79. The Implosion of Aggie Winchester by Lara Zielin
Publication: Putnam Juvenile (August 4, 2011), ARC paperback, 278pp / ISBN 0399254110
Genre: YA fiction
Read: July 23, 2011
Source: Publisher (thank you!)
Summary from Amazon:
Sixteen-year-old Aggie Winchester couldn’t care less about who’s elected prom queen-even if it’s her pregnant Goth-girl best friend, Sylvia Ness. Aggie’s got bigger things to worry about, like whether or not her ex-boyfriend wants to get back together and whether her mom will survive cancer.
But like it or not, Aggie soon finds herself in the middle of an unfolding prom scandal, largely because her mom, who is the school’s principal, is rumored to have burned prom ballots so Sylvia won’t be elected queen. Aggie’s own investigation makes her wonder if the election could be dirty on both sides.
Review
I said on Twitter that this was like everyone in my high school shoved into a book, and I still stand by that. I knew people like Aggie; I knew people like Sylvia; random secondary and tertiary characters were pretty much like everyone else I knew as well– and that, right there, is the key to this book’s brilliance. Continue reading »
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