SuitabookResponsibility and financial pressure
Nick seeks money to help his mother, while others see him as a heartless hustler.
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Clete Barrett Smith - Author
A lively fantasy adventure about two boys whose money-making scheme and search for popularity lead them to bewitched costumes. Its strongest possibilities are questions about responsibility, friendship and the pressures behind apparently selfish behaviour.
Nick is a natural born businessman. His schoolmates think he's a heartless hustler, but secretly he's just trying to earn money to help his mother, who works two jobs. Eager to be part of the popular circle, Nick wheedles an invitation to Hayley's upcoming Halloween party by agreeing to get her the answers to a test. His goofy friend Burger wants to be part of the deal too, and he nearly blows it for Nick, but desperate Hayley finally caves. Nick and Burger are riding home high on their success--even on their old, beat-up bikes--when they see a delivery van careen off the side of the road. The boys could have sworn that the driver was a bear . . . but that couldn't be right. Or could it? When two boys stumble upon a seemingly abandoned truckload of costumes, they think they have hit the jackpot. There's just one small catch: The costumes are bewitched. The plot contains violence.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively fantasy adventure about two boys whose money-making scheme and search for popularity lead them to bewitched costumes. Its strongest possibilities are questions about responsibility, friendship and the pressures behind apparently selfish behaviour.
Nick seeks money to help his mother, while others see him as a heartless hustler.
Nick arranges test answers to gain a party invitation, and Burger joins the deal.
The boys encounter an apparently abandoned van, a possible bear-like driver and bewitched costumes.
The plot includes violence. Be ready to pause if the magical adventure becomes unsettling, and discuss how the story treats danger rather than assuming it approves or condemns it.
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