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Loading... Son of the Mob (2002)by Gordon Korman
None. VOYA 3P 4Q. This is a really fun take on the Romeo and Juliet story. Vince is the son of a powerful New York Mob boss and a rebel to the core. He is totally swept of his feet by Kendra, who happens to be the daughter of the FBI agent that is carefully tracking Vince's father. The book is humorous in the way it approaches this classic story, but it also deals openly and honestly with romance and the way that teens deal with complicated social lives.  johnkalexander | Jun 11, 2013 |  Light and fun - I can see why this is hugely popular. (  ) JenJ. | Mar 31, 2013 | Review by: Funky Moose This book was so funny. I did find it cliche with the girl he stared dating. It was so Romeo and Juliet. I hope my first date does not go as badly as Vince on the beach. That secne was really funny and realy horrible. I now have to read the sequel. It is really sad how every aspect of his life is affected by his fathers job. I do like how his mother cooks so much she could feed an army. Alex, Vince's best friend, is a real jerk when it comes to Vince's and Kendra's realationship. (  ) bplteen | May 15, 2012 | Although as hilarious as any of Korman's books, this book is more appropriate for older readers. Of course, I started reading the author's books when I was 7, so "older" is a relative term. That's probably why these memorable characters reminded me of a mafia-based dinner theater I wrote, although I wish I'd thought of "Uncle Pampers" first. The writing style is believable, as if the book were a memoir from your average ambivalent son of a notorious mobster. Main character Vince Luca is ignored at school by everyone but his new girlfriend and his newly jealous best friend Alex. Poor Alex spends most of the book third wheeling with Vince and Kendra or watching Star Trek reruns in his basement. Vince's attempts to keep the family "business" a secret from Kendra only tangles him further in a web of ridiculousness. Ciao. (  )1  NickAngelis | Apr 28, 2012 | "Son of the Mob" was good. It's about Vince whose father is Honest Abe Luca head of the mob. Vince is different than the rest of the family. He wants no part of the mob but he keeps getting dragged into it. ( ) middlemedia2 | Mar 29, 2012 |
Maintaining the balance between situational humor and the real violence and ugliness of organized crime is no easy matter, but Korman pulls it off in frae manner, managing to create genuinely sympathetic characters in Vince's family--people who love him and want the best for him, but who can at the same time call out a hit on someone as casually as ordering a pizza. Laced with running gags--the hijacking of Vince's class-project Web site by his brother is priceless--here's a laugh-out-loud addition to the ranks of dreary teen fiction.  The opening chapter sets the stage for the rest of the book; it is at once laughing-out-loud funny and at the same time draws the reader into empathetic identification with the central character, Vince Luca, and his dilemma: bow to live as a normal teenager while being the unwilling "son of the mob."
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Although Vince keeps a low profile at school, his family connection brings him unwanted advantages, like the birthday Porsche that gets him arrested on stolen vehicle charges, or the football game in which he makes touchdown after touchdown because word has gotten around and nobody is willing to tackle him. Even private conversations at home have to be carried on in the basement because the FBI has bugged the house and an agent is always listening. Vince's life is inextricably tangled up with the family business, no matter how hard he tries to stay out of it. How can he show them he's serious? Then he meets Kendra, and when she innocently reveals that her father's an FBI agent--that FBI agent--it's a match made in heaven. He thinks.
Gordon Korman, author of (No More Dead Dogs) and over 30 other witty YA novels, is at his best in this Sopranos-style spoof about a teen's home life with the Mob. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell
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Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
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