On My Honor
Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?
Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440466338 (0440466334)
ASIN: 0440466334
Publish date: 1987-10-01
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Banned Books,
Death,
Chapter Books,
Fiction
This book made me cry but also as a child it made me realize I was not invisible. Whenever I was considering doing something stupid and dangerous this book came to mind. It was kind of like my good fairy sitting on my shoulder. To this day at the age of thirty-two I think of this book even though it...
I read this book recently while working with a tutoring student. She picked up the book, she said, because she was told someone died in it. A bit morbid but it got her reading.I think this book is a conversation starter. The story ends before the real consequences of Joel and Tony's actions can b...
This book blew me away. Talk about a heartbreaker. Two boys lie to their parents, telling them they are going to ride their bikes up to a park when they fully intend to do something they’ve been forbidden to do. One boy doesn’t come home. Newbery Honor.
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