SuitabookMischief and responsibility
Nish plans an outrageous New Year’s Eve broadcast stunt, while Data and Fahd consider interrupting the broadcast with a laptop and video camera.
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Roy MacGregor - Author
This is a sports mystery with a playful scheme that gives way to a serious public threat.
The Screech Owls have come to New York City for the Big Apple International Peewee Tournament. They'll be playing in Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Rangers, and on New Year's Eve they are going to Times Square for the biggest party in history. The countdown to midnight will be broadcast live on a giant TV screen and beamed around the world by a satellite. But Data and Fahd figure out that with just a laptop computer and video camera they can interrupt the broadcast - and Nish will have pulled off the most outrageous stunt ever. Travis, Sarah, and the others have heard it all before. They are more interested in playing in the tournament and exploring the most exciting city on Earth. But no one anticipated just how exciting New York can be. Just hours before midnight, the Owls discover that terrorists plan to disrupt the New Year's celebration in a more dramatic way than even Nish could have imagined.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a sports mystery with a playful scheme that gives way to a serious public threat.
Nish plans an outrageous New Year’s Eve broadcast stunt, while Data and Fahd consider interrupting the broadcast with a laptop and video camera.
The team learns shortly before midnight that terrorists plan to disrupt the Times Square celebration.
Some players focus on the tournament and exploring New York, while others are interested in the broadcast stunt before the larger threat emerges.
The premise includes a plan to disrupt a televised New Year’s celebration using terrorism, plus a proposed public nudity prank. These elements could prompt discussion of threat, judgement and responsible use of technology; specific harm is not described.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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