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Phoenix Island (Bram Stoker Award for Young Readers) by John Dixon is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Phoenix Island (Bram Stoker Award for Young Readers) about?
The inspiration for the CBS TV show Intelligence - a thrilling adventure that's "Lord of the Flies meets Wolverine and Cool Hand Luke" (F. Paul Wilson, creator of Repairman Jack). A champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman has been shuffled from foster home to foster home. He can't seem to stay out of trouble - using his fists to defend weaker classmates from bullies. His latest incident sends his opponent to the emergency room, and now the court is sending Carl to the worst place on earth: Phoenix Island. Classified as a "terminal facility," it's the end of the line for delinquents who have no home, no family, and no future. Located somewhere far off the coast of the United States - and immune to its laws - the island is a grueling Spartan-style boot camp run by sadistic drill sergeants who show no mercy to their young, orphan trainees. Sentenced to stay until his eighteenth birthday, Carl plans to play by the rules, so he makes friends with his wisecracking bunkmate, Ross, and a mysterious gray-eyed girl named Octavia. But he makes enemies, too, and after a few rough scrapes, he earns himself the nickname "Hollywood" as well as a string o
Who reads Phoenix Island (Bram Stoker Award for Young Readers)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Dixon
- Publisher
- Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781476738703
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Science Fiction, Children'S, Adventure
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (632 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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