Schrefer, Eliot The School for Dangerous Girls, 352 p. Scholastic, January 2009.
Language: R (90+ swears, no "f"); Violence: PG-13; Sexual Content: PG.
NO
Angela refuses to let anyone tell her what to do. Fed up with her out-of-control behavior, her parents ship her off to a boarding for last-chance girls, whose next stop is probably prison. After a harsh and dangerous first month, Angela finds herself among the rest of the girls in the main school building, but her cousin Pilar, who preceded her to the school, is missing, as are several of the girls who attended orientation with her. Angela cannot enjoy the new freedoms she is given, instead she must find out what happened to the others. She finally finds the other and finds herself within, right inside a nightmarish existence.
Another book about how reform schools for behavior-challenged kids are evil and that the kids themselves are actually the good guys. As a parent I have to roll my eyes at this one. The action is quite interesting, and kids who do pick it up, especially the dangerous ones, will probably love it. But the plot holes are huge and the swear count is high. Leave this one to the public libraries.
Cindy: Library-Teacher.
Language: R (90+ swears, no "f"); Violence: PG-13; Sexual Content: PG.
NO
Angela refuses to let anyone tell her what to do. Fed up with her out-of-control behavior, her parents ship her off to a boarding for last-chance girls, whose next stop is probably prison. After a harsh and dangerous first month, Angela finds herself among the rest of the girls in the main school building, but her cousin Pilar, who preceded her to the school, is missing, as are several of the girls who attended orientation with her. Angela cannot enjoy the new freedoms she is given, instead she must find out what happened to the others. She finally finds the other and finds herself within, right inside a nightmarish existence.
Another book about how reform schools for behavior-challenged kids are evil and that the kids themselves are actually the good guys. As a parent I have to roll my eyes at this one. The action is quite interesting, and kids who do pick it up, especially the dangerous ones, will probably love it. But the plot holes are huge and the swear count is high. Leave this one to the public libraries.
Cindy: Library-Teacher.
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