TITLE- JUVIE THREE
AUTHOR- GORDON KORMAN
Is this story fair? Why/why not?
The book JUVIE THREE is fair in most cases except for one. The book is about three young black males that are juvenile delinquents. Gecko, Terrance, Arjay the main characters of the book all commited crimes that put them in juvenile detention. Gecko drove a getaway car for his older brother Rueben to land him in the joint. The car was stolen and Gecko is too young to drive or even hold a permit, but he is very skilled at the job. Gecko was used for driving Rueben places mostly after crimes Ruebrn has committed. Gecko has no other choice but to say yes because Rueben bribes and bullies him into doing the things. Terrance, a Chicago gang banger locked up for banging. And Arjay was locked up for manslaughter. A 15 year old with a incredible phisic/ body, convicted of manslaughter after a whole football team targeted him after Arjay turned down their football invite onto the team. Arjay wasnt into sports and the football team tried to change his mindset by beating his skull with their fists. The star Quarterback was the 1st to go down and he never got back up. Dead after bullying a kid into joining a team.
The book is fair because if you commit a crime you must pay for it, there are consequences or their actions and they had to do time for it. The book introduced a new way of giving troubled teens a chance to start over and live a good life after the crimes they committed. A man named Douglas Healy gave them a 2nd chance but they had to live off the radar for 6 months and if they did what they were supposed to, go to school, community service, and work. They had it easy as Healy was easy on them as long as they stayed on top of their work. Healy was like a friend towards them and they liked and respected him as the person who took time out of their life to help juvenile teens go back home and live life instead of being locked up in a jail.
QUOTATIONS
1) "Gecko Fosse is behind the wheel of a powder blue Infiniti M45 Sedan, enjoying the thrum of the idling engine and not thinking." This quotation stood out a lot to me because of the last part of him saying he was not thinking, it shows that even though he is in a stolen car and about to drive a getaway car with stolen items inside of it.
2) "The rush is familiar to Gecko--- Im driving again!" This is a great quotation because while With Mr.Healy he isnt allowed to drive because he is under the age that he can drive. But Mr.Healy is injured because he was trying to break up a fight between the 3 kids and he fell and busted his head.
3) "Healy wanted us out of jail.He basically devoted his whole life to setting up the halfway house. If we get Arrested, we'll be undoing everything he worked for." This is 1 of my favorite quotes because of the sense of urgency that the three have with Healy and how they are worried about healy and trying to make sure they dont get arreseted for healy's sake. I also like this quote because even though healy is unconscious they were responsible enough to get him to the hospital without him dying or being permanently damaged.
4) "I know," healy sympathizes. "You're allergic to work. Come on--- I want you all to do this. It'll be good for you." This quote also stood out because Healy is so respectful of the kids even though they are criminals and teenagers. I like Healy's approach of trying to actually communicate with them instead of bossing them around and using his power to control their lives. He lets them make their own decisions and thats help them develop and mske right choices because someone actullay trusts them.
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