Gotcha! Contributor(s): Hrdlitschka, Shelley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1551437376 ISBN-13: 9781551437378 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2008 * Out of Print * Annotation: It's 'bead season' at slippery rock high. This year the bead-snatching grad game called 'Gotcha' has been banned as an official school activity because the teachers have decided to put an end to a dangerous tradition. After paying an entry fee the players are given a bead and someone's name. The object of the game is snatch the bead of your victim and take their name. The winner ends up with all the beads;and all the money. After the game is banned it becomes even more appealing. The game goes underground and more grads than ever are participating. Katie is reluctant to join in, but as a member of grad council she feels she has to go along. The game quickly spins out of control. Katie finds herself losing friends and falling victim to her classmates' obsession with the game. She considers dropping out of the game but then devises a better way of getting even with her classmates. Katie finds herself sliding further down into disaster. Can she bring a safe end to this deadly game? |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure - Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2008921105 |
Age Level: 12-NA |
Grade Level: 7-NA |
Lexile Measure: 660(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.91" W x 7.26" L (0.52 lbs) 272 pages |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2011 |
Review Citations: School Library Journal 10/01/2008 pg. 150 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 122466 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: It's bead season at slippery rock high. This year the bead-snatching grad game called Gotcha has been banned as an official school activity because the teachers have decided to put an end to a dangerous tradition. After paying an entry fee the players are given a bead and someone's name. The object of the game is snatch the bead of your victim and take their name. The winner ends up with all the beads--and all the money. After the game is banned it becomes even more appealing. The game goes underground and more grads than ever are participating. Katie is reluctant to join in, but as a member of grad council she feels she has to go along. The game quickly spins out of control. Katie finds herself losing friends and falling victim to her classmates' obsession with the game. She considers dropping out of the game but then devises a better way of getting even with her classmates. Katie finds herself sliding further and further down the chute that leads to disaster. Can she bring a safe end to this deadly game? |
Contributor Bio(s): Hrdlitschka, Shelley: - Shelley Hrdlitschka has written many novels for teens, including Sister Wife, which was nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award. She lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia, where she hikes, snowshoes and hangs out with grizzly bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. For more information, visit www.shelleyhrdlitschka.ca. |
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