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Cold Calls
Cold Calls
Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Choose Library District
Review Date: February 7, 2015
Review
The premise of this story is not really believable. Three teenagers from three different schools are blackmailed by text and email into bullying certain chosen kids in their schools. The blackmailer has information on each student that would cause themselves and others great disgust and disgrace if revealed. So, the teenagers are forced into bullying, which goes against their natures and has repercussions. When they meet in a required bullying weekend class and find what they have in common, they band together to find out who the culprit is behind the blackmail before time runs out. It was only okay and it did deal with cyber-bullying via blackmail but it didn't hold my attention very well.
Overall Book Score: poor
About the Book
Author:
Benoit, Charles
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: mystery
Audience: grades 7-9,grades 10-12
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780544239500
Price: 17.99