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Code Of Silence (2012)

by Tim Shoemaker(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0310726530 (ISBN13: 9780310726531)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Zonderkidz

series

Code of Silence

review 1: Would have abandoned if not for committee work. Too long. Too repetitious. Too didactic. Too much telling and not enough showing. I really think this book would have benefitted immensely from some editing. The story is exciting, underneath it all. I'm not convinced students will stick with it for 300+ pages. I think they will enjoy it a bit more than I did though. 2 stars for students. Garde 6-9.
review 2: Cooper, Hiro and Gordy are best friends who like to spend afternoons after school at their favorite handout Frank-N-Stein’s Restaurant. One evening they decided to play one more arcade game while their friend, mentor and owner Frank locks up. What happens next is the beginning of a nightmare. The three friends are trapped in the restaurant and witness t... morehe robbery and beating of Frank. When one of the robbers pulls and leaves the video that would incriminate them in the robbery, Cooper takes the opportunity to snatch it and escape. The others get away and Cooper is caught and his house keys taken and he is left with a threat to his family. He and his friends get away. They make a pact to keep what they know silent. They don’t know who they can trust because the robbers were dressed in police uniforms. Unfortunately Cooper’s backpack left at the scene put the cops and the criminals on his trail. His lies upon lies begin to catch up with him. It strains his relationship with his parents, his friends and with his relationship with God. This was one of those books that once you start you can’t put it down. The messages about doing the right thing, friendship, loyalty, honesty, lies and telling the truth can be found all through the book. When I give my book talk about this book I’m going to ask my students up front if they believe it is ever okay to tell a lie and ask for examples. Then I will introduce this book because people need to realize that just because you think it is okay to lie, there are consequences for each lie you tell. This is a book I definitely recommend to my students and all adults who love to read a good mystery. less

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