Summary
Mac is a guy who can get things. Do you need protection? Help with a class? Visit Mac and his business partner, Vince, at their office in the fourth stall in the East Wing boy's bathroom. Business is good - for now. But a high school crime boss is starting to move in on Mac's territory and causing trouble in Mac's organization. Mac, Vince and their crew will need to watch their backs and know who their true friends are if they are going to survive.
Review
Fun story with an unusual premise. The cover alone grabbed the attention of my students when I displayed this book at school [I try to post a kids book that I am reading to spark conversation with my students]. Mac is a creative kid but he starts to wonder who he can trust when Staples seems to always know Mac's next move. A second book is due out February 7, 2011.
4 out of 5 stars
AR level of 5.1
Recommended for: fans of school stories, "mob"-type stories, older tweens and teens
Cautions: These are middle school "wise-guys" - no guns involved but there are some series beatings.
February 2012 is here! That means it is time for me to start thinking about new releases in February. The first Tuesday of the month is a big release day. Here are some titles you can expect to release this coming Tuesday:
Cake on a Hot Tin Roof (Piece of Cake Mystery series) ~ Jacklyn Brady
The Walled Flower (Victoria Square Mystery series) ~ Lorraine Bartlett
Buried in a Book (A Novel Idea Mystery) ~ Lucy Arlington (new series)
Death on Heels (A Crime of Fashion Mystery) ~ Ellen Byerrum
Scrapbook of Secrets ~ Mollie Cox Bryan
Clobbered by Camembert (Cheese Shop Mystery) ~ Avery Aames
A Fitting End (Magical Dressmaking Mystery) ~ Melissa Bourbon
Listen to my Trumpet (Piggie and Gerald) ~ Mo Willems
Town in a Wild Moose Chase (A Candy Holliday Mystery) ~ B.B. Haywood
One Book in the Grave (Bibliophile Mystery series) ~ Kate Carlisle
Murder in a Basket ~ Amanda Flower
Mr. Burke Is Berserk (My Weirder School) ~ Dan Gutman
The Fourth Stall, Part II (middle grade book) ~ Chris Rylander
Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet (picture book) ~ Jane O'Connor
Lots of reading potential for the first Tuesday in February! Enjoy.
These books for kids and teens are HIGH on my list of books to read next!
Captive princess learns magic and then needs to save her kingdom (Princess Ben).
Young woman with the power to kill with her bare hands (Graceling).
Three children, driven from their family, experience a magical adventure while trying to find their way home (The Emerald Atlas).
Sixth grade "goodfellas." (The Fourth Stall)
Some of these have been out entirely too long for me to have not gotten to them yet. I really need a quiet weekend of reading!
These are the next two kids books I am waiting to read. Not sure which one I should read first.... Maybe I should let my Writing Club kids pick the next one. They did such a good job last time!
