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BINGE

By Charles Ferry

A drunken man is hospitalized from being in an accident, convicted for murder of the second degree...

Weldon Yeager always was drinking. He also was very good looking, a true Casanova. The story starts in the hospital with Weldon beginning to wake up. He notices a cop sitting by the door. He asks the nurse what happened. She told him he got in an accident and killed two people. Then he realizes his foot is hurting really bad. It turns out that they had to amputate his leg. Throughout the book Yeager is telling the cop everything that happened on his dangerous adventure. He was on his way to Loon Lake to see his old girl friend Livie. He later finds out that he had hit Livie in the big car accident. Weldon was really emotional now. He hopes so much that she lives through this big tragedy. Will she?? This is the first book I read by Chuck Ferry and it was great. After you read Binge you will want to read more books by him. I know I do. Chuck Ferry did a good job of keeping you interested in the story. For a while in the middle of the story it did get a little dull because nothing exciting was going on. The rest was great though. I think that lots of kids and even grownups can relate to Binge because lots of people know someone who was drinking and driving, and the effects it can have on other people's life. You, the audience would enjoy all the action scenes when he is on the verge of being caught. Another great aspect of the story is that it is very easy to read. The only difficult part is you need to know when he is talking in the past or present. If you read this book you will enjoy reading a whole lot more. This story is nothing like any story I have read before. It is my FAVORITE.

Binge

By Charles Ferry

In the book Binge the main character, Weldon Yeager wakes up in the hospital after being in a very serious accident. The story takes place in the hospital with a police officer interviewing him. A result of this accident was he had hit four students, two who had died already and the other two were in critical condition. The whole accident revolved around Weldon Yeager, who had been drinking the night before. Weldon had been intoxicated at the time of the accident. Another twist to this story is one of the people who was injured in the accident was Livvie, the girl of his dreams. Throughout the story Weldon is being interviewed about the accident. The interview goes into great detail about the accident and just like the story has a lot of twists in it. The author of this book is Charles Ferry. Ferry is a great author and if you have not read a book by this man I encourage you to do so. His writing style is excellent. He leaves you at the edge of your seat throughout the story. He goes into great detail and gives you mental images which is why he is such a great author. It is very easy for students to relate to this story. This story teaches you the harms of drinking and driving and you don't even know it. I also think this is a great book just because it is so easy to relate to. This is a very fast book to read and you shouldn't have any problems reading it. Over all, this book is extremely good and is hard to compare to others because I have not read any other book written as well as this one. By Kevin Gomba

"I've never before read such a truthful book about alcoholism." Tina Rogers, Psychologist, Center for Human Resources, Port Huron, Michigan.

Binge by Charles Ferry is about a guy named Weldon who has to have his right leg amputated. At first he did not know about this until the nurse tells him. He is being held under custody by a police officer named Becker. They are all in a hospital and Weldon just came out of a coma and is learning about what he did to get under police custody. The problem is very complicated because he has committed serious crimes and does not even remember all of the details. This is highly irrational for everyone. Weldon is not really a bad person but he has gotten himself into some serious trouble. Charles Ferry is a talented writer in terms of being descriptive and giving a lot of foreshadowing. There is a lot in this book because it involves a guy who is fairly young when he steals a car. He gets into serious trouble for doing something horribly unreasonable. This book is fairly easy to understand. At the same time it is fast moving. I would recommend this book for anyone in high school or maybe mature eighth graders because it is about a drunk driver and a reader has to be mature to try to understand. This story is like another book I read, but this seems more realistic because things in this story happen in the world today. This is a good book from my perspective because it teaches me what not to do when I get a car and how to act around my friends. For example, it taught me not to drink and drive, as well as not to try to act cool, and be careful on the road while driving.

