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YA book review: Spray by Harry Edge

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Reading Level: YA Paperback: 240 Pages Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (November 9, 2010) Book Summary: A group of of teens sign up for an assassination game on the streets of a big city. Their weapons: pressurized water guns. It's meant to be a game, a sport. But for some, it's more than harmless fun. To win, they'll use "any" means necessary. Two hundred players. Three weeks of tense cat-and-mouse action. Every stalker is being stalked and only one player will be left standing. No one will be the same. My Review: For those over the age of fifteen, an all out war has broken out in a fictitious city. The objective: to assassinate your target. Weapon: water gun. This all out Super Soaker war was created and is constantly maintained by the mysterious man referred to by all as the “Gamekeeper.” A select group of assistants are the only help he receives in keeping track of the score and handing out the laminated cards that contain the details of each play...