Shock Point

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Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club com, January 12, 2010 (view all comments by Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club com)
Sixteen-year-old Cassie is being kidnapped by two men in a van parked in her driveway. She fights like mad until her mother shows up with a suitcase, letting Cassie know she’s being sent off to a school for troubled teens. It seems that Cassie’s step-dad, psychiatrist Rick, has found crystal meth in Cassie’s room, so he’s found a place that will help her turn her life around.

But Cassie has never used drugs, and the school she’s being sent to in Mexico is more like a prison and less like the tropical spa Cassie’s mom thinks it is. Cassie soon finds out there’s a slim chance she’ll even make it out before she turns 18. Can she find a way to escape and tell the world the secret she discovered about Rick before he sent her away?

Shock Point by April Henry opens with an adrenaline rush and doesn’t let up until the last page is turned. Henry offers a glimpse into the abuse that’s possible when teens are sent out of the country to be reprogrammed by parents who don’t really know or don’t really care about the means used to accomplish the goal. It’s a cautionary tale as well as an adventure story of how one teen fought back.

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Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club com, January 12, 2010 (view all comments by Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club com)
Sixteen-year-old Cassie is being kidnapped by two men in a van parked in her driveway. She fights like mad until her mother shows up with a suitcase, letting Cassie know she’s being sent off to a school for troubled teens. It seems that Cassie’s step-dad, psychiatrist Rick, has found crystal meth in Cassie’s room, so he’s found a place that will help her turn her life around.

But Cassie has never used drugs, and the school she’s being sent to in Mexico is more like a prison and less like the tropical spa Cassie’s mom thinks it is. Cassie soon finds out there’s a slim chance she’ll even make it out before she turns 18. Can she find a way to escape and tell the world the secret she discovered about Rick before he sent her away?

Shock Point by April Henry opens with an adrenaline rush and doesn’t let up until the last page is turned. Henry offers a glimpse into the abuse that’s possible when teens are sent out of the country to be reprogrammed by parents who don’t really know or don’t really care about the means used to accomplish the goal. It’s a cautionary tale as well as an adventure story of how one teen fought back.

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xxnatalii309xx, June 4, 2009 (view all comments by xxnatalii309xx)
this book was absouletly increadible. i cudnt out da book down at all. i never really enjoyrd books until i read this one! EVERYTHING!! about this book was awsome!! hehe i had!! to finish it before i fell asleep. i woke up and just had to finsh it. the ending was just unbelievable and i did not see it coming! i recomend this book th anyone out there reading my comment you wont regrett it readin dis book will jzt open ur taste in booksz even ore check out all of april henry's book ..... ;]

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780142412404

Author:

Henry, April

Publisher:

Speak

Subject:

Action & Adventure - General

Subject:

Science & Technology

Subject:

Action & Adventure

Subject:

Family problems

Subject:

Stepfathers

Subject:

Camps

Subject:

Children s-Adventure Stories

Copyright:

2008

Edition Description:

Mass Market

Publication Date:

20081031

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 7 up to AND UP

Language:

English

Pages:

192

Dimensions:

8.18x5.52x.53 in. .44 lbs.

Age Level:

12-17