Busted

by Phil Bildner

Overview

In high school, anyone can get busted.

It could be the senior class ski trip, or maybe it's the way you cope with the school bully, or how you entertain yourself in the world's most boring class. Every kid has some secret crime, something that they are afraid they'll get in trouble for. In Busted, four different stories take place throughout one year at Coldwater Creek High School and intertwine to show that no one, whether you are an honors student or the best athlete in school, is safe from getting busted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481421713
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	12/14/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Phil Bildner is a former New York City public school teacher who lives in Newburgh, New York. He spends much of his year visiting schools and libraries around the country and world. He is the author of over twenty books including the middle grade novel A Whole New Ballgame and picture books Marvelous Cornelius, The Soccer Fence, The Hallelujah Flight, and Twenty-One Elephants. Along with Loren Long, he is the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Sluggers series. Visit him online at PhilBildner.com.

Editorial Reviews

Four connected stories about happenings at fictional Coldwater Creek High School may raise some adult eyebrows, but teens, especially reluctant readers, may think these guys have got it going on. During the annual ski trip, the cool crowd knows to take the batteries out of the hotel room's smoke alarm before blazin' a joint. Planning to get drunk and create party central, they have to outwit the faculty, especially see-all Principal Danzig. Rounding out the social wrongs are gambling, a bully terrorizing the entire school and lunchtime "Therapy" sessions of smoking pot in the parking lot. Danzig dominates the novel as a larger-than-life folk hero performing some over-the-top interventions. In places, voice transcripts and short sentences create a police procedural feel to the writing, but nailing teen-speak, including casual profanity, is the author's strength. The work is a bit short on conflict resolution, and the busted teens too often fade from the pages leaving readers wondering of their ultimate fates. However, this book has a place in public libraries serving teens with a reputation for partying. (Fiction. YA)

Kirkus Reviews