Weekend (Point) [Mass Market Paperback]

Christopher Pike (Author)

Book Description

Series: Point | Publication Date: September 1, 2004

A weekend of sun and fun in Acapulco turns into a nightmare when nine teenagers trapped in a mansion realize that they have been lured there for a deadly reason.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590442562
• ISBN-13: 978-0590442565
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #728,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher Pike is the author of over forty teen thrillers, including series REMEMBER ME, FINAL FRIENDS and CHAIN LETTER.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "By Sunday they were just trying to stay alive.", July 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Weekend (Point) (Mass Market Paperback)

Eight Hoover High seniors (Shani Tucker, one of the main characters; Park Jacomini, another protagonist; Kerry Ladd, Angie Houston, Sol Celaya, Lena Carlton, Bert Billings, and Flynn Powers) all make plans to travel down the California coast to Mexico and spend the weekend in Lena and her sister's large family vacation home. Residing in the mansion is Robin Carlton, once an active teenager and their close friend, but now a shut-in. She is slowly dying from permanent kidney damage that resulted from her "accidentally" ingesting a large amount of insecticide at a party one year ago. And, to this day, someone hasn't forgotten the incident, because soon all nine teens are stranded in the house when their transportation is destroyed in an explosion--which kills one of the teen's inside the van--and the phone lines are cut.

Everyone seems to have a secret about that night at the party, including Flynn (aka Michael Ryan Richardson), who wasn't even there but has shady motives for tagging along with the group in Mexico. For me, it was pretty easy to guess Flynn's real identity, but I won't give anything away. It's worth finding out on your own. One drawback to the book (in my opinion) was the shaman's story about Snake, Eagle, Dove, and Raven, which was a bit unnecessary and silly, though it did foreshadow events scheduled to happen later on in the book.

Although "Weekend" isn't my favorite Pike book, it is one of the more memorable books I've read by him, particularly because of the Mexican setting ("Don't drink the water!") and the beginning scene where Lena is trimming cacti in a bikini, of all things. It's definitely worth reading if you're into Scholastic YA Thrillers, and especially if you're a Christopher Pike fan.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars [My] Review, October 3, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Weekend (Point) (Mass Market Paperback)

This story is very entertaining and suspenseful. A group of teenagers go to a party in Mexico at their friend's mansion. They think it's a time for beer, tan lines, and an overall good time. But somebody in they're little get-together is a traitor,and soon this enjoyable vacation becomes scary beyond imaginable. On saturday, they worked on their tans...By Sunday, they were working on keeping alive.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars joe's review, June 13, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Weekend (Point Paperback) (Paperback)

Shani and her friends decide to go on a weekend adventure to Mexico. Cute boys make the girls nervous. Many secrets are revealed when they find things such as guns, knifes, and stories. More secrets keep popping up out of no where until Shani puts the pieces together. The terror lasted till the weekend was out. When they got home they decided to never go on another vacation because of what they had went through on this vacation. I liked the book very well.