Marqué:

by Norah McClintock

Colin obtient un emploi de nettoyeur de graffitis dans un beau quartier. Il craint d'etre la cible d'un gang, mais ne s'attend pas etre a soupconne de complicite dans une serie de cambriolages. Colin n'a rien fait de mal, mais sa presence sur les lieux de divers crimes le rend suspect aux yeux des policiers. Pour prouver son innocence, il devra resoudre lui-meme l'enigme des cambriolages.

When Colin accepts the job to clean up the graffiti in an upscale neighborhood he worries that he might be targeted by gangs. But he didn't expect to become a suspect in a series of robberies. Every time he is sent to clean up graffiti, the police are nearby investigating a crime. Colin knows he's done nothing wrong, but even he acknowledges his presence at the crime scenes looks suspicious. The only way he can clear his name is to figure what is really going on.

128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Norah McClintock’s fascinating mysteries are hard to put down. Her Chloe & Levesque series, Mike & Riel series, and Robyn Hunter series, all published by Scholastic Canada, have been popular with readers in many countries. Norah has also written several crime novels for reluctant readers in the Orca Soundings series from Orca Book Publishers,

Norah is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Read Mistaken Identity, The Body in the Basement, Sins of the Father, Scared to Death, and Break and Enter to find out why! Norah's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and she has won numerous awards.

Awards:
Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile
o 1996 – Mistaken Identity – Winner
o 1998 – The Body in the Basement – Winner
o 1999 – Sins of the Father – Winner
o 2002 – Scared to Death – Winner
o 2003 – Break and Enter – Winner

Red Maple Award
o 2004 – Hit and Run – Winner

Reviews

[Grant.S · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the novel Marked by Norah McClintock, the protagonist Collin has traits like wittiness as shown in the scene where he finds out the girl is lying . This novel takes place in the city somewhere in the present times. Collin gets a job cleaning up paint off unity boxes and poles. The company he works for has a hotline for anyone who sees paint on anything to call it , and they will clean it up.I thought this book was an easy read due to the fact that it on the shorter side. I would recommend this book to anyone due to the non-graphic plot line.

[Camila Holguin Tobar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marked by Norah McClintock is a book about a boy that has a summer job of scratches out gravity from wealthy neighborhood. When Colin accepts the summer job he worries that he might get involved in problems and crimes, but he doesn't expect to become a suspect for several robberies in the neighborhood. This book has a lot of mystery and also a lot of suspense. This book was overall easy to read because it had many common words. One thing I enjoyed about this book was hope the problem was solved and the really big plot twist on it. I rate this book a four out of five stars because I really enjoyed it, and I would also recommend people that like mystery and cases to read it.

[M&M · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book Marked was a really mixed emotion book. It was a really good book at times then it got so boring and you'd have to read three to four chapters for it to get interesting, when you first check the back of the book it seems really go then it gets very boring until the 12th or 11th chapter. The book was pretty generic and felt like a bit was missing at the end because the ending chapter seemed unfinished. I don't know if id recommend it but if you want to read it go ahead.

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is meant for a younger audience than me but it was alright. It was a very quick read and had a too perfect ending.

[Heidi Biggs · Rating 1 out of 5]

read it in french class

[Hanaa709 :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book was amazing! i was so sad when i was done, because it only has 103 pages. i liked how Norah McClintock used real life issues, like the graffiti and how kids are really depressed.
marked is about a boy named Colin, who has been in alot of trouble and in jail. he loves art and drawing he gets a summer job that is super sucky, but it is better than nothing. his job is to clean graffiti. he cleans it in really rich neighborhoods, so he is really surprised by it. he sees graffiti that looks important so he draws it in his sketch book. he starts to realize that the same person is doing all the graffiti.he starts liking a girl named Alyssa who is the dog walker in that neighborhood.
one day when he is talking to her about the graffiti her bag falls and a can of orange spray paint comes out, the same color the important looking graffiti is in.
he finds out that she was forced to do this because her brothers "friend" robs houses and when he got caught he blamed the brother and now is in jail. so she had to do it or else she would get hurt her also. so the graffiti is like a code, it says how many houses down the house is in, and what direction it is in, but since she knows the neighborhood so well she knows which houses owners are on vacation.
so in the end they set the robbers up and Alyssa's brother gets put of jail.
i recommend this book to people who like books with alot of action.

I really liked this book, but throughout the whole thing i was always wondering why Colin was in jail so many times and what he did to get in jail, because he seemed so nice and inncoent throughout the whole book.I think that if the author said why he was in jail all the time the reader would have had less sympathy for him, and they would have focused on other things that were important.

[Eden Silverfox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Colin has had been in trouble with the law a few times, but now, he's doing his best to not mess up anymore. He doesn't want to hurt his mom anymore and so he is doing what he can to stay out of trouble.

Dave Marsh is a youth worker who used to talk to Colin and believes that Colin is really a good kid. He gives Colin information about a job cleaning up graffiti over the summer and so far, it is going okay. But the neighbor where he is cleaning up graffiti starts getting houses broken into and soon, they begin to think Colin is the one doing it. Colin knows who is doing it and why, but he has to decide if he's going to tell the police or not.

Short and easy read. A bit intense, especially towards the end. It was a good story about second chances and doing the right thing. There was a bit of suspense and I was surprised about who was really doing the graffiti. Not a five star book for me, but it did have a good story and I think I will eventually check out some more books by this author.

[Malerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book a lot because I could figure out some clues and codes before it was actually said what they mean. This book is a great read for young teens. I also enjoyed this book because of the plot twist in the end. I found it was totally unexpected and I had my mouth open in shock. I do recommend this book for people who like to solve things using clues, or pay attention to every little thing when reading. :)

[Jayden · Rating 3 out of 5]

the book is about a boy named colin and a cop asked him dose he want to clean the graffiti off the walls and stuff and he said yes then some cops arived and they thouhgt that he had something to do with a crime that happend and he is scared that they are going to aressted and he meets a friend. so its a great book you should read it

[Tashfia Farheen · Rating 5 out of 5]

i dint finish it yet

[Jessie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay.

[Benl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great because it had a ton of twists and turns.

[Panashe · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book

[Payton]

it was goo