Terrified of the consequences, they drop him off at a hospital and run away. Things are going well, until one night Healy is accidentally knocked unconscious while trying to break up a scuffle among the boys. A former juvenile delinquent himself, Healy is running an experimental halfway house in New York City where he wants to make a difference in the lives of kids like Gecko, Terence, and Arjay. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Terence Florian ran with the worst gang in Chicago.Īll three boys are serving time in juvenile detention centers until they get a second chance at life in the form of Douglas Healy. As such, it's a great choice as a middle school read-aloud.- Jeffrey Hastings, Highlander Way Middle School, Howell, MIĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. This novel is signature Korman it is a celebration of good, youthful intentions and a wholesome and fun treatment of what might otherwise be prohibitively gritty issues. Healy eventually regains his memory and returns to his post as their overseer.

The teens then face the seemingly impossible task of keeping up appearances while also working behind the scenes at the hospital to ensure that Mr. The boys 'borrow' a vehicle and drop him off at a local hospital where he awakens with retrograde amnesia. A scuffle ensues and, when Healy intervenes, he falls to the ground, unconscious but still alive. Gecko and Arjay attempt to intercept him one night as he tries to use the fire escape as a means of reconnecting with his newfound, gang-related associates. Though Gecko and Arjay enter into the deal in good faith, Terence seems bound for recidivism. The teens accept his offer to become his first reformees, willing to trade their bleak incarceration for a small taste of freedom, even though the bargain entails maintaining academic excellence, therapy, and community service. Empathetic adult Douglas Healy, a former juvenile offender himself, has secured a grant to operate an experimental halfway house in New York City designed to provide second chances to boys deemed as deserving.

Grade 6–9-Terence, Gecko, and Arjay made serious mistakes and wound up doing time in juvenile-detention facilities.

The juvie three by gordon korman