Polak, Monique. Home Invasion.POLAK, Monique. Home invasion. Orca, Soundings. 105p. c2005. 1-55143-482-2. $795, JS Josh is going through a lot of changes. His mother has married a spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" artist named Clay; Josh is unimpressed by Clay's looks (He's got chipmunk chipmunk, rodent of the family Sciuridae (squirrel family). The chipmunk of the E United States and SE Canada is of the genus Tamias. The body of the common Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is about 5 to 6 in. cheeks and this weird cowlick cow·lick n. A projecting tuft of hair on the head that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and will not lie flat. cowlick Noun a tuft of hair over the forehead Noun that looks like a rhino's horn") and even less by his humor. What's worse is that Clay calls him "Kiddo kid·do n. pl. kid·dos Slang 1. a. A child. b. A young person. 2. Pal. Used as a term of familiar address: "--what's that all about? Josh longs for a normal family and ignores Clay. Instead, he spends a great deal of time walking around town and looking into the lighted windows of houses at night. One day he spots a set of keys left in a front door and instead of returning the keys he uses the opportunity to go into the house and secretly watch the people. He finds himself doing this more often--like an addiction, he feels driven to see how other families are living. In this process he stumbles upon some unexpected situations. As Josh is doing this, the police are on high alert for an actual home invader who is robbing and terrorizing people. In a bizarre set of circumstances, the home invader and Josh meet during a frightening robbery. Josh actually becomes something of a hero, but his secret is out. This is a short little book with a lot going on; it will definitely appeal to YAs, especially reluctant readers. Josh's voice is convincing as he struggles with his family, his girlfriend, and other personal issues. Sally Tibbetts, LRC (Longitudinal Redundancy Check) An error checking method that generates a parity bit from a specified string of bits on a longitudinal track. In a row and column format, such as on magnetic tape, LRC is often used with VRC, which creates a parity bit for each , Maine West HS, Des Plaines, IL |
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