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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–7—Twelve-year-old Seamus Hinkle led a fairly ordinary life at a fairly ordinary school until the day he killed his substitute teacher with an apple. The projectile was well intentioned—Seamus was trying to prevent the teacher from getting hurt by intervening in a cafeteria fight—but the result was disastrous. Subsequently, he is shipped off to Kilter Academy for Troubled Youth. Not long after his parents drive away, he learns the truth about Kilter: it's not a reform school...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
After unintentionally killing a substitute teacher during a cafeteria food fight, Seamus Hinkle is sent away to premier reform school Kil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More