Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Hit Squad
    Hit Squad
    Hit Squad
    Ebook70 pages1 hour

    Hit Squad

    By James Heneghan

    3.5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    This is Mickey's first year at Grandview High. After transferring, all he wants to do is keep his head down, work hard and fit in with the upscale crowd. He is approached, because of his tough reputation, to join a group of students to take back the school from the bullies. Mickey finds himself caught up in a shadowy world of violence and retribution. When their planned payback goes horribly wrong, Mickey is forced to acknowledge the thin line between victim and victimizer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2003
    ISBN9781554696345
    Hit Squad

    Read more from James Heneghan

    Related to Hit Squad

    Related ebooks

    YA Social Themes For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Jan 1, 2022

      It was an unusual birthday. Colorful banners blanketed the backyard. Kids chased each other through the grass. Adults talked. It all went downhill from there. My little sister was turning five. On her birthday cake, painted in frosting, was a fat, pi

      7 min read

    • Article

      Just the THING

      May 18, 2022

      Just the THING
      3 min read

    • Article

      Cat World

      Oct 2, 2020

      Cat World
      12 min read

    • Article

      Haunted By Taylor Swift

      Aug 4, 2022

      Haunted By Taylor Swift
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Education of Mrs. R.

      Sep 6, 2022

      An adolescent shriek woke her. Cockerels, she thought, cockerels, with a wry twist to the word. She lay in the dark listening. There was no use in covering her head; the screaming still came through. The soloist was suddenly submerged in the chorus.

      13 min read

    • Article

      Metaphors

      Mar 10, 2023

      I’m knitting on my front porch when a car roars to a stop in front of my house. It’s a red Mustang convertible, top down on this warm Thursday afternoon in June. Two girls sit in the front, two in the back. They smile and wave at me. I smile back tho

      8 min read

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Apr 1, 2023

      Ahmed Salman, age 9Seven Hills, OH Escape the Elevator Challenge Bob and Bobby’s jobs were to search buildings for anything valuable before the construction crew knocked them down. One day Bob and Bobby were doing their job when Bob decided to take

      10 min read

    • Article

      The Shape Of A Person

      Oct 20, 2022

      The Shape Of A Person
      25 min read

    • Article

      I Was a Public Schooler

      Jun 9, 2020

      The application to Waverley Glen Academy required that I spend a day sitting in on freshman classes and mixing with the student body to see how well I’d fit in. I was twelve. Picture the gleaming wooden corridors, the Persian rugs, the monogrammed si

      14 min read

    • Article

      The Great Mantis Rescue

      Sep 1, 2019

      The Great Mantis Rescue
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Chocolate Bandit

      Feb 1, 2024

      The Chocolate Bandit
      3 min read

    • Article

      Come with Me

      Dec 1, 2022

      Come with Me
      12 min read

    • Article

      I Never

      Jul 10, 2022

      “What’d you do now?” he hollered. Sheriff Thorn’s words struck my heart. Without thinking, I grasped the knife to pull it from her chest. “Shit, you crazy coot, drop it,” he snarled, then grabbed me up and slammed me against the side of the cruiser.

      13 min read

    • Article

      The Pain Jar

      Dec 3, 2020

      The Pain Jar
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Big Black Box

      Jan 31, 2023

      The Big Black Box
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Big Black Box

      Jan 31, 2023

      The Big Black Box
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Elders

      Oct 16, 2021

      The Elders
      6 min read

    • Article

      Part 2 SOCKS

      Apr 1, 2022

      Part 2 SOCKS
      7 min read

    • Article

      An unexpected LESSON

      Mar 9, 2021

      An unexpected LESSON
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Locksmith

      Jun 1, 2022

      THE LOCKSMITH cannot speak well. He never liked school. When he was a child, the others called him Tombstone. They threw things at him. Bottles and food waste and dirt clumps studded with gravel. Though he was much larger than they were, he remained

      9 min read

    • Article

      Pretty FLAMINGO

      Oct 19, 2022

      Pretty FLAMINGO
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Space Between Us

      Oct 9, 2019

      The Space Between Us
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Parting Shot

      May 8, 2020

      The Parting Shot
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Perfect Daughter

      Jul 10, 2021

      Standing in a handstand, Jane arched her back and lowered her feet towards the head. Scorpion pose. She saw herself in the mirror, balancing in this challenging position. It was close to perfection… And she felt sick at the sight of it. From the loud

      8 min read

    • Article

      The New Arrival

      Oct 1, 2020

      Maya had never visited the public library before, and at this rate it looked like she never would. She knew it was around here somewhere, but the fog was so thick she could barely see her sneakers. Putting off her homework had been a mistake, but get

      6 min read

    • Article

      Dagstuhl

      Nov 13, 2019

      Dagstuhl
      11 min read

    • Article

      Excerpts From The Works Of The 2024 Whiting Award Winners

      Apr 10, 2024

      The 2024 Whiting Award winners were announced Wednesday night. Below are excerpts from their work.