Binge by Charles Ferry Weldon Edmund Yeager Jr. is an eighteen-year-old who likes to drink, smoke, and act a lot older than he actually is. Weldon is originally from Connecticut but moved to Michigan. He had a girlfriend named Livvie whom he hasn't talked to since he moved. Weldon's family goes on vacation to Chicago and leaves Weldon at his friend's house. Weldon is at his friend's house and decides to go for a ride; he ends up at a bar, and he meets a nice guy named Rick Wessell. They stay at a hotel together, and Rick sends Weldon out for pizza. Then, Weldon gets this idea to go back to Connecticut to see Livvie. He ends up getting into a lot of trouble because he's driving drunk and gets in a lot of accidents. Charles Ferry, the author, is able to leave you in suspense. Because of this, you never want to put the book down. This book is good for high school students to adults. The people who read this book might enjoy how detailed it is, and they might enjoy how Weldon loves Livvie and wants to go back and see her again. The book also always has some type of action going on.

Binge is a story about a teenager named Weldon Yeagear and his experiences with alcoholism. This story involves many exciting events and every one of them gets Weldon deeper into his drinking pit. His problems start when he wakes up in a hospital and a police officer is standing at the door. Lieutenant Becker interrogates Weldon, bring him back to that scary and heart breaking night before when he was in that drunken craze and something terrible happened that changed his life. Charles Ferry writes this book in a special way; no other author can prevail in the way the Charles Ferry does. No matter what grade you are in or what reading level you are on, anyone can relate to this book. Because of all the exciting parts this book will grab you and you won't want to stop reading. This book is much like a clipping I read from the New York Times I read about a drinking "Binge" that a young boy was on After stealing a car he drove into an intersection killing four people along with himself. This book can really teach you something as well as save your life.

Binge By: Charles Ferry

Binge is the tragic tale of a young man and his problems. Young Weldon runs into some problems when he wakes up in a hospital bed with a police guard at his door. With Nurse Weatherbee by his side, he tries to remember what has happened this past week. Lt. Becker comes in for the questioning, meanwhile his son is playing football across from the hospital in the championship game. The problem becomes even more troubling to Weldon once the Lt. refreshes his memory. But the least of his problems is his memory; he's got to worry about what he did on his week long drinking binge. Charles Ferry made this a story of tragedy. He portrays the troubles of alcoholism in a outstanding and scary way. The audience might enjoy the tale of Weldon and his wonderful life turned awful, the star football player and honor roll student turned alcoholic. The only problem I encountered when reading this book was its sometimes drawn out content. You will only encounter this problem in a few pages in the middle. Other than that the book kept me wanting more and I was unable to put it down at times. This book is incomparable to any other book I've ever read because of its awesome and unusual content.

By: Keith Bellettiere

"Weldon, 18, wakes up in a hospital with his right foot gone. His front teeth are gone, too, and when he talks he spits blood on his hospital gown. He soon loses control of his bowels. He doesn't remember how he got this way. This is Binge, Charles Ferry's stunning book that begins with Welton Yeager waking up minus a foot. It takes Yeager, and the reader, the length of the book (only 94 pages) to patch together details of his drinking binge, during which he ran over four people with a stolen car before hitting a tree. Ferry shows his main character wheeling, dealing and stealing his way from drink to drink. The book captures the denial, self-deception and consequences of the young alcoholic's life. Binge may be the most powerful book ever written about teenage alcoholism and drunk driving. From the first sentence to the last, the reader is in the twisted mind of an alcoholic as he destroys his life. Binge. Once you've read it, you'll never forget it." Sheryl James, Staff Writer, Detroit Free Press.

"Weldon, 18, wakes up in a hospital with his right foot gone. His front teeth are gone, too, and when he talks he spits blood on his hospital gown. He soon loses control of his bowels. He doesn't remember how he got this way. This is Binge, Charles Ferry's stunning book that begins with Welton Yeager waking up minus a foot. It takes Yeager, and the reader, the length of the book (only 94 pages) to patch together details of his drinking binge, during which he ran over four people with a stolen car before hitting a tree. Ferry shows his main character wheeling, dealing and stealing his way from drink to drink. The book captures the denial, self-deception and consequences of the young alcoholic's life. Binge may be the most powerful book ever written about teenage alcoholism and drunk driving. From the first sentence to the last, the reader is in the twisted mind of an alcoholic as he destroys his life. Binge. Once you've read it, you'll never forget it." Sheryl James, Staff Writer, Detroit Free Press.

"This book has the power to work a tremendous amount of good." Helen F. Flowers, PhO, author, critic, librarian, Fearrington, North Carolina.