Friend or Foe by Patrick Jones, 112 pages
This is definitely a teen book for reluctant readers. This
book has a lot of action packed into a short book and tends to keep the
vocabulary fairly simple. Ian is bitter that his best friend, Orlando,
seems to prefer a new friend, Chase, to him. When the group ends up in a
scuffle that ends with the police being called, Orlando is held longer than
anyone because he is African American. Ian sees his chance to get even with
Orlando and Chase. He sets up situations to make several people believe
that Chase is making bad decisions and to make Orlando think that Chase is
spending time with Orlando's girlfriend, Destiny. I was surprised that
everything ended the way that it did. I'm not sure I would want to read
many more books from the Unbarred series, but I will definitely remember them
for reluctant readers.
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