The Fixes

Gr 10 Up—Eric Connelly has summer all planned out—thanks to his dad's strict standards of what it means to be a "Connelly Man." This includes reading ahead for college classes and interning at a local law firm. Eric's grandfather was mayor, his father was a senator, and that leaves Eric to be president. Then he meets Jordan. When they join up with two fellow classmates, trouble ensues. Eric has discovered that he likes boys, not girls, but "Connelly men don't like boys." And then he finds out that his dad the senator once committed a hate crime against a gay person with his fellow fraternity brothers. Jordan's multimillionaire parents are never around and are not interested in what he is doing. What begins as mostly harmless pranks (shoplifting sprees, stolen cars) quickly spirals out of control. And when Jordan figures out how to make a bomb, things get serious. In the end, Eric must decide what is right. The author slowly builds tension and introduces background information to keep the pages turning. This is a modern-day read with a lot of slang and teen-speak. Teens will not put this one down.