59 Hours Contributor(s): Kovatch, Johnny (Author) |
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ISBN: 1481476602 ISBN-13: 9781481476607 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2018 Click for more in this series: Simon True |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Law & Crime - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Violence - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse |
Dewey: 364.152 |
LCCN: 2017005186 |
Age Level: 14-17 |
Grade Level: 9-12 |
Series: Simon True |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" L (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Real stories. Real teens. Real consequences. An innocent teen becomes a hostage stuck in the middle of a dangerous drug-fueled feud in this third book in the chilling Simon True series. On Sunday, August 6, 2000, fifteen-year-old Nick Markowitz was grabbed off the street on the orders of a local drug dealer named Jesse James Hollywood. Nick was taken as collateral because his brother Ben owed Jesse money. He was an innocent victim who became a pawn in an increasingly high-stakes feud between the two that ended with Nick's brutal murder. A dozen or more people saw Nick over the course of the next fifty-nine hours, but no one stepped forward to say anything. No one thought to report the crime to the police. Some of them were scared of Hollywood, while others simply didn't want to get involved. When the news of Nick's murder finally broke, they all had to confront what they'd done--or hadn't done. As for Hollywood, he ordered the hit, but he wasn't actually there when the murder took place. And once the story came to light, he immediately disappeared and remained a fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted List for nearly six years before his eventual capture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kovatch, Johnny: - Johnny Kovatch founded the InsideOUT Writers/Prison Insight Program in seven state prisons throughout California. He also teaches expressive writing to minors being tried as adults in juvenile hall. Originally from Ohio, he currently resides in Los Angeles. |
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