One Way

by Norah McClintock

When Kenzie critically injures his ex-girlfriend, suspicion grows that it was not an accident, and his behavior seems to confirm it.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Canada, Ebooks, Realistic Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2012

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

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

One Way was predictable, but I still liked it. I was pretty sure that the "friend" Mandi was lying about the things she said, although I didn't expect that she actually pushed her into the road! That was crazy and I now think that Mandi is nuts.

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a story showing that your actions have consequences and that you should follow the rules of the road no matter what type of transportation you are using. I did think that the ending was a little too perfect, but it wrapped everything up nicely so can't really complain too much about it.

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

One day Kenzie was riding his bike to school, and he took his eyes off the road for a second, well during the time he wasn't paying attention he ran into Stassi. Stassi just happens to be his ex-girlfriend. When the police talk to him, it becomes clear that everybody thinks he did it on purpose. Now Kenzie is fighting to prove his innocence.
I really enjoyed this book. It had me from page one. I wished it was a bit longer though.

[Halle Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

One way was a really cool and almost funny book I think with the way it ended.
Positive things I liked about this book that kept it interesting and made me wanna keep reading was, When Kenzie got in his accident he hit his ex-girlfriend so now it's made out to seem that Kenzie hurt her on purpose because she had just broke up with him recently for some popular guy. The Whole time police and detectives and friends from school believe it wasn't an accident. I think it's weird that Kenzie that's questioning himself wondering if he really did it from everyone questioning him. I forget what Kenzie was watching a video of on someones phone but it was a video of that day of the accident and if it wasn't for that video with Kenzie in the back with the video of someone pushing Stassi in the road on purpose for her to get hurt because someone was mad at her and it turned out to be her best friend. After all Stassis family got along with Kenzie wasn't rude to him anymore. Things that made me angry about the book was, How everyone was so mean to Kenzie but it wasn't even his fault and I felt they shouldnt of been that mean. That was the only thing I didn't like so far because it was a really good book.
I would recommend this book to someone who doesn't really like to read but they will if it keeps them interested the whole time. One way is interesting and a quick fun choice read.

[Chance Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first thing I read when I started this book is that this book is going to test Norah McClintock true test of ability. Through the test she did convince me only for a moment but I have to admit she did. I did figure out what happened half-way through the book but it did still surprise me how far it went at the end. It was entertaining, suspenseful, and emotion moving.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS!!! The characters in this book were PERFECT!! Every person had a certain roll and each one executed it perfectly! Norah made the characters perfectly. As a whole the book is an enjoyable short read.

[Ayden Lankheet · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is on of the books that I actually liked reading because it never goes boring. The beginning starts off right away with action when kenzi hits stasi on his bike going the wrong way on a one was street and injurs stasie bad. Kenzi gets in big trouble and almost gets charged with asult. but then his friend makes videos about debates and got the accident in video and it shows mandy (Who was jealous because kenzi recected her and chose stasie over her so mandy pushed stasie into the road and into kenzies way, so that's how he hit her.

[*Weebles* · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read! Quick and easy.

[Rachel Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heartwarming story from a teenager in love's poiint of view.

[Diane Ferbrache · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kenzie is in a big hurry to get back to school. He steers his bike down a one way street the wrong way, irritating a driver, and hitting a pedestrian – who happens to be his ex-girlfriend. Stassi ends up in the hospital with severe head injuries and Kenzie finds himself in danger of being charged with aggravated assault. Did he steer into Stassi on purpose?
Part of Orca Soundings books for reluctant readers, this is one of the better written stories. The plot is believable and the character of Kenzie is multi-dimensional. He keeps making poor choices that get him into trouble. Although (as with all Orca books) the story is short, there’s plenty of action and enough plot twists to keep the reader interested.

[Mary Skramovsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kenzie is riding his bike to school. He is peddling the wrong way on a one way street. He swerves to miss a van and loses control of his bike. He lands on something. The something he hits is his ex- girlfriend Stassi. When the police talk to him, he realizes that they think that the accident was no accident and Kenzie had a reason to hurt Stassi. She is hospitalized and it looks like she is going to have permanent brain damage. As with many of the books of this series the book has a happy ending.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kenzie is riding his bike back to school when he hits something. Unfortunately, he has hit his ex-girlfriend, and now she’s in the hospital in critical condition and he’s in big trouble. Kenzie has been told by his lawyer to talk to no one, but the drama at school is out of control and someone is talking to the police. This is another Orca Soundings title, high interest, easy read. McClintock catches the reader in the first few pages and doesn’t let go until the end. Hand this one to either boys or girls. Highly recommended.

[Tami Urbanek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kenzi and I enjoyed this one so much we read the last 4 chapters tonight to finish it up! Cute story, was kind of predictable, but of course I read a lot sooo maybe that's why lol... I won't give anything away, but if you get the chance to read it...DO IT!!!

[Betty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Caught my attention. Read it in one setting, kept my interest,gave me A few laughs and ended well.

I wrote it in the above slot by mistake..sorry. I read it in one sitting, it held my interest, and l liked the ending. also found it amusing at times.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This very good book is great for struggling teen readers and anyone who likes a short novel with a bit of suspense.

[Elaine Klincik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for reluctant teen readers, especially boys.

[Danya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm reading a bunch of these "Orca Soundings" books for grad school, and it's been a very interesting experience. ONE WAY is my favourite of the bunch so far!

[Shannon Rickert · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was pretty good i would recommend it

[Shawn Bird · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice mystery, good pace, a real quick read page turner! :-)