The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman

     I recently read the short novel "The Juvie Three" by Gordon Korman. It is about three children in juvie who get a second chance when a man named Douglas Healy offers them the option to live in an apartment in New York City with him. They take the chance, and all but one of them follow the rules to the letter. One night, the rebellious child who breaks the rules accidentally makes Douglas fall from the fire escape, making him slip into a coma. The children pretend that nothing happened.
     I believe that I can relate to some of this story, though not as extreme as it is, because I've done things I've regretted and then told no one about it. Though I never got away with these things, I know the sense of power one can get from holding things back from everyone and having secrets to themselves.
     Douglas Healy, the man who let them live with him in his apartment, is a very loving, empathetic man. He cares about the three children deeply, and can relate to them because he was in juvie for a period of his younger life. I think that he is the kindest character in the story, and it is sad that the bad things happen to him in the story. I think that the moral of the story is that bad things can happen to good people, and good things can happen to bad people, but the only thing to do is try and survive in an unfair world.