barbie16's review
4.0
The Fourth Stall is an inventive take on "the business" better known to some as organized crime. Mac and Vinnie head up an operation out of the fourth stall in the boys bathroom of their school. If a kid needs protection from a bully, a loan to buy school lunch, tickets to a sold out movie on a Friday night, the Fourth Stall can help, for a fee of course. Mac and Vinnie are proud of their business, which is making them loads of money that they hope they can put toward two tickets to the World Series to watch the Cubs (hopefully) win (yeah right!). Unfortunately for them, a high school boy by the name of Staples has infiltrated their school running a unsavory gambling ring. Things are getting dangerous and Mac and Vinnie's business is in danger. Will they be able to stop Staples and restore peace to their school? Read on!
I thought this book was a lot of fun and well written for j fiction I'll definitely be recommending it to the kids at my library.
I thought this book was a lot of fun and well written for j fiction I'll definitely be recommending it to the kids at my library.
charmingprincethefirst's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
iceangel9's review
4.0
The first book in what will hopefully be a long acquaintance with these characters. Mac and Vince have been friends forever. They run a business out of a bathroom stall in their school. They arrange things for other students, and business is booming. They are on track to have enough money to buy themselves tickets to the World Series, if their Chicago Cubs can make it through the playoffs for the first time in seventy years. Then they find their business and school threatened by Staples, a near-mythic high school thug, who is running a gambling ring and roughing up students who can't pay. Can Mac and Vince find a way to get rid of Staples, or will taking on this bully cost them everything, including their friendship? Boys will love this story.
katebrarian's review
4.0
This book was actually more intense than I was expecting...lots of kids being beat up and life-or-death situations. I really liked it though. I like kids books where they live in this little microcosm of children, and all the adults who live outside of it are completely oblivious to everything that's happening, even though it doesn't really make sense. The main character tells his parents that he'd fallen off his bike every time he gets beat up and figures they just think he's really bad at bike-riding.
Some good kid friendships here.
Some good kid friendships here.
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