No Castles HereAUGIE BORETSKI KNOWS how to get by. If you're a scrawny loser in the destitute city of Camden, New Jersey, you keep your head down, avoid the drug dealers and thugs, and try your best to be invisible. Augie used to be good at that, but suddenly his life is changing. . . . First, Augie accidentally steals a strange book of fairy tales. Then his mom makes him join the Big Brothers program and the chorus. And two bullies try to beat him up every day because of it. Just when it seems like things can't get any worse, an ice storm wrecks Augie's school. The city plans to close the school, abandoning one more building to the drug addicts. But Augie has a plan. For the first time in his life, Augie Boretski is not going down without a fight. |
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User Review - llpollac - LibraryThingAugie Boretski keeps his head down. A sixth grader from impoverished Camden, NJ, Augie doesn't read, doesn't sing in public, doesn't do community programs, and spends most of his energy avoiding the ... Read full review
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User Review - terriko - LibraryThingWhen the hero picks up a book of fairy tales, he doesn't realise how well they will intertwine with his own modern life in a poor part of town. The result is a compelling urban fantasy for teens. Read full review
Contents
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Section 30 | 244 |
Section 31 | 251 |
Section 32 | 255 |
Section 33 | 263 |
Section 34 | 271 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | No Castles Here |
| Author | A.C.E. Bauer |
| Publisher | Random House Children's Books, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0375890793, 9780375890796 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Fiction / LGBTQ Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Peer Pressure Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Values & Virtues |
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