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Dooley Takes the Fall

by Norah McClintock
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White Pine nominee, 2009Spinetingler Magazine Award Nominee, 2009 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009A boy maybe twelve years old, on a bike, stopped next to Dooley, looked at the kid sprawled on the pavement and said, "Is he dead?""Yeah, I think so," Dooley said. In fact, he was sure of it because there was no air going into or coming out of the lungs of the kid on the pavement. Also, the kid's open eyes were staring at nothing, and his head was twisted, as if he had turned to look at something just before he made contact with the hard surface of the path.Right away, Dooley knows he's in trouble. For one thing he's got a record. For another, the dead kid isn't exactly a stranger - and he's no friend. So slowly the net begins to close around 17-year-old Dooley, a troubled lone wolf who has a couple of strikes against him already. Not many are on Dooley's side; in fact at times he even wonders whether his uncle - a retired cop - thinks he's guilty again. There's a big question of trust in their uneasy relationship, and his uncle is the only one standing between Dooley and big time disaster. The dead kid's sister Beth is someone Dooley would like to have think better of him as well - but she also suspects he's involved in the crime. And all around him are other teenagers at school and in the world he's drawn into who would like to pin him with responsibility for a growing number of murders that swirl through the city.Norah McClintock, five-time winner of the Arthur Ellis juvenile crime award, has now moved into a different realm with a richly detailed novel aimed at older teens. Gritty, hard-edged, Dooley Takes the Fall is the first in a trilogy of mysteries about a troubled teenager struggling to free himself from the tentacles of his past and the implications of the present conspiracies that surround him."

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  • Release date

    September 28, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781552442951

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781552442951
      • File size: 520 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.7
    • Lexile® Measure: 730
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      January 1, 2009
      Gr 9 Up-Ryan Dooley, 17, has been trying to stay out of trouble. He is three months out of juvenile detention and living with his strict but fair uncle. All he has to do is keep clean and go to work and school and his relative will provide for him. Then a dead body falls in front of him from a bridge while he is walking through a ravine at night. He is the only witness to the apparent suicide. The dead guy's sister comes to him looking for help, wanting him to undergo hypnosis to be sure everything he remembers comes to light. She does not believe that her brother committed suicide and is looking for answers. Dooley begins to do some investigating on his own after he is framed for a robbery. The first 100 pages drag a bit as the author lays down the plot but then the story picks up speed. Dooley is a likable, if somewhat flawed, character, and he becomes increasingly more endearing as his true nature is revealed. An excellently written murder mystery."Julianna M. Helt, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA"

      Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.7
  • Lexile® Measure:730
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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