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 enlarge | Author: Jean Ferris
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Sales Rank: 196629
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0374404755
EAN: 9780374404758
ASIN: 0374404755
Publication Date: September 12, 2001
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"I guess, if you have to, you can get used to anything--even to violence breaking out, like an attack of the hiccups or something, and then going away as suddenly as it started. But, like Shatasia said, you could never get all the way relaxed about it." Such is the life of 16-year-old Dallas now that she's been confined for six months to a juvenile detention facility for girls. Dallas used to love "skating" with her rebellious friends--shoplifting, hot-wiring cars, and purse-snatching--but she never expected to be caught with a gun. After being peer pressured into holding up a convenience store (her pals promptly disappearing when the authorities show up), and abandoned by her father who refuses custody, Dallas's world changes forever. In the rehabilitation center she must adjust to shared living quarters, structured schedules, lectures on drugs and sex, and countless volatile personalities. But amid all the chaos and tension and rules, Dallas also finds nurture--perhaps more than she ever received from her cold dad and absent mom. Author of Invincible Summer, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Jean Ferris paints a vivid portrait of the girls' facility, complete with fiery adolescent tempers, lost souls, and small but precious hopes for different lives. Dallas's voice is particularly poignant--young, introspective, and honest about the likelihood of her rehabilitation. Rather than forcing a cheery ending, Ferris keeps it real, leaving Dallas standing in the doorway on the day of her release, suitcase in hand, wondering what's next. (Ages 13 to 16) --Brangien Davis
Product Description
Inspired by the author's work in a girls' rehabilitation center. Ray called it skating when we did the crazy things . . . Hot-wiring a fancy car for a joyride after midnight. Boosting stuff from stores . . . Sixteen-year-old Dallas loves the rush, the excitement of "skating." But then she and her friends decide to rob a convenience store and it's Dallas who gets caught while the others get away. Since it is her first offense, she thinks her father will help her out - but when the judge says she can go home on probation her father says no, he can't control her. So the judge gives Dallas six months in the Girls' Rehabilitation Center. Once there, Dallas meets an assortment of "bad" girls, many of whom don't expect to change, and those who do often don't make it. How Dallas comes to terms with herself - both the bad and the good - makes for a heartfelt and insightful novel about troubled teenagers and the odds they face in trying to turn their lives around.
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 BAD February 17, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
BADCharlotte Cordell
My book was called BAD by Jean Ferris. This book is about a girl named Dallas. She lives with her father. Her mother had passed away when she was around 4 years old. She doesn't remember much of her mother, but from what her father says about her, she was not a good roll model. She was really irresponsible. She came home late and didn't care much for the family. When Dallas got her father mad by whom she hangs out with or what she does, he says that she is too much like her mother. Dallas was dating a boy named Ray. Ray and Dallas where friends with a girl named Pam and a boy named Sonny. Sonny was Pam's boyfriend. That was their group of friends. What they did to have fun was shoplift and break the law. They called it, "skating." One day they were really bored and they decided to do something that they had never done before. They were going to rob a small jiffy spot store. Pam had stolen a gun from her father and brought it along so they could get control of the cashier. They were sitting in a cafe one night and were deciding who would do what. They had come up with the plan that Ray, Pam, and Sonny would break an entry. So that leaves Dallas to be the one to hold the gun and threaten the cashier, even though she didn't want to. When it was time, they did as planned. Shortly after they had entered the store, police cars had showed up. Ray, Pam, and Sonny darted out the back door like there was no tomorrow. They left Dallas there for blame. They also made up a story that Dallas had stolen the gun from Pam's father so that Pam and the others wouldn't get in trouble. Pam got taken away and charged with robbery. She was sent to juvenile hall. Her father wouldn't bail her out knowing how much he didn't trust her. Since they had nothing to do with her there, they sent her to a rehab for people who committed crimes. It was like a school to teach them that it was bad and also teach them so they don't get behind. Dallas had to stay in rehab for at least 6 months. She could have visitors on weekends. Pam came to visit her after a couple weeks. Dallas was desperate to get out of there! Dallas's father had shown up one day. Does he take her home? Read the book to find out.
This book was a really good book. Every time I had to stop reading this book, I didn't want to. I could have just kept reading until I finished it. It was very exciting to read. The parts that got me most excited were the cliff hangers. They set me up for a big sensation to keep reading. The author definitely made me feel like I was in the book. Jean described every scene in the book very well so that I could just imagine in my head that I was there. The main conflict did interest me a lot. When I read the first 6 pages, I was already into the book. It reminded me of what not to do. Such as: Steal and break laws. The characters were definitely realistic. They reminded me of some people that I know. (Besides the whole breaking the law part) The book ending was very disappointing. It just had a very dead end. I wanted to keep reading. Nothing much happens at the end besides one thing that is very big. But if I were to tell you, you would know the whole ending.
The author wrote in the 3rd person. The book was read as if I was reading the persons life. The author used slang and regular everyday vocabulary. One of the characteristics in the author's writing is how accurate it is. She described exactly how it would have been in rehab. She also explained in graphic details of everything that was going on. Jean Ferris is a very good author. I got very involved with this book.