      19 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Hit Squad

    3.5/5

    5 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Hit Squad - James Heneghan

      Sarah

      Chapter One

      Friday afternoon, ninth-grade art class, final period.

      Two girls spat sunflower seeds at the blue-eyed blonde.

      Birgit Neilsen, the blonde girl, tossed her ponytail. Cut it out! She shook the sticky seeds from her hair and spun around to face her tormentors. Slobs! Her eyes were like ice.

      The girls at the next bench, Shelley Crewell and Mona Teasedale, eyed each other in mock horror.

      Did you hear that, Shell? said Mona, the bigger girl. Black mascara circled her eyes. She looked like a raccoon.

      Shelley acted shocked. Ooooh, Mona! Shelley’s dark hair was streaked with a single white skunk stripe across the top of her head from front to back.

      Mona said, She called us slobs! We’re not slobs, are we, Shell?

      No, Mona, we’re not! If anyone’s a slob around here it’s Miss Superior. If you ask me… Shelley whispered into Mona’s ear.

      Mona’s laughter erupted in a spluttering giggle that sent a spray of wet sunflower seeds into Birgit’s hair.

      You two animals belong in a zoo, Birgit hissed. She snatched up her work and moved out of range.

      It’s not me, Shelley lied. I’m eating a Mars bar. Look! She held up a chocolate bar, still in its wrapper. Her eyes were wide and innocent.

      What’s the trouble here? The art teacher was a big man with a beard and brown hair that fell below his collar. Shelley? Mona? You planning on working today?

      Except for their jaws, the two girls didn’t move. They chewed sunflower seeds.

      Well?

      Sure, Mr. Paddock. Mona eased her feet off the stool and slouched against the bench. Shelley followed suit with exaggerated slowness.

      And sunflower seeds are forbidden in here. You know that. Stay behind after class and clean that mess off the floor. As Mr. Paddock moved away, Mona jerked a finger at his retreating back. Shelley sniggered.

      On the bench next to Mona and Shelley, a girl named Jessie Jones was busy making tiny clay pellets. She fired them through a pen barrel at a boy named Dietrich Mueller, two rows in front of her. She wore a reversed baseball cap and a T-shirt that had Kill! written in black letters on it.

      Dietrich turned and grinned. Who keeps doing that? he asked, looking at everyone behind him. He looked at Jessie. It’s you, isn’t it? He giggled.

      Jessie looked innocent. Deet? You talking to me?

      Dietrich giggled again. I know it’s you, Jess. I know it’s you. Dietrich didn’t fully understand why people called him Deet. He thought it was simply a friendly way of saying his name. He didn’t know that it was the common name of an insect repellent. How are the flies today, Deet? kids asked him. Dietrich always laughed, thinking they were being friendly. Deet was a friendly boy.

      Jessie answered, It’s not me, Deet. Must be the mosquitoes, huh?

      Deet laughed and went back to his clay sculpture.

      Jessie looked at Shelley. What’s with her highness there? She nodded in Birgit’s direction.

      You mean Miss Superior? She thinks she’s too good for the rest of us, said Shelley. Called us slobs. Ain’t that right, Mona?

      We should teach her a lesson, grunted Mona.

      Yeah, why not? said Shelley. We Creekside girls gotta stick together.

      Get her in the stockroom, Jessie suggested.

      And then what? asked Mona.

      Paint her pretty colors, laughed Shelley.

      You gotta get her in the stockroom first, said Jessie. Leave her to me, okay? She headed for Birgit’s bench. I saw what they did, Birgit, she said. The sunflower seeds, I mean. You’re right. They are a couple of slobs.

      Birgit didn’t look up from her work. Forget it.

      Jessie acted friendly and concerned. She gently brushed a few seeds off Birgit’s back. Birgit, do you know where in the stockroom they keep the paper towels? My bench just ran out.

      They’re in a cardboard box at the back beside the…

      Be a sweetie and help me find them?

      Birgit stopped working and looked around. Mona was busy joking with Shelley. She shot a glance at the other students. Normal. Her hands were covered in wet clay. She tore paper towels off the roller. Wiping the clay from her hands, she followed Jessie to the stockroom.

      Mona and Shelley were fast. They quickly followed Jessie and Birgit into the room and closed the door behind them. Mona looped an arm around Birgit’s neck from behind and pulled her backward to the floor. Jessie stuffed a wad of paper towels into Birgit’s mouth before she

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1