Busted: An SAT Vocabulary Novel (Paperback)

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Product Description

Smart Novels are compelling, full-length novels with edgy and mature themes that will appeal to teens. Each book showcases more than 1,000 vocabulary words frequently included on the SAT. Brief definitions appear on the same page so that readers can quickly access and digest the meanings as they read along.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: SparkNotes (January 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141140081X
• ISBN-13: 978-1411400818
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #440,622 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Busted, May 28, 2004

By	english2vazquez (Philadelphia,PA USA) - See all my reviews

The main character has just recently graduated high school and started going to college.She's not with her friends.They all decided to go to different colleges.They really haven't stayed in contact. As for Kim she's smart but quite lazy. When she's back home she gets involed in an undercover investigation trying to bring down a drug ring at a high school.
I liked this novel because of the way it was written. This novel kept you guessing. The way things were and the details made it seem real. One of the things I liked is they didn't stay on one subject for too long. This is what made the book hard to put down.
This book is also good because while you're reading you're learning S.A.T vocabulary words. Having them put in the story makes them fun and easy to learn. I don't think the words made it more difficult to read. If anything the book has helped me with my vocabulary and added another book to my list of favorites.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sigh..., October 5, 2005

By	Anjie (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

This book was helpful and all, but the story was really unsatisfactory. It's very easy to read, so if you have nothing better to do (which I don't), I guess it makes it hard to put down. I don't recommend it unless, of course, you need to study the SAT words. I did find that helpful, but it makes it a bit hard to remember all of them and their definitions because it's a pretty short book with 1000 SAT words, so it's all kind of jam-packed and it's a bit overwhelming.
Also, I don't like the story because it was about a teenage girl trying to bust a highschool drug ring, so obviously they're going to talk "like teenagers," but they're also trying to teach you these big SAT words, and it all ends up sounding, well, extremely stupid. No teenager would ever talk like they do in the book. I guess that's not really the point, but then if the book isn't good (it's also EXTREMELY predictable), learning the SAT words in it is just as hard as it would be without the book. See what I mean?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does what its supposed to, January 14, 2006

By	Kai G. (PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This book is not the greatest in the world, plotwise. It does, however, have a tolerable plot. It does help a little if you want to brush up on your SAT vocabulary. I'd get it from a library if possible. No reason to read it more than once, unless you're really desparate for vocab help.