'Laugh-out-loud funny, honest, hot and sweet. * 'Another wild, funny adventure from Korman, who knows how to please his YA audience.'- Kliatt, starred review has the goods to go platinum.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'Funny and unexpectedly affecting.'- Publishers Weekly Teens will find deeper issues to consider about popularity, being true to one's self, and taking responsibility for one's actions as they relate to the setting and characters.'- Booklist 'Korman's reworking of The Great Gatsby places the action in a modern framework, which makes it more recognizable for today's readers and may lead them to the classic. 'A compelling investigation of the transience of charisma and the flimsy underpinnings of popularity.'- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 'A fast-paced, tightly focused story.'- The Horn Book 'This novel is signature Korman.'- School Library JournalĪn ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young AdultsĪn ALA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant ReadersĪ Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year * 'hese kids are living minute to minute, where one false step may haunt them forever. If the boys are discovered, their second chance will be their last.* 'There's lots to relish here.'- Kliatt, starred review Or Terence starts reverting to his old ways. They will go to school, do their community service, attend therapy, and act like model citizens until Healy’s memory returns and he can resume his place with them.īut life keeps getting in the way. Afraid of being sent back to Juvie, the guys hatch a crazy scheme to continue on as if the group leader never left. But when Healy awakes, he has no memory of them or the halfway house. Terrified of the consequences, they drop him off at a hospital and run away. The Juvie Three Gordon Korman deals with several heavy themes such as justice, morality, and redemption.

Things are going well, until one night Healy is accidentally knocked unconscious while trying to break up a scuffle among the boys.

A former juvenile delinquent himself, Healy is running an experimental halfway house in New York City where he wants to make a difference in the lives of kids like Gecko, Terence, and Arjay. Terence Florian ran with the worst gang in Chicago.Īll three boys are serving time in juvenile detention centers until they get a second chance at life in the form of Douglas Healy.

The juvie three by gordon korman