Binge

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Summary: Once you've read it, you'll never forget it.
Review: "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.

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Summary: Binge
Review: 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.

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Summary: Binge
Review: 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.