num_pages: 352
description: Sixteen-year-old Jericho is awaiting initiation to the Warriors of Distinction, the oldest and most exclusive club in school—but how high a price will he have to pay to belong? Find out in this first novel in Sharon M. Draper’s Jericho Trilogy.When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can’t get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and great grades are a given. When Arielle, one of the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member…But as the initiation week becomes progressively harrowing, Jericho is forced to make choices he’s not entirely comfortable with. And one member seems to have it in for the sole female pledge in the group…a pledge who will stop at nothing to show she can handle the pressure. But when is she being pushed too far, and when should Jericho and his friends step in and risk losing their places in the pledging process? As Jericho becomes increasingly uneasy, his cousin Joshua breezes through the initiation, never thinking of the consequences, even when the fine line between fun and games, and life and death is crossed.
language: English
title: The Battle of Jericho
titlecomplete: The Battle of Jericho (Jericho, #1)
genres: Coming Of Age, Teen, Childrens, African American, Young Adult, High School, School, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 3903
series: Jericho
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers