Language: PG (20 swears, 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (peril, Oscar gets punched in the face a couple of times causing nose bleeding and black eye)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ESSENTIAL
APPEALS TO: MANY
12yo Oscar had lived all his life with his grandpa in a retirement home. On the day of his 49th funeral, his life changes. Mr. Howell, the owner of Sunny Days has died and his son has taken over ownership - raising everyone's rent. There's no way Pops can afford the crazy new cost, and Oscar is desperate. So, when new resident Jimmy Deluca offers him a deal - lots of money to break him out - he accepts and goes on a crazy adventure with Jimmy, Natasha (young Mr. Howell's daughter) and Mr. Buttercup, Jimmy's cat. Oscar is a good kid, and this kind of behavior is well out of character for him, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Never ending action makes Busted a book that's hard to put down. This aging mobster is delightful (and unpredictable, and probably dangerous and certainly sweary) Natasha is a great yang to Oscar's ying. He's a good kid and she's looking for trouble. So many life lessons, lots of impossible situations and a great narrator made this such a fun read. I'm recommending it already! The characters default white.
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