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Published February 29, 2008 10:05 am - Ashley (Ash) Hannigan thinks prom is stupid. All she wants to do is avoid the school’s sadistic, detention-happy assistant principal and graduate so she and her boyfriend, TJ, can move into an apartment together.

Book review: Queen Anti-Prom takes charge



‘Prom’

By Laurie Halse Anderson (for grades 9-12)

Ashley (Ash) Hannigan thinks prom is stupid. All she wants to do is avoid the school’s sadistic, detention-happy assistant principal and graduate so she and her boyfriend, TJ, can move into an apartment together. She has no intention of going to prom for any reason whatsoever, but she understands (somewhat) her friends’ obsession with it.

Prom is something that they’ve all been looking forward to forever. For some of Ash’s friends, prom is the one bright spot in their lives, so of course they’re excited to be on the prom committee planning their special event. Ash’s best friend, Nat, who is chair of the committee, is especially excited. She eats, drinks, and sleeps prom.

When the math teacher embezzles all of the prom money, prom seems to be ruined beyond all repair. The hopelessness and depression that engulfs Ash’s friends inspires Ash to do something very strange — she volunteers to help save the prom! Who knew that Queen Anti-Prom would recruit her family and neighbors into helping with something she thought was so stupid? But more importantly, will Ash be able to avoid detention and make prom a success?

‘The House of the Scorpion’

By Nancy Farmer (grades 7-12)

Matt knows he is different because he is hidden away in Celia’s house, but he doesn’t know why. Celia loves Matt as if he were her own child. She teaches him, she feeds him, and she takes care of his every need, but she insists that Matt never let anyone see him whenever she has to leave their cottage for work.

Matt loves Celia and wants to obey her, but his curiosity gets the best of him. One day, he hears children playing near Celia’s cottage and instead of hiding like he’s supposed to, he shows himself to the children and breaks into their world. There, he finds out what he is — a clone.

To the world outside Matt’s house, clones are sub-human. Most of them are made into “eejits” and can only act upon someone else’s command, but Matt is special. He is El Patron’s clone, so his childhood is one of security and happiness where he is educated and pampered like El Patron wished he had been.

Matt is living such a good life because El Patron needs Matt to be healthy and happy until the day that El Patron needs Matt. When that day comes, El Patron will kill Matt and harvest his organs so he can live for another 20 to 30 years. Even with the help of Celia and the other people who love Matt, can he ever escape the reason he was created?

‘Stuck in Neutra’

By Terry Trueman (grades 6-12)



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