The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman

I know what you're saying, any book by Gordon Korman is awesome  and of course this is no exception.  Douglas Healy, a former juvenile delinquent is convinced that he can make a difference to some kids that are following in his footsteps.  He starts an experiments where he will give 3 delinquents of his choosing a chance to live in a half way house in New York City.  Gecko drove the getaway car, Terence ran with the worst gang in chicago, and Arjay killed someone.  Things go well until one night Terence is trying to sneak out while Arjay and Gecko are trying to drag him back off the fire escape.  Doug Healy catches them all on the fire escape and accidentaly falls over and lands on his head.  The crew doesn't know what to do so they end up dropping an unconscious Healy and the entrance to the ER.  Things snowball from there as there plan fails miserably.  Healy ends up in a coma and when he wakes up doesn't remember anything about who he is!  Gecko, Terence, and Arjay are left to their own devices in surviving, afraid that if they turn themselves in, it's a one way ticket back to jail.  You can't help but root for the Juvie Three and hope everything turns out ok.  They're 3 kids that come from hard lives and try to do right, but everytime that attempt is made they have the worst luck possible.  This is a great book.  You can't help but think that there really are kids like Gecko, Terence , and Arjay out there in the world and you feel sorry for them.  I would strongly recommend this book.  I think if everyone read it there would be a little more compassion in actually hearing peoples stories of where they come from and why they do the things they do.  GREAT READ!!!