Crazy Dangerous
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.16 (690 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1469262223 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 462 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-04-24 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. When Sam intervenes as the gang bullies Jennifer, the "weird" girl at school, he gets beaten up and earns Jennifer's adulation. No redistribution permitted. She tells Sam about her visions, complete with demons, the devil, murders, and lots of blood. Sam believes that she's foretelling the future, and sets off to stop the violence. Edgar winner Andrew Klavan's book (Thomas Nelson, 2012) has a Christian slant. Nick Podehl does a wonderful job narrating, expressively voicing Sam's emotions and confusion and clearly delineating all the other characters; Jennifer's voice is suitably creepy. From School Library Journal Gr 7-10-Sixteen-year-old Sam Hopkins is a PK-preacher's kid-and has always had a goody-goody reputation. Believability is strained as Sam, a driver with limited experience and a learner's permit, steals a Mustang and weaves in and out of traffic at high speeds without a scratch. A supplemental purchase for those who like their thrillers
Sam Hopkins is a good kid who has fallen in with the wrong crowd. Hanging around with car thieves and thugs, Sam knows it’s only a matter of time before he makes one bad decision too many and gets into real trouble. Unless he can stop it. Because Jennifer is not just eccentric. With no one to believe him, with no one to help him, Sam is now all alone in a race against time. She has terrifying hallucinations involving demons, the devil, and death. And here’s the really crazy part: Sam is beginning to suspect that these visions may actually be prophecies prophecies of something terrible that’s going to happen very soon. To Sam, she seems downright crazy. Finding the courage to face the bullies down, Sa
. Andrew Klavan was hailed by Stephen King as “the most original novelist of crime and suspense since Cornell Woolrich.” He is the recipient of two Edgar Awards and the author of such adult fiction bestsellers as True Crime and Don’t Say a Word
"Crazy Dangerousor just crazy?" according to Renn S. Sam Hopkins is a pretty good kid. A preacher's kid, aka a PK. However, he has found himself mixed up with the wrong crowd. Hanging around with car thieves and delinquents, Sam knows it is only a matter of time before he makes one bad decision too many and gets into real trouble.But one day, Sam sees these thugs harassing a troubled schoolmate named Jennifer. Finding the courage to face the bullies down, Sam loses a bad set of friends and acquir. Crazy Dangerous: Dangerously Good Libbi Jennifer is trapped. Her days are filled with people making fun of her, and her nights with tormenting voices taunting her. It seems that she is the only one who hears them.Sam Hopkins is an average Pastor's kid, but he has fallen in with the wrong crowd, and now he is about to pay for it.In an interesting twist of fate, Sam befriends Jennifer, and oddly, starts to believe her. He thinks that she may be the only one who knows what is going to h. Coffee Addicted Writer (Billy) said Thrilling Young Adult Novel. Sam Hopkins is not a popular kid and being the son of a preacher does not help him out any. He spends his afternoons trying to get home without being beat up by a group of juvenile delinquents - Jeff Winger, Ed Polanski, and Harry Mac. Then one afternoon Sam had had enough and fought back. To his surprise, they liked the violent side of him and welcomed Sam into their group, where they taught him how to hotwire a car, steal, and other non-churc