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Weekend (Point)

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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.

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.

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.

I am now in my late twenties and I read almost all of Pike's books when I was 12-14 or so. I loved them and they didn't screw me up or teach me bad morals (geez, people, teach your kids the difference between fiction and reality and don't count on horror novels to teach your kids morals. seriously.) Anyway, I am now a functional adult and look back on those books fondly. I recommend them to anyone in their teens.

The weekend in Mexico sounded like a dream vacation for the high schoolers.
There 4 guys and 5 girls and a gorgeous oceanside mansion all to themselves,

Except that someone had an axe to grind. Someone wanted revenge. Who in this group of friends really wanted venegance?

The story was well written in that it was meant for the teenaged reader.
The characters were well developed in that you came to admire Lena. She was a ball buster but she loved her sister and would do anything to protect her. You see some of the characters grow and come of age. realizing high school is over with and you are responsible for your actions no matter how bad you may feel for how they turned out.

On that note, the story was predictable. You already had an idea of who did what and which guy would end up with which girl.

It is a good read and over before you know it.

I read this back in 1986. It was an excellent book by the standards then.

This book was amazing. The suspense was great. 5 girls and 4 boys o to their friends house for a trip and ieverything go4es wrong? who poisened robin and ruined her life? Read the book to find out.

I read this book when I was 15 which was years ago. I loved it and I was hooked on Christopher Pike books for the duration of my teenage years! Yes, it is listed as a book for young teens, but Pike's stories are gripping and great entertainment at the sametime. I read great works of literature during my high school years, but I liked to read fun books too. At least I was reading. A group of friends, a vacation, young people in love and/or lust,a mystery--it may sound like a formula story but its a formula that works. I've moved on from these teenage thrillers, but every now and then I think back to the books that I stayed up all night reading in my youth, and I remember Weekend, Spellbound, See You Later, Final Friends, Remember Me, etc. I need some summer reading and I just may read the books he's published since I graduated from high school. Maybe I'll start by re-reading Weekend. My 12 year old niece loves his work too. Maybe we can swap books.

Saturday they were working on their tans. By Sunday they were working on staying alive.

A group of high-school friends arrive at a seaside mansion in Mexico for a weekend of fun. Beyond friendship, they all have something in common - nearly a year before classmate Robin was poisoned at a party, and now slowly wastes away from kidney failure. None want to believe this act was intentional, but someone does. Is it Robin's sister Lena, who arranged the weekend? The mysterious Flynn? Or is someone desperate to keep a secret buried?

Weekend is a great thriller that hauls the reader through a nicely crafted maze to an excellent finish. The epilogue, which is a bit sappy, could have been left out. But in a young adult novel perhaps it was necessary to mollify any complaints about realistic portrayals of what teens do when left to their own devices.

I read this book growing up, and liked it. I reread it as an adult, and I love it. I wish there were more adult thillers on the market today like this. The plot of the book seems simple enough. Two rich sisters invite their senior class to their vacation home in Mexico for a party. Only problem is, when they arrive, the only ones that show were also thos who attended a party where one of the sisters was posioned and sustained serious kidney damaged. What's going on, who did what, who's who, who's to blame? This book answers all those questions and more!

A must read! In this book 9 friends go on a vacation in Mexico but once they are there it ends up to be a nighmare where they have to relive a horror to find out the truth about who poisoned one of their friends,Robin, who is about to die. You really have to read this book! Its my personal favorite and ever since I read it Ive been addicted to Pikes novels!