(Sept. Part of the new Orca Soundings series of stylish-looking paperbacks designed to. Heneghan poses serious questions about bullying and violence among young people, then unfortunately sidesteps them all, with a concluding cliché ("Seems to me your so-called Hit Squad is just as bad as the bullies you're out to get," says one of Mickey's friends). Orca, 7.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-1-55143-269-4. The main character, Mickey, is the most robust a former gang member who has grown tired of using his fists, he reluctantly joins the action and even more reluctantly involves his mentally ill roommate. The characters themselves are little more than props in a rushed morality lecture. Then it's on to the racist bullies who put a boy in the hospital. He is approached, because of his tough reputation, to join a group of students to take back the school from the bullies. After transferring, all he wants to do is keep his head down, work hard and fit in with the upscale crowd. Birgit assembles a small team of misfits who are equally fed up with the out-of-control bullying at their school, and leads them to kidnap her tormenters, cut their hair and dump paint on their heads. This is Mickeys first year at Grandview High.
) story opens, rich, blonde and beautiful Birgit, who has eyes "like ice," is assaulted by three girls. Part of the new Orca Soundings series of stylish-looking paperbacks designed to attract reluctant teen readers, this title presents what sounds like an edgy premise in language geared to a third-grade reading level.
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