Download or read book Benched written by Cristy Watson and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Cody and his friends accept a challenge from a local gang to steal a park bench, their main concern is keeping themselves on the gang's good side. Cody learns that the stolen bench had been dedicated to the father of the English teacher who sponsors the school newspaper—the paper that Cody has just started writing for—and he's worried about the consequences. As the gang applies pressure for more from Cody and his friends, he realizes they've crossed a line, and now he has to figure out how to make it right.