He changes from a nice, happy, smart boy to a semi-hardened mugger. ... When Billy gave him the note, he calls it the "passport to his new life." ... According to Children Services Practice notes, separating children from their caregiver(s), to whom they are attached to, has both positive and negative aspects. ... " (Children Services Practice Notes). ...

• Word Count: 622
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Tyrell and Borden had been comparing notes and had realized that over the last 4 years many robberies had been committed that looked familiar. ... One is that the author wrote more often about how smart certain characters were rather than how tough. ... The fact that the best ones had to be smart, and that in order to live to be old in those days you had to survive and you could survive a lot longer if you were smarter. ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School