The Quick Fix is a novel about kids in middle school, but there are no adults, teachers, parents, present.  The school operates within the boundaries of various groups of kids:  Vincent Biggio, aka Vinny Biggs, is like a mafia boss.  He gets stuff for you, fixes stuff for you, does stuff for you–all at a price.  If you don’t pay, his goons will get you.  He has also figured out a way to get students shunned from everyone at school and make their lives miserable.  The cheerleaders are all beautiful and boys will do anything they want and girls want to be just like them.  The athletes are the stars of the school and have their own bunch of groupies.  The terrible twins have the corner on pixie stix and work on kids’ addictions.  The hall monitors are like the police–they love to write you up.  Throw in a wannabe journalist who’s sniffing for a juicy story and a couple of nerds, and you have Franklin Middle School, commonly called ‘The Frank.’  There is also a student, a boy, who cannot be pigeonholed into any of these categories.  He’s like a detective and has clients for whom he works.  He is a puzzle solver, a mystery solver, who doesn’t do anything that will hurt himself or others and isn’t afraid to stand up to others regardless of threats.  He always seems to do the right thing.  He is very funny and likeable, and reminds me alot of the character Myron Bolitar in Harlen Coben novels.  This book has a lot of action and humor, and just when you think you know whats going on, Ferraiolo throws in some other tidbit for you to ponder.  Kind of also reminiscent of  Chris Rylander’s The Fourth Stall series.  Kids will love it!