The Juvie Three

Three teenage boys from different backgrounds navigate a new life in a halfway house after being released from juvenile detention.

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256 pages· 50,867 words· Est. 4.5 hour read

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Gecko, Terence, and Arjay are juvenile delinquents given a fresh start at a halfway house. When their mentor, Healy, loses his memory after an accident, the boys face a dilemma. To avoid returning to detention, they concoct a daring plan to keep the house running without him. But with every move, the risk of discovery looms. Can they maintain the facade, or will their past catch up with them, ending their chance at redemption?

From the publisher

Gecko Fosse drove the getaway car. Terence Florian ran with the worst gang in Chicago. Arjay Moran killed someone. All three boys are serving time in juvenile detention centers until they get a second chance. Douglas Healy, a former juvenile delinquent himself, 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. Things are going well until one night Healy is accidentally knocked unconscious while trying to break up a scuffle among the boys. Terrified of the consequences, they drop him off at a hospital and run away. When Healy wakes up, he has no memory of them or the halfway house. Afraid of being sent back to Juvie, the guys hatch a crazy scheme to continue on as if the group leader never left. But if the boys are discovered, their second chance will be their last. . . . An ALSCA Notable Book, 2009

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