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Finding himself at thecentre of growing controversy, Reef is pushed to his limits. Before he leaves town, Reef must face his demons andmake some tough choices or else risk losing everything he hasever worked for, including the only girl he has ever loved.

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My name is Leeza, which is a very uncommon name, so it's strange to see in a book especially one from my own country. Does anyone know where the author got inspiration for the name? Antichess The answer is in the prequel, The First Stone. See 1 question about Fifth Rule….

Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Fifth Rule. May 11, Brooke rated it it was amazing. Oh, wow I was so pleased with the ending of this : Don Aker has made a wonderful story here that is so real that you can't help but feel exactly what the characters are feeling.

Liza and Reef were the most lovable and enjoyable characters. They seemed to take a life of their own in my head, which was super cool. This is probably a book I'd read over and over again. Apr 03, James Dekens rated it did not like it. I really hated this book. The author piles one horribly depressing situation on top of another in an attempt to elicit some kind of emotional reaction.

A book full of depressing experiences does not make a good book. I really can't believe I finished it. Every new chapter brought a new and horrible punishment to the two main characters. I couldn't help but laugh at the audacity of the author for deciding that this rubbish meant something. And this book won awards! What for?

The only answer I can I really hated this book. The only answer I can give is that the book is Canadian. Books like this show the sorry state of Canadian publishing and poor excuse for award handouts. View all 5 comments. Feb 17, Melody rated it really liked it. Very enjoyable, highly recommended for teen boys in particular. Jan 25, Brittany Rogers rated it it was amazing. A great ending to a story I read as a teenager! May 22, Mya Moniz rated it it was amazing.

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. He has no intention of staying long — memories of Frank compete with memories of Leeza and the terrible way their relationship ended. And then there's the restraining order against him. Which Leeza's mother has renewed The detail and description shows how truly talented and creative the author is, and the character and plot development is so thrilling and it keeps you turning page after page.

The detailed writing style Don Aker has gives the reader the felling that they're right in the story with the characters themselves. It's clear that he has thought out everything about every character so the reader can imagine it and create their own visuals. Who needs pictures when you have a description to follow and an imagination where the sky is the limit? The amazing detail and description truly makes the book's plot one of a kind.

The story moves slowly enough for you to take everything in without you waiting and wondering when the next big thing will happen. The way the book is structured has two semi-different story lines that occasionally intersect, each chapter alternating between main characters Reef and Leeza.

When part in one story line ends, another starts just in time. It's hard to be bored while reading this book, it won't let you be! The characters are so strongly crafted and it's truly as though they were pulled from the world and put into the story.

A great example of this is Reef Kennedy. A ways into the book, we're introduced to Reef's back story, how ruthless and troubled he used to be. We get to envision how much he has changed as a person, and the impact those around him have. The detail makes it feel so real and Reef's thought process remains true to his role, a year-old former young offender who has changed.

When something happens to Reef in the story, his strong, opinionated, heartfelt personality shines through and proves to the reader that he has something important to say. Reef is the one who got the biggest character growth out of everyone, which really makes you feel for him if something happens to him. At a certain part of the book, things get pretty rough for Reef which cause him to start to turn to his old ways for comfort.

This particular section made me turn page after page for hours on end, reading and reading until Reef got a solution. This is the affect that any author wants to have on his readers, and Don achieved that. The Fifth Rule is an amazing book that always keeps you on the edge of your seat, and I can't wait to read the rest of it. I need to make sure everything ends well for Reef! Oct 11, Canadian Children's Book Centre added it. Now 19, Reef has been working in construction in Calgary and continuing his outreach with street kids.

He returns to Halifax to speak at the funeral of Frank Colville, his mentor at the group home for young offenders where Reef turned his life around. But the home is threatened by a crusading politician who casts Reef as a failure. Aker is a master at creating appealing characters and powerful relationships. Leeza works to free herself from her over-protective mother. To complicate matters, her father, who had abandoned the family years before, has now re-entered her life for his own reasons.

Aker is also a master at creating plots with multiple but believable coincidences and almost unbearable tension. Readers will find themselves holding their breath at an apparent abduction or a hand curled once again around a stone.

It is literally a race to the finish as Leeza runs to save Reef, the young man who both wounded and healed her. Jan 10, Maryam rated it liked it Recommends it for: teens, adults. I was going to read this book because of White Pine, but then I learned that it was a sequel to the famous The First Stone.

So of course, I had to read that first, because I can't stand things not in order. I have to admit, I did like the previous one better, but not by a landslide. It's the same characters as before, except Alex is gone. I was really disappointed when I finished reading because I really liked Alex, he was a funny, unique character. Brett was in it as well, being her usual aweso I was going to read this book because of White Pine, but then I learned that it was a sequel to the famous The First Stone.

Brett was in it as well, being her usual awesome-self. Bigger and Jink were funnier and less serious in this book. I felt that this book focused more on Reef's and Leeza's relationship then any other thing, and I was hoping for more action instead. In the begging, we learn that Reef is trying to protect kids from a youth centre from a drug dealer guy. Literary Collections. Sunstein Publisher: Little, Brown Reads.

Richard A. Clarke,Robert K. Knake Publisher: Penguin Reads. Author : Richard A. Author : L. Juvenile Fiction. Donald Sull,Kathleen M. Eisenhardt Publisher: HarperCollins Reads. An eager political crusader wants to shut down Reef's former group home, and he will stop at nothing to get media attention, including manipulating news items about Reef.

Before he leaves town, Reef must face his demons and make some tough choices or else risk losing everything he has worked for, including the only girl he has ever loved.

Don answers questions about The Fifth Rule :. Did you write it because of requests from readers? DON: Not exactly. DON: The death of a close friend. As I develop my characters further, of course, they eventually move away from the model and take on lives of their own, but their genesis is invariably my relationship with an actual person. Like Frank in the novel, Frank Pecora once worked with youths in the penal system, and he later became a teacher whose caring nature and commitment to social justice not only guided his professional experience but were hallmarks of his personal life, too.

For instance, many years after his own sons were grown, he chose to become a Big Brother to a local boy whose father was killed in a tragic accident, just one example of how Frank made a difference every moment he lived.

I was working on another novel at the time and, when I finally finished it, I found myself writing that funeral scene, which occurs more than two years after the event on the overpass in The First Stone. I stood beside Reef in the pulpit, listened as he described the extent of his loss, watched as he struggled to find words that would adequately sum up a person whose impact he would feel forever.

It was your story, right? The Fifth Rule would make an excellent novel to study in the classroom, both for its composition and for its themes and issues. Highly recommended.

Aker's treatment of troubled youth The Fifth Rule is a fine and satisfying follow-up. Aker has delivered a fine cast of interesting and well-drawn characters that teens will be able to relate to, including some terrific secondary ones But it's the story that's the main reason this book is a winner The Fifth Rule has a plot that pulls you along to its heart-racing final scenes.

It's also a morality tale told with authentic, gritty believability that will get you thinking whether you're reading it alone or in the classroom where it would be a great read-and-discuss book.

When I got to the end of The Fifth Rule , I realized how much I genuinely cared about what happened to Reef and Leeza, and you can't ask more from a book than that.