Book Report On The Gun

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“The Gun” is a book written by a man named Paul Langan. This book is about a teenage boy named Tyray Hobbs that goes to Bluford High School. He has a troubled home life, so he takes his anger out on kids at his school.

He bullied everyone at his school. But one day a boy named Darrel stood up to him. Darrel was the only person to stand up to Tyray. Tyray wanted to get his revenge on Darrel. He wants to buy a gun from this guy that his brother knows. His brother is in jail. The guy tells him that the gun costs 50 dollars.

Tyray had to find a way to get the money. He always had money when he was a bully. Tyray pretended to be friends with this girl and lie to her in order to get 50 dollars from her. Tyray end up getting jumped, therefore

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