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=Son of the Mob =

Reviews

"The pace is fast, the dialog sassy, and Vince is a winner."-Janet Julian, Borders.com

"The //Sopranos// meets //Leave It to Beaver// in Korman's brassy, comical caper."-Publishers Weekly

Funny and unexpectedly affecting, this will grab-and hold onto-even the most reluctant of readers."-Publishers Weekly Passages

"My father is Anthony Luca. He's a suspected Mob boss, and your dad has been trying to put him in jail for the past 5 years!" -Vince

"You know because her father is your boss. And when you saw her at Topsiders, you had to give him a heads-up on who his daughter's boyfriend is." -Vince

"Ray came by before he--left. He told me how you were only trying to help those guys. How you protected him. I'm so sorry for not believing you." -Kendra



The security camera represents Vince's house being bugged. Everything Vince and his family does is recorded and used as evidence by the FBI. If Vince was to let something slip about a crime someone committed, the FBI would know about it immediately and would have evidence to arrest the person convicted of the crime. The only place not bugged in the entire house is the basement because someone checks for cameras and recorders in the basement several times a day and there are very few places to hide them in the basement. . Therefore, all of the meetings between Vince's father and his associates are held in the basement. This way, they can discuss their business without the FBI knowing about it. Also, because Kendra's dad works for the FBI, Vince can never have Kendra at his house because Kendra's dad would see her and would know that her and Vince were dating. Then, he would force Kendra to break up with Vince.

The picture of a boy and a girl represents Kendra and Vince. They met at a college party and they start talking to each other. Eventually, they start to date. After a few days, Vince discovers that Kendra's dad is an FBI agent. In fact, he is the very FBI agent working on Anthony Luca's case. However, Kendra thinks that Vince's dad is a banker. After a lot of questioning, Vince finally tells Kendra that his dad is a mob boss and that her dad is trying to put him in jail. Instead of getting angry, Kendra thinks it's romantic that they're not supposed to be together. Soon, Kendra and Vince fall in love and never want to be apart from each other. However, They both know that if they want to continue dating, they can't let their parent's find out. So, Kendra is never allowed at Vince's house because the FBI has it bugged, and Vince never shows his face to Kendra's dad. Vince even has his best friend Alex go with Kendra to meet her father so that he doesn't know that she is really dating Vince.

All of the things mentioned in the video happen in the book. For example, when Vince was younger, teachers didn't want to give him a bad grade because Vince's father just had charges pressed against him for murder and the teachers feared they would be killed if Vince failed. Also, Vince tries going out for the football team, but when he gets into the game he scores several touchdowns because kids on the other team are afraid they might hurt Vince. Eventually, Vince quits football because he feels like he is cheating. Also, Vince starts dating Kendra whose father is the FBI agent trying to bring charges against Vince's father. Finally, Vince vows to never become involved with his father's business because he doesn't approve of it. However, as he gets older Vince sees that there is easy money to be made if he works for his dad.

When Vince says "My father is Anthony Luca. He's a suspected Mob boss and your dad has been trying to put him in jail for the past 5 years," Vince is telling Kendra why he isn't able to meet her father. For a long time, Kendra thought that Vince didn't want to be seen with her and that he didn't take their relationship seriously. In reality, Vince was just scared of telling Kendra the truth because he though that she would be upset that his father ran such a ruthless business. However, Kendra was just happy that Vince wasn't cheating on her or hiding anything from her. Also, Kendra now understands why Vince can't ever meet Kendra's father. If he did, Kendra would be forced to break up with Vince because her dad would assume that Vince was involved with the business in some way.

When Vince said "You know because her father is your boss..." Vince was confronting Ray about working for the FBI. Anthony Luca has been aware that there is an inside man in his business, but for the past few years he couldn't find out who it was. Ray has been working with Tommy, Vince's brother, because Anthony Luca doesn't trusty Tommy to be on his own. Ray is Vince's favorite person in the Mob because he is not insensitive like the other people. During a conversation, Ray brings up Kendra and Vince realizes he has never told Ray about her, so Vince confronts Ray and says that he knows Ray works for the FBI. At first, Ray denies the accusation. However, Vince tells Ray he has time to get out of town and that he will make sure that his father doesn't try and kill him. Reluctantly, Ray agrees to leaving the city because he is afraid Anthony will find out eventually.

When Kendra says "Ray came by before he--left. He told me you were only trying to help those guys. How you protected him. I'm so sorry for not believing you." she is talking to Vince about getting back together. Earlier, Kendra had broken up with Vince because her father told her that Vince was involved in loan sharking in his family's businesses. Vince has always told Kendra that he has never done anything that involves his dad's business and that he is never going to. After Vince tells Ray that he knows he works for the FBI, Ray goes to Kendra's house before he leaves and tells Kendra that Vince has never done anything illegal and that he has nothing to do with his dad's business. Kendra is happy to hear this, and she realizes that she made a mistake by breaking up with Vince. Within a few hours, Kendra and Vince start dating again. none SavePreviewText Editor || || Help · About · [|Blog] · Terms · Privacy · [|**Support**] · **Upgrade**Contributions to http://travisl13.wikispaces.com are licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License]. Portions not contributed by visitors are Copyright 2010 Tangient LLC. #|**Home** > ... Loading... #|**Home** [|Turn Off "Getting Started"] Loading...