Busted

SparkNotes Smart Novels

by Emma Harrison

Smart Novels are compelling, full-length novels with edgy and mature themes that will appeal to teens. Each book showcases more than 1,000 vocabulary words frequently included on the SAT. Brief definitions appear on the same page so that readers can quickly access and digest the meanings as they read along.

Genres: Young Adult

170 pages, Paperback

First published January 12, 2004

About the author

Emma Harrison is a pseudonym of Kieran Scott.

Reviews

[Kass]

This book is both resourceful and entertaining. They have both fulfilled their 2.5 star quota. Therefore, they have, in my opinion, rightfully earned the title of "5 stars".

[Lila Dawes]

i honestly loved this book. there was romance there was action, there was everything that i wanted. it was also a plus that it was a SAT vocabulary book. i very much recommend this.

[del]

Short, sweet, and to the point, this book was a very entertaining way of learning important vocabulary for the SAT. While it wasn't a phenomenal piece of literature, I very much enjoyed the plot and the twist at the end. The worst thing about this book is probably the romance, which, in my opinion, is barely developed and feels a bit rushed (makes sense considering the length of the book) but, I am not quite happy with it regardless. I did enjoy the book as a whole, however, enough to give it fine stars

[Andrea]

Takes a while to get used to the pattern of looking down and the definitions especially since there were so many words I'd never even heard before. It was kinda difficult for me to get past the first quarter, but once I was able to I breezed through it. I really liked the main character, Kim, and the air of mystery. I would actually like to read more about her. It's a short read and definitely worth it if you want to expand your vocabulary. Can't get the word facetious out of my head...

[Juan]

Busted has taught me at least 100+ words I have never even heard of. The plot was pretty cool and I definitely felt productive while reading it. The vocabulary is laid out seamlessly and it makes you forget you're actually studying.

[Trang Trangg]

The chemistry, though abrupt, did bring a lot of joy for me while reading, especially at this moment, when I feel a colossal need of it, I guess. It holds some hope to my love life and academic path altogether.

[Kendra]

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I love how the story was about a girl who gets to be come a spy in school.She faces her own problems and is able to live up the her feelings of getting her job done to stop the drug smuggling of extecy. With the three main suspects and learning more about them and teaching them the world is coming to check on you but not on purpose. when She was called on by david because he found out who she was.And When the end came it jsut made me ant to read faster and more becasue i couldn't put the book down whne i had time.

I loved that they had SAT words because the words are used in you face and if you know the word it is re enforced and if you dont know the word they tell you what it is. when i didnt know kit and lookred at the word i learned it because i reread the sentence until the definition made sense to me with the definition and the story.The words didn't hurt me to read and it was almost like a normal book but with lout having to look up the words i didnt know they were at the bottom of the page so we would rember it sooner.

I recommend to people who like to remember by seeing the word used in the text and explained.People who plan to take the pSat or SAT or i think ACT.So people trying to learn and people who like detective movies to figure out whos the suspect.The wording can help kids have a more intresting vocabulary. the way the story was made was to keep the reader interested but not to have to try to rember the vocab because it gets stuck in you as you read.

[Sarina Wong]

busted is another book that also teaches us SAT words that we could study from. this book is about how a college freshman, also a cop, goes under cover in a high school to scoop out the local drug ring dealer and supplier. the main character goes through a ton of obstacles and confusing twists. it is a great book because the plot is so descriptive and addicting. for some reason i never wanted to part with the book until i fully finished it. it was just that good! i recommend this book to girls and guys, but mainly girls because it is sort of a girly book but theres nothing wrong with a guy reading it :) . you wont be sorry for picking it up and trying it out. its great and terrific and just plain awesome all around.

[Kyleta]

I thought this was a really good book. My favorite part was when the undercover cop fell for one of the suspects. I liked it when she told him about what happened to her friend. How her friend got high and jumped off the yaught.

[Sydney]

Helps with vocabulary for the SAT!

[Kelsey]

Despite the many grammatical errors, this is a great, fun way for high schoolers to learn their SAT words!

[Gislene]

I had a really hard time keeping up with the plot AND the vocab words at the same time. Other than that a decent read to try to study for the SAT's.

[Smohajer]

It wasn't bad.