Hard Time

by Julian F. Thompson, O'Lanso Gabbidon (Designed by)

When a district attorney who is eager to make an example of a teenaged offender misinterprets an essay written by fifteen-year-old Annie Ireland, Annie, her best friend Roach Boy, and Primo, a magical being who is trapped in a doll's body, are sent to the Back to Basics Center, a wilderness school for troubled teens.

Genres: Young Adult

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Annie Ireland has always tried to please her parents and do the right thing. Her only friend is Arby, short for Roach Boy, because of his part-time job. Then one night Annie's house catches fire and she meets Pantagruel Primo, Esa, a little person trapped in the body of her school doll for Life Strateges class, who saes her life. Things go downhill from there because of a story she wrote where a student kills a teacher. She does 5 days in prison and winds up at Back To Basics Center. Things can't get worse, until Primo disappears.

[Smileylover · Rating 4 out of 5]

When you start reading it you think its gonna be a typical teenage angsty type of book,. but it turns out to be a fantasy kind of nonsense, doesn't make sense book, but its so unexpected that its interesting.

[Maura]

i personally like books that are about a event or situation that can happen in real life...i mean a talking doll!!??...its not really something i consider worth reading.
But i want to give this book a try, am trying to read this book...for know its ok but it could be more "Down to Earth"

[G-phy · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was the only Julian F. Thompson they had at the library. I have been hoping to run into a copy of "The Grounding of Group 6" for years as I remember it tripping me out in junior high. "Hard Time" is just plain weird.

[Bri Hogue]

This book is about a troubled teen she thinks things before she knows what she's talking about! The only person to turn to is her best frind, Arby. This book is fun, and entertaining.