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Gone Bad

Lesley Choyce

1998137 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1998
first published
  • 1993Formac Pub. · 137 pages · ENGISBN 9780887802393
  • 1998Formac · 151 pages · ENGISBN 9780887804700
  • 2011FormacISBN 9781552777091
  • 2011FormacISBN 9781552777107
  • 1998Formac · 151 pages · ENGISBN 9780887802416
  • 1998Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613885423

Mick and his friends hang out in front of the downtown library--hassling passerby, making noise, spitting on anything in sight. If the night's slow they might even do a little "street cleaning," bashing some geek who has the bad luck to come anywhere near them. Unlike his friends, though, Mick would rather be playing drums in his metal band, but they broke up in a vicious scrap that left everyone in stitches. So when he meets Dariana, a keyboard player, he's psyched to get together. But for Dariana, Mick's bashing is not at all cool. When Mick and Dariana's band starts taking off, he knows he's got to change. But his old friends have other ideas, and they decide to "persuade" Mick to see things their way.

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  • Racismmoderateunreviewed
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