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  • 5 Times Revenge by Lindsay Eland
  • Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor
Eland, Lindsay 5 Times Revenge. Greenwillow,
2016 [384p]
Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-06-239730-0 $16.99
E-book ed. ISBN 978-0-06-239732-4 $9.99
Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 4-6

Hill Parmar is a bully, and he’s got the run of the Anderson Middle School’s eighth-grade class because his dad, a smug jerk who is equally intimidating, is the principal. Adam and his pal Perk consider themselves prank connoisseurs, and they’re ready to serve up some righteous vengeance in the name of Hill’s victims, [End Page 463] but they know they’re going to need a crack team to do so. They recruit Ray, a big guy with a mind for engineering who can be both the brawn and the brains; Pearl, Hill’s former girlfriend and a skilled observer of the school’s elite circles; and Dutch, Hill’s favorite target and an expert in imitation. They’ve got big plans for Hill and Mr. Parmar’s comeuppance, but they’ll have to sort through their own issues and figure out a way to get along to get moving. Eland strikes just the right balance of humor and heart as she gives each character enough depth to flesh out their identities without ever losing sight of the bigger (and comedic) scheme at hand. As the Ocean’s Eleven–like plot unfolds, readers will be cheering the team on and laughing at their antics as the group manages one epic takedown, bringing justice (and plenty of satisfied snickering) to the school’s downtrodden and oppressed.

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