Young Adult Vault is a meme hosted by the ladies at Short and Sweet. YA Vault posts will be posted here on Taking Friday every Saturday. There are a few rules to go along with the meme. Each book must be a YA title and each must be older than one year old.
Today’s feature is The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper.

Release: 2004
Page Count: 352
“Are you willing to do anything to help your slimy pledge brothers become Distinguished Gentlemen?” Sharp demanded.
“Anything, sir,” Jericho said. He just wanted it to be over.
“Then suck my big toe.”
“Sir?” Jericho wasn’t sure if he had heard correctly….
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 sail through their classes. And 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.
I read The Battle of Jericho in high school. Once again, I borrowed it from my cousin (She was much more of an avid reader than me) and read it fairly quickly. From what I remember, I enjoyed it and recommended it to everyone.
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