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''The Juvie Three'' is a 2008 YoungAdult book by Creator/GordonKorman. The three eponymous boys are Gecko (an instinctual BadassDriver since his go-kart days who got dragged into helping his older brother with a robbery and is bad at thinking things through), Terence (a tough-talking, gang-affiliated Chicago burglar), and GentleGiant Arjay (who accidentally killed a bully). They are offered a chance at early release from jail under the supervision of ReformedCriminal Douglas Healy. They are making the most of their new lives when Healy is left comatose in an accident while not carrying his [=ID=]. The boys are left hoping for his recovery while also trying to hide his accident from authorities, who will send them back to jail in a heartbeat if they hear Healy is out of the picture. As this goes on, Terence risks backsliding into crime, Arjay auditions for a band, and Gecko begins dating a volunteer at the hospital, any one of which could lead to very bad things.
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''The Juvie Three'' is a 2008 YoungAdult book by Creator/GordonKorman.
The three eponymous boys are Gecko (an instinctual BadassDriver since his go-kart days who got dragged into helping his older brother with a robbery and is bad at thinking things through), Terence (a tough-talking, gang-affiliated Chicago burglar), and GentleGiant Arjay (who accidentally killed a bully). They are offered a chance at early release from jail under the supervision of ReformedCriminal Douglas Healy. They are making the most of their new lives when Healy is left comatose in an accident while not carrying his [=ID=]. The boys are left hoping for his recovery while also trying to hide his accident from authorities, who will send them back to jail in a heartbeat if they hear Healy is out of the picture. As this goes on, Terence risks backsliding into crime, Arjay auditions for a band, and Gecko begins dating a volunteer at the hospital, any one of which could lead to very badthings.things.
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The three eponymous boys are Gecko (an instinctual BadassDriver since his go-kart days who got dragged into helping his older brother with a robbery and is bad at thinking things through), Terence (a tough-talking, gang-affiliated Chicago burglar), and GentleGiant Arjay (who accidentally killed a bully). They are offered a chance at early release from jail under the supervision of ReformedCriminal Douglas Healy. They are making the most of their new lives when Healy is left comatose in an accident while not carrying his [=ID=]. The boys are left hoping for his recovery while also trying to hide his accident from authorities, who will send them back to jail in a heartbeat if they hear Healy is out of the picture. As this goes on, Terence risks backsliding into crime, Arjay auditions for a band, and Gecko begins dating a volunteer at the hospital, any one of which could lead to very bad
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* YouRemindMeOfX: Healy admits that each of the eponymous characters reminds him of himself in some way: Gecko due to being pressured into crime by an older relative, Terence due to being in a jail that is far out of his comfort zone, and Arjay because they both spent time in jail due to accidents gone wrong.
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* YouRemindMeOfX: Healy admits that each of the eponymous characters reminds him of himself in some way: Gecko due to being pressured into crime by an older relative, Terence due to being in a jail that is far out of his comfort zone, and Arjay because they both spent time in jail due to accidents gone wrong.wrong.
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''The Juvie Three'' is a 2008 YoungAdult book by Creator/GordonKorman. The three eponymous boys are Gecko (an instinctual BadassDriver since his go-kart days who got dragged into helping his older brother with a robbery and is bad at thinking things through), Terence (a tough-talking, gang-affiliated Chicago burglar), and GentleGiant Arjay (who accidentally killed a bully). They are offered a chance at early release from jail under the supervision of ReformedCriminal Douglas Healy. They are making the most of their new lives when Healy is left comatose in an accident while not carrying his [=ID=]. The boys are left hoping for his recovery while also trying to hide his accident from authorities, who will send them back to jail in a heartbeat if they hear Healy is out of the picture. As this goes on, Terence risks backsliding into crime, Arjay auditions for a band, and Gecko begins dating a volunteer at the hospital, any one of which could lead to very bad things.
!!Tropes in this book:
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Arjay is in jail because when a GangOfBullies attacked him, he pushed one of them, who fell back and fatally hit his head on a fountain, after which his friends painted Arjay as the aggressor.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [=DeAndre=] is a SoftSpokenSadist who seems very much capable of murder, but he and his mom have a close relationship (minus her dismay at his poor life choices).
* ExactWords: The boys rely a lot on carefully worded half-truths while trying to hide either their juvenile delinquent pasts or how their supervisor, Mr. Healy, is in a coma.
** After Roxanne asks Gecko if his brother Ruben is in college, he tells her that Ruben is "upstate". "Upstate" really means prison.
** When a counselor asks Arjay if Mr. Healy approves of his joining a band, he truthfully replies Healy has never said a word against it.
* FreudianExcuse: Terence, the most aggressive and shady of the three, is always bragging about his old gang in Chicago, but eventually admits that he only set out to impress and join them after seeing how they were the only people his abusive father was ever afraid of.
* HonoraryUncle: Deputy Chief Delancey and Roxanne's father are close enough friends for her to call Delancey Uncle Mike.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After the truth about the kids comes out, Deputy Chief Delancey is surprised and impressed that [[spoiler:during all of the weeks that their monitor was in a coma or recovering from amnesia, they focused on staying out of trouble and acting like they would if he was still supervising their lives (attending therapy, doing homework, etc.) rather than skipping town or going on a crime spree)]].
* YouRemindMeOfX: Healy admits that each of the eponymous characters reminds him of himself in some way: Gecko due to being pressured into crime by an older relative, Terence due to being in a jail that is far out of his comfort zone, and Arjay because they both spent time in jail due to accidents gone wrong.
!!Tropes in this book:
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Arjay is in jail because when a GangOfBullies attacked him, he pushed one of them, who fell back and fatally hit his head on a fountain, after which his friends painted Arjay as the aggressor.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [=DeAndre=] is a SoftSpokenSadist who seems very much capable of murder, but he and his mom have a close relationship (minus her dismay at his poor life choices).
* ExactWords: The boys rely a lot on carefully worded half-truths while trying to hide either their juvenile delinquent pasts or how their supervisor, Mr. Healy, is in a coma.
** After Roxanne asks Gecko if his brother Ruben is in college, he tells her that Ruben is "upstate". "Upstate" really means prison.
** When a counselor asks Arjay if Mr. Healy approves of his joining a band, he truthfully replies Healy has never said a word against it.
* FreudianExcuse: Terence, the most aggressive and shady of the three, is always bragging about his old gang in Chicago, but eventually admits that he only set out to impress and join them after seeing how they were the only people his abusive father was ever afraid of.
* HonoraryUncle: Deputy Chief Delancey and Roxanne's father are close enough friends for her to call Delancey Uncle Mike.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After the truth about the kids comes out, Deputy Chief Delancey is surprised and impressed that [[spoiler:during all of the weeks that their monitor was in a coma or recovering from amnesia, they focused on staying out of trouble and acting like they would if he was still supervising their lives (attending therapy, doing homework, etc.) rather than skipping town or going on a crime spree)]].
* YouRemindMeOfX: Healy admits that each of the eponymous characters reminds him of himself in some way: Gecko due to being pressured into crime by an older relative, Terence due to being in a jail that is far out of his comfort zone, and Arjay because they both spent time in jail due to accidents gone wrong.
