Last school year I read a lot of YA fiction including James Heneghan's Payback. I liked it, it was a bit of a surprise. Sad though, yet it had an optimistic note at the end. It is about teen bullying and suicide, which can be a real deterrent to someone wanting a mood lifter, right?
Heneghan was able to get me liking his characters, feeling for them, and understanding them, which says a lot I think given how jaded I can be sometimes (see American Born Chinese).
I liked it too because he is from here and the story is set in Van.
There are a lot of good opportuities for teaching in this book.
CMB
Heneghan was able to get me liking his characters, feeling for them, and understanding them, which says a lot I think given how jaded I can be sometimes (see American Born Chinese).
I liked it too because he is from here and the story is set in Van.
There are a lot of good opportuities for teaching in this book.
CMB
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