I rate this book a 9 out of 10. I loved everything about this book besides the ending. I wish the ending was more interesting, it just kind of stops. I definitely recommend this book to everyone. Age doesn't really matter. It's a really good book if you are interesting in this kind of book.
This book was amazingly written. It's a pretty easy book, but very interesting. It's interesting about how some teenagers may live their lives compared to others.
A Good Read February 16, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is great.
One night I was reading it late at night and my eyes were really heavy and I was extremely tired and I kept telling myself, "I'll go bed after this chapter," but I just couldn't! I had to keep reading to find out what the next chapter would say. It is a really good book though I prefer books with mystery and more details. If this book wasn't so predictable it would have gotten 5 stars. But then again what book about an individual in juvie or in a highly disciplined place isn't predictable?
Bad February 5, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bad
The book I read was called, "Bad," by Jean Ferris. The story was about a girl named Dallas. Dallas had a really tough life because her mother died when she was four and she didn't get along with her dad. She was 16 years old and didn't know what to do with her life besides doing all of the wrong things. She started hanging out with the wrong kind of people who did something called skating for fun. Skating is basically just shoplifting but one time they had taken it way too far. Dallas was put under a lot of peer pressure to bring a gun into a store and rob the place so they could buy fake IDs. She did it because she knew that those people wouldn't be her "friends" anymore if she didn't do it. Dallas was caught and had to go to court. The judge said she could either be put on probation or sent to a girls rehab center. Her dad made her go to a Girls' Rehabilitation Center for six months because he thought Dallas needed that for better discipline. Along the way she made a ton of new friends that taught her so many things. When she was there she really learned a lot about herself. Dallas found many new things she could do besides skating. She found her interest in books, writing, and school. The rest of the book was about her journey through a Girls' Rehabilitation Center and all of the things she learned to help her.
I think this was one of my favorite books. It was really exciting because there was never a dull moment. She was either getting into trouble or learning something new. I did and didn't feel like I was in the book. I did because she goes through things that average teenagers go through. I didn't because she has a tough life and I can't really relate to doing any of the things she does like robbing a store at gunpoint. The main conflict did interest me a lot because it was different from the other books that I have read. The characters were very realistic because they were supposed to be. At the beginning of the book the author says that she was in a Girls' Rehabilitation Center so she basically wrote about what it was like for her. But it wasn't all coming from her life. The book's ending was pretty satisfying because it ended the way you thought it was. The only thing I didn't like was that it was really predictable and I thought she should have written a lot more about what Dallas was like after she went to the Girls' Rehabilitation Center.
The voice of this book was mainly coming from the author's point-of-view from what rehab is actually like. Not everything was really from her life though because Dallas and everything Dallas did was made up. Jean Ferris uses vocabulary in an interesting way because she uses some slang and a lot of cussing too. The words she used were pretty easy because I never had a hard time figuring out what they meant. The author has a unique writing style because she writes in a sadder tone but she didn't use as much description as I thought she would. The authors' ability to use dialogue was good because she could write some really intense conversations between the girls to make you feel like you were actually there. The use of description was OK, but at some parts it seemed like there could have been a little more. The tone was good because it followed the storyline. All together I like the way Jean Ferris writes.
I would give this book a rating of five out of five because it was amazing. Also, the ending wasn't as bad as some of the books I've read. I would recommend this book to teenagers mostly because we can relate to a lot of the things that Dallas goes through. This book could be for boys or girls but girls might like it better because it is from a girls' point-of-view and she talks about her boyfriend sometimes. This book definitely deserves a high rating in my opinion because of how different it was.
"Bad," was one of the best books I have ever read. I like how Dallas goes through things real teenagers actually go through such as peer pressure, family issues, and learning new things. It does get really sad in some parts. It will make you want to cry with her when she is having a hard time with life. Over all I think everyone should read this because they will learn something new from it.
I liked this book.. December 17, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bad by Jean Ferris was actually more than I expected it to be. I had my school librarian consider buying this book so I could check it out and read it. After making her decision, she decided to buy this book for me and I got to read it... After looking at reviews for this book, I thought this book would be good, and now that I have read it, I still have that same opinion. This book opens up to young teenage girls who might be going through something that relates to one of the characters in it, even if it isn't Dallas. Dallas, is our main character in this book and it tells about her life and how she feels the rush of "skating," otherwise known as doing things such as stealing, robbing a Jiffy-Spot, etc. But when Dallas gets caught, she is sentenced to six months in the GRC (Girl's Rehab Center). Then she sees how others are living their lives as criminals and gets to meet new people, with new crimes. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It gets sad, and does sometime talk about teenage girl things, so I would recommend being about 13-16 years old. And hopefully, you'll be just like me, and never put it down until it is finished.
When "bad" turns good April 4, 2005
16 year old Dallas is sentenced 6 months to a Girls Rehab center after being caught with a gun. At first, i wasn't sure if i should read "bad" but when i picked up the book, i couldn't put it down! the story's plot really caught my attention and it also related to most teens who deal with peer pressure. after reading this book, i learned to do what i think is right, because if you don't, it could get you into trouble.
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