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Jojo's back, released from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again. They wonder if they'll be walking down the street one day and they'll run into Jojo and Jojo will give them attitude or shove them around, just for fun. Jojo's friends have a way of making it hard--really hard--on people who decide to pre
...moreHardcover, 93 pages
Published
April 28th 2009
by Orca Book Publishers
(first published January 1st 2009)
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
A young man just released from prison has a neighborhood upset and ready for revenge. Jojo has been nothing but trouble from an early age, and when he beat Eden Withrow within an inch of his life, he became the most unpopular guy around. Most folks don't think the two-year sentence he served was nearly long enough.
Ardell, Eden's younger brother, can't stand to see Jojo living back across the street....more
A young man just released from prison has a neighborhood upset and ready for revenge. Jojo has been nothing but trouble from an early age, and when he beat Eden Withrow within an inch of his life, he became the most unpopular guy around. Most folks don't think the two-year sentence he served was nearly long enough.
Ardell, Eden's younger brother, can't stand to see Jojo living back across the street....more
These series of books are mostly about street life. How teenagers live and how they survive in their neighborhoods.
The book is about Jojo-a bully and Adrell-the guy who wants revenge for what Jojo did back in the days to his brother. Jojo and his friends where bullying the streets and the area they lived around. Jojo had a girlfriend who got pregnant and he didi't want a child. Once when he was fighting with her on a street Adrells brother tried to defend her for what got beaten up really ...more
The book is about Jojo-a bully and Adrell-the guy who wants revenge for what Jojo did back in the days to his brother. Jojo and his friends where bullying the streets and the area they lived around. Jojo had a girlfriend who got pregnant and he didi't want a child. Once when he was fighting with her on a street Adrells brother tried to defend her for what got beaten up really ...more
This book back by Norah McClintock, is about a boy who went to jail for beating a boy to concousion because, the boy help out the muderers girlfriend out by grabbing her away from a crowd of guys who is surronding her, pushing her around while she is pregnant. Throught this book, the boy comes out of jail and vists his girl Shana who was pregnant with his baby. He meets his baby who is 1 years old and people try to beat him up because of what he did.
Shanas internal conflict is, shoul...more
Shanas internal conflict is, shoul...more
Thought-provoking and to the point. Back is an excellent book for reluctant readers. The narrator is an observer, telling about events in his (or her) neighbourhood as they unfold, until at the end, the narrator chooses to take action. The book ends with a decision, and the reader is left thinking about what might happen.
Like all the Orca Soundings books, Back is a short, fast-paced read with an easy-to-read vocabulary, but McClintock doesn't let the size of the book limit the scope of...more
Like all the Orca Soundings books, Back is a short, fast-paced read with an easy-to-read vocabulary, but McClintock doesn't let the size of the book limit the scope of...more
This book wasn’t really the best book out there. The main character is JoJo who is a teenage. The book really takes a turn when JoJo get home from going to jail. When JoJo gets home from jail he discovers that there is much hate in the air. A local on the block named Eden is in a server coma due to JoJo who also hates him. But Eden’s brother is very excited for JoJo to get home. Overall the book was ok if you can relate to it this book would probably be better.
The neighborhood has been fairly quiet since Jojo was sent away. But he's served his time and is coming home. Many of the neighbors aren't happy about that, especially Ardell, whose brother Eden is still in a coma from the beating Jojo gave him. Will the neighborhood folks give Jojo a second chance? Another winner in the Orca Soundings series.
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I didnt like this book too much. It was between an okay and didnt like most of the time. I didnt like how it was pretty much in third person form most of the time. I also didnt like how the story ended. It should have had more.
the book was ight filled with drama. The ending was just ridiculous though. the dudes name is jojo. he just got outta jail an then an theres this dude that don't like him. so the dude ends up killing jojo an thats how the book ends
Just an okay book...
This was a really great read for those stuggling, I hate to read, students. Jojo comes home from prison. Another boy on the block (Eden)is in a coma because of Jojo. Eden's brother is filled with hate for Jojo and he can't wait for Jojo to get home.
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Norah McClintock’s fascinating mysteries are hard to put down. Her Chloe & Levesque series, Mike & Riel series, and Robyn Hunter series, all published by Scholastic Canada, have been popular with readers in many countries. Norah has also written several crime novels for reluctant readers in the Orca Soundings series from Orca Book Publishers,
Norah is a five-time winner of the Crime Wr...more
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