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I was intrigued that such a book would be published although I have read and taken notes from 200-300 YA books on every situation imanginable for use in reading circles. If I was not afraid of angry parents and there was student interest, I would have a group of one or two guys and three or four gals to read and discuss it.
I find it well enough written and quite factual, but see little 'socially redeeming value' in this book. My friend Dennis was devastated when his wheels were stolen, the transport he needed to earn a living for his family.
A few years ago a dumbass LA County Deputy beat with his flashlight on a car thief he had captured after a freeway chase, while a TV station helicopter was present. But my friend Louis said that was 'good' because the thief deserved it, the bad publicity for the LACSD notwithstanding.
On the suggestion of a PBS comrade, I read the reviews for the book on Goodreads. They are all over the place and almost none are concerned with the moral implications of people's kids reading about how to steal cars. So I am certainly in the minority in having that concern. Apparently parents do not care if their kids are reading righteous books or not.
Hopefully, some readers might be deterred or refuse to ride along, given the consequences today if arrested (which aren't really mentioned). The last paragraph says that car thieves know the end ;but they just don't care (170).'
The protagonists is a 15 years old gal in Minnesota and it takes place in their brief summertime, rather than a protagonist who is a gang-banging drug dealer, a wise decision on the part of the author and the publisher. There are quite a few subplots.
Given that we will soon have robot drivers and ever more tracking devices, this book that takes place in 2008 (texting) will soon be of historical interest only.
I find it well enough written and quite factual, but see little 'socially redeeming value' in this book. My friend Dennis was devastated when his wheels were stolen, the transport he needed to earn a living for his family.
A few years ago a dumbass LA County Deputy beat with his flashlight on a car thief he had captured after a freeway chase, while a TV station helicopter was present. But my friend Louis said that was 'good' because the thief deserved it, the bad publicity for the LACSD notwithstanding.
On the suggestion of a PBS comrade, I read the reviews for the book on Goodreads. They are all over the place and almost none are concerned with the moral implications of people's kids reading about how to steal cars. So I am certainly in the minority in having that concern. Apparently parents do not care if their kids are reading righteous books or not.
Hopefully, some readers might be deterred or refuse to ride along, given the consequences today if arrested (which aren't really mentioned). The last paragraph says that car thieves know the end ;but they just don't care (170).'
The protagonists is a 15 years old gal in Minnesota and it takes place in their brief summertime, rather than a protagonist who is a gang-banging drug dealer, a wise decision on the part of the author and the publisher. There are quite a few subplots.
Given that we will soon have robot drivers and ever more tracking devices, this book that takes place in 2008 (texting) will soon be of historical interest only.
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