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bplayfuli's review
3.0
The language in this is a little odd and it's more of a young adult romance with a hint of suspense than the other way around. I was intrigued by the premise but unfortunately the book didn't really live up to it.
kjboldon's review
3.0
A classic "teens-in-danger" book, a la Lois Duncan, from the early 80's about a group of kids whose parents try to deliberately "disappear" them. Entertaining, but uneven, with cardboard cutout adult villains.
jessrock's review
4.0
A truly weird premise about a boarding school that offers a "service" to wealthy parents - problem children can be disposed of, permanently, by signing them up for "Group 6." See, at the beginning of the school year, the student body is broken into five groups, each of which starts the school year off with a camping trip. However, a few unlucky students find themselves assigned to Group 6, which goes off camping just like everyone else, but...doesn't come back. Or that's how it's supposed to work, anyway. In The Grounding of Group 6, the Group 6 leader has second thoughts and helps the kids survive in the woods instead. I really enjoyed the story, but I did feel that the reasons the parents wanted to kill off their smart, friendly teenagers were pretty weak - your daughter was caught cheating at school? So you have her killed because you can't live with the shame? Really?
ajcousins's review
4.0
This is not a book to read for the first time as an adult. It is a book that should be read when you are young, still seeing the world as a place where adults often seem like they are out to get you, and escape to a place without them sounds like heaven in a basket with a bow on top. :) I loved this book with a passion when first read it, and still enjoy it now, but you have to be willing to engage in a big suspension of disbelief to accept the premise (that some parents would pay people to kill their children who are annoying or disappointing or competition.) As a grown-up, that might be too hard to get past, but at about thirteen, this book fascinated me. :)
cyndallrocks's review
4.0
I read this when I was in high school and even though I'm into my 30's now I still think about this book now and again. It was one of those weird books that stick with you when you read it at the right time. Would it have the same impact on me today? Probably not, I'm going to assume you have to read when you're a teenager for it to affect you but either way its a good story.
libraryowl's review
2.0
Lesson learned.... the books that you loved in high school are best left as memories. This was a favorite high school book of mine that I reread because of a recent novel that reminded me of this. It is so not what I remembered. Character development is weak. Plot is a bit off. And many times it is just a bit hokey. Basic story line is that there is a group of five kids who are sent to a boarding school.. except group 6 is the group that isn't supposed to make it to the school because their parents want them killed. Well, this group of kids and the leader decide to buck the system and survive. I guess in high school the fact that everything neatly falls into place was appealing. As an adult, I find it unbelievable and ridiculous. I enjoyed getting in touch with my past, but I think I'll stay away from my other book memories.
geohiker's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked this book when it first came out, and it holds up on rereading!