Gotcha!

by Shelley Hrdlitschka

Book Overview

It's "bead season" at slippery rock high. This year the bead-snatching grad game called "Gotcha" has been banned as an official school activity because the teachers have decided to put an end to a dangerous tradition. After paying an entry fee the players are given a bead and someone's name. The object of the game is snatch the bead of your victim and take their name. The winner ends up with all the beads--and all the money.

After the game...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551437376
• ISBN13: 9781551437378
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Katie is a senior at Slippery Rock High. At SRH, it's a tradition to play Gotcha! -- a game where each student gets a bead on a string and the name of a classmate to tag and steal their bead. Katie, however, isn't very interested in the game -- especially not after what happened the previous year. But because she's part of the grad council, and everyone else wants to do it, she plays along. Friendships are ruined and relationships are formed when this potentially dangerous game gets under way. And if the drama of the game wasn't enough for Katie, she also has to deal with her father, who moved out, and her mother, who sits around and eats all day. Shelley Hrdlitschka writes an interesting book that looks at what adrenaline and competitiveness can do to humans, how it can change them. The book has many plot twists that keeps the reader engaged and wanting more. Reviewed by: Steph