The Taker
by:
Jim Steele (author)
Colin Hiles (author)
Carly Biel’s future is right on track: she’s a great student (mostly A’s and B’s); her boyfriend, Brad, is captain of the lacrosse team; and she’s a shoe-in for Princeton (her dad’s an alum – love that legacy status!). She’s never been great at standardized tests (so nerve-racking!), but she...
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Carly Biel’s future is right on track: she’s a great student (mostly A’s and B’s); her boyfriend, Brad, is captain of the lacrosse team; and she’s a shoe-in for Princeton (her dad’s an alum – love that legacy status!). She’s never been great at standardized tests (so nerve-racking!), but she always figured she’d do well enough on the SAT to get by. Guess what? She tanks. Really tanks. Now she only has one more opportunity to take the test, and she’s sure she can’t pull her scores up by much. That’s why, when she gets a mysterious note from “The Taker,” she can’t resist. Now she’s hired someone to take the test for her – but what if she gets caught? And what if she doesn’t? This debut novel from J.M. Steele will have every test-taker chewing their pencils.
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Format: paperback
ASIN: B005SN1KXA
Publish date: 2008-05-13
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
There's not much to talk about in terms of the book itself. It's your typical YA, not too well written, not too horrible, with barely memorable characters and contrived plotlines. This is the story that could have been great, but didn't try hard enough. This book easily could have gone into the c...