. His grandmother is very sick and he is worried abut her. She does not have enough money to pay for bills. Harold finds a job and starts working. His first job was not good enough so he found another one with is drug dealing.
5. Did anyone in the book do something you did not like? Explain.
Harold is a good student a...more
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Mar 17, 2011
Grant Earls
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This is one of my favorite bluford series books. Harold a freshman at Bluford High School is desperate for money after he sees his grandmothers medical bills. While Harold is at the store buying supplies for his grandmother he finds out that he doesn't have enough money to buy all the things on the list. Londell James (a local drug dealer) lends him so money to buy the supplies. Harold gets mixed up with Londell and sells drugs for him to make some extra money on the side. Londell often threaten...more
This book was about a 9th grade boy named Harold that has to worry not only about school but also about the lack of money and his injured grandmother. In order to help out he gets a part time job in a grocery store but that does little to help with the bills. He thinks that trusting londell was the right thing to do because he needed the money. He thought that selling drugs and working for londell was the right thing to do but he didn't realize that not everybody could be trusted. I liked this b...more
I liked my book because it was very realistic and also because there was drama."No Way Out" by Peggy Kern is based upon how a freshmen,Harold Davis is struggling while dealing with trying to pay bills mostly for his sick grandmother,and soon will have to go into a foster home if he doesnt.So,to try and escape from his problems he begans to work for a drug dealer Londell James and then things dont seem to go well soon after making that reckless mistake.For instance,on page twelve Harold's grandm...more
this book was good because this book was a bout a kid that was with his grandmother and he lived by a plce where a bunch of people that were on gangs, peaolpe that were in gangs use to call him stuff because he was fat, but one day the leader of the gang helped to pay the things that his grandmother needed so days after he helped the kid he told him if he wanted to work for him he told him that he was going to get good money and all he needed to do was to deliver drugs and stuff and after that o...more
I have just finished the book No Way Out by Peggy Kern, it is a Bluford Series. This book is about a boy named Harold Davis who lives with his grandmother, and they were living good. Until, one day his grandmother fell down the stairs of their apartment complex, and then everything went wrong. She used to care for him and make sure Harold had everything he needed, now he was the one caring for her. Because her hospital bills were so high, his grandmother used most of her money trying to pay the...more
The conflict is that there is this boy and he ives with his grandma and she just had sergre and they don't have a lot of money o pay the bill and so one day the boy got the mail and saw this letter that if his grandma did not pay then he woould be taken away from her and so he got scared and did not tell her that he read the note. so he gets a job and then gets money but he sells drugs to get he money so its not a veary geed job to have.
I liked the book because i think it was really good and in...more
I liked the book because i think it was really good and in...more
This book is about a boy that has a problem with a man that is a big bully to him. He has to watch his back because his grandma is sick and the bully know where he lives. He did his best not to get into it with him. It seems that he just cant stay away from trouble.
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!! This has so much drama in it , its just ridiculous. most of the time inside this book people would bully him and make fun of him because of his weight. But i can relate to his problem.
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!! This has so much drama in it , its just ridiculous. most of the time inside this book people would bully him and make fun of him because of his weight. But i can relate to his problem.
Good addition to the Bluford series! Harold is in high school and worrying about his sick grandmother and the mounting bills. His part-time job at a grocery store does little to help with the money situation, so it is very tempting to fall in with Londell, the local drug dealer, who is quick to give Harold an easy $50 here and there to deliver his drugs. Harold soon regrets his decision to work for Londell, but he finds there is no way out.
A book in the Bluford High series. Harold is a high school freshman who lives with his grandmother. When she gets sick and they have medical bills to pay, things get tight financially – more than they already were. Then a social worker threatens to put Harold in a foster home. He is desperate and starts working for a local drug dealer. The violence and uncertainty frighten him, but he doesn't know where to go or what to do now.
10/17/11
No Way Out
Peggy Kern
Realistic Fiction
A kid named Harold is in dept of paying his bills in his apartment and to his college funds. So he asked a the gang for a favor, and they told him that they would let him sell drugs to the gang's buyer. He only did this because he get 50 dollars from every buyer for his profit. I would feel the same way if I was him because if I was broke there is no way to do it unless you want to be a hobo and live on the streets. He also had no other choice becaus...more
No Way Out
Peggy Kern
Realistic Fiction
A kid named Harold is in dept of paying his bills in his apartment and to his college funds. So he asked a the gang for a favor, and they told him that they would let him sell drugs to the gang's buyer. He only did this because he get 50 dollars from every buyer for his profit. I would feel the same way if I was him because if I was broke there is no way to do it unless you want to be a hobo and live on the streets. He also had no other choice becaus...more
I just started this book and i am a Bluford Series fan. So far it's about him and his grandma. She fell and got hurt and they have all theese big bills they have to pay and soon with not alot of money. He finds an envilope with his name on it but it's adressed to his grandma. Befor he got to sneak a look his granma tolled him to bring it to her because she didn't wan't him to worry about the bills.
I read No way out by Peggy Kern. Which tells the story of londell and his struggles in the ghetto. I think the title is just what the books about the feeling of not being able to get out of a bad situation. the feeling of hopelessness, like londell will always stay in the bad environment of the ghetto. I recommend this book to everybody especially those who are in similar situation like londell.
Feb 19, 2013
Jordan713
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This was a book, that I don't think I was ready to read. I was just starting to learn about about drugs, and when I read this book, I realized that sometimes kids do actually end up in the situation that Harold is in. I think that the situation in the book was also a situation that other kids could end up in. Overall, however, I think this was a great book for teen readers.
well i'm telling you when you start reading no way out,well it will make you think and think.well character in this book are real, these problem that goes on in the book are real. And it happening to people for real now.But when you read the ending you will want to read more,but also you will have hope like horld the main character.
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Peggy Kern was born and raised in Westbury, New York. There she attended the local public elementary and middle schools, where she was one of the few white students in a predominately black and Latino community. Peggy didn’t realize what a unique and valuable experience that was until she transferred to a private high school.
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