House Arrest

Name: House Arrest
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: K.A. Holt
ISBN: 9781977334084

Author: K.A. Holt

Narrator: Alex Kydd

Unabridged: 4 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/12/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Timothy is on probation. It's a strange word—something that happens to other kids, to delinquents, not to kids like him. And yet, he is under house arrest for the next year. He must check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist, and keep a journal for an entire year. And mostly, he has to stay out of trouble. But when he must take drastic measures to help his struggling family, staying out of trouble proves more difficult than Timothy ever thought it would be. By turns touching and funny, and always original, House Arrest is a middlegrade novel in verse about one boy's path to redemption as he navigates life with a sick brother, a grieving mother, and one tough probation officer.

About K.A. Holt

K. A. Holt is the author of Rhyme Schemer and House Arrest, along with several other books for young people. She lives with her family in Austin, Texas, and is active within the vibrant Texas writing community.

Reviews

Goodreads review by BernLuvsBooks

This book caught me by surprise in the BEST way. I started House Arrest thinking i'd just read a few pages before bed. Hours later after turning the last page, I found myself with tears streaming down my face, sad that the book was done. Timothy is a 12 year old boy put under house arrest for steal......more

Goodreads review by Hannah

So when I saw Frozen for the first time, I started crying at "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" because I am not the heartless wench I pretend to be, and I literally did not stop crying until the end. Constant crying. Even during that Fixer-upper song. When I read House Arrest for the first time, I st......more

Goodreads review by Christina

HOUSE ARREST by K.A Holt honestly took me by surprise. I got the arc at TLA, and thought I'd pick it up last night while waiting for dinner to cook. I didn't know that it would capture me entirely, that dinner would be a blur (what did I even make?) and that I would not go to sleep until the final l......more

Goodreads review by Amina

✰ 3.5 stars ✰ “I was trying to help, that’s all. But it was the opposite of help, and I know that now. I’m not sorry, though. If you’re wondering. I’m just sorry I got caught. Because it would have helped. It would have.” Desperate times call for desperate measures. And perhaps nothing can be more ca......more