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Overview

" White Pine nominee, 2009

Spinetingler Magazine Award Nominee, 2009

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009"

"A 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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Even though Dooley has kept to a strict routine at home and work, checking in with his uncle regularly and staying out of trouble, when he is the witness to the suicide of classmate Mark Everley, he knows that he will come under suspicion because of his police record. His presence at Everley's death scene is enough for the police to consider him a convenient and acceptable scapegoat for the crime. His innocence is not helped by the fact that he did not admit to sharing a past with Everley right away. Dooley's willingness to help find out what happened to Everley, whom he disliked and avoided, is caused more by his interest in Everley's sister, although she soon comes to believe the rumors that he might have been behind her brother's demise. When Dooley is doped at a party he is not supposed to be attending, he loses any credibility he had with his uncle, the police, and the people around him. His only hope for the future is to discover what actually happened, no matter what the consequences. The five-time award-winner of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for the best Juvenile Crime Book presents a fast-paced book with an involving character and a story that builds to a satisfying climax. This title could be recommended for fans of Graham McNamee's Acceleration (Random House, 2003/VOYA December 2003) or Gail Giles's books. Reviewer: Betsy Fraser
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Dooley Takes the Fall is a superbly written, entertaining drama. The plot is well executed, and the characters and their relationships are interesting. I think it is a book for mature audiences because of the description of a "suicide." I can't give it a perfect review because some parts are a little over explained. But it is a great read that I would recommend to anyone. Reviewer: Mair Luscombe, Teen Reviewer
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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

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780889954038
  • Publisher: Ingram Pub Services
  • Publication date: 10/30/2007
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 917,103
  • Age range: 14 - 17 Years
  • Lexile: HL730L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.40 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Norah McClintock was born and raised in Montreal but now calls Toronto home. Armed with a degree in history from McGill University, she has worked in the non-profit sector as an editor and writer for many years. McClintock is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada.

 

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  • Posted November 30, 2010

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    This book isn't my usual style of what I like to read but I fell in the mood for a book that wasn't too well known but has a great message and tells of a troubled teen. This story was just what I was looking for.

    Dooley, the hero of the book, is not as typical as one might think after reading the book description: Dooley actually feels real, a loner who doesn't come off as desperate but rather so intriguing that it makes the reader memorized by how he deals with his problems and life in general.

    The story in general was a great read. Full of drama, suspense and a tinge of romance that was just above satisfaction.

    This is the second book I've read by Norah McClintock and certainly not the last. So far her books have shown so much truthfulness in all it's characters and generation that would make any reader stop and think why there isn't enough praise coming through for these stories.

    When I realized there were more books to this series I was ecstatic. There are three books in total: Dooley Takes the Fall, Homicide Related, Victim Rights.

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