9781599903934

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Bloomsbury USA Childrens

On sale:

September 2009

Price:

$7.99

Format:

Paperback

Size:

5.0625 x 7.75 in

Pages:

320 pp

Ages:

12

Grades:

7


ISBN-13: 9781599903934

ISBN-10: 1599903938



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9781599902715

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Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath

By Steven Goldman

Book Description

A hilariously funny novel about a guy just trying to make his way through high school

Mitchell Wells may not survive eleventh grade. He really only has one friend, his best friend, David. His normally decent grade point average is in limbo due to a slightly violent, somewhat inappropriate Claymation film. And girls . . . well, does hanging out with his sister count? When David tells Mitchell he's gay, Mitchell's okay with it-but it still seems to change things. Since David's not out to anyone else, the guys agree to be set up with prom dates. But then one of the most popular girls in school decides she must date Mitchell, and he goes from zero to two girlfriends in sixty seconds. From his pending English grade to his floundering friendship to his love life (the one thing that's taken a bizarre turn for the better), Mitchell is so confused, he'll be lucky if he lasts another week in high school. And then there's the prom . . .
With a wickedly funny voice and a colorful cast of characters, Steven Goldman has written a novel for every reader-even those who like high school!

★“A side-splitting slice of male adolescence, this novel turns the spotlight on the ridiculousness that is the average, contemporary American high school experience, much as Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower did a decade ago, but with funnier results. A must-have for fiction collections.” –School Library Journal, starred review

“An understated, genuine delight.” –Kirkus Reviews

"Witty. Readers who relished An Abundance of Katherines by John Green will flock to this book." ―VOYA

"Perceptive as a buddy book and as a sibling book, this also offers a playfully irreverent look at the intellectual drain that high school English classes can become on their insistence on clinging to the classics." ―BCCB