121 Express

121 Express

by Monique Polak
121 Express

121 Express

by Monique Polak

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Overview

The students of the 121 Express are infamous for bad behavior and Lucas knows his role on the bus will determine his social standing at his new school.

Lucas is tired of being one of the nerds. When he attracts the negative attention of the cool troublemakers, he saves himself by teasing another kid. His ploy works and soon Lucas is right in the center of the mayhem on the bus. He loves his new found popularity, but when the fun and games push the bus driver to a nervous collapse and hospitalizes an elderly lady, Lucas begins to question his choices.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781551439761
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Publication date: 03/01/2008
Series: Orca Currents Series
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 4.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile: HL620L (what's this?)
Age Range: 10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Monique Polak is the author of over 30 books for young people including What World is Left, I Am A Feminist: Claiming the F-word in Turbulent Times, Why Humans Work: How Jobs Shape Our Lives and Our World and the Princess Angelica series. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for Children’s and YA Literature, now called the Janet Savage Blachford Prize. Monique taught for 35 years at Marianopolis College in Montreal.

Read an Excerpt

"Cut it out!" the driver shouted. He might have said it again, but I couldn't tell for sure over all the noise.

In a weird way, I was having fun. When some of the kids around me started laughing, I laughed too. I reached for the ball of paper that had landed on the floor and threw it as hard as I could toward the back of the bus.

"Hey, new guy!" a voice called. "You pitch like a girl!"

I bristled. It was my own fault; I'd called attention to myself.

I knew whatever I did next was important. This was what my mom would call a defining moment. She says life is all about defining moments, only most people miss them. They're too busy doing other stuff.

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