The List

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The List

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Category
Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Publisher
Push, April 2012
  • 11-13 Older Readers
  • 14+ Mature Readers
  • Realistic/Contemporary Fiction

When eight girls woke up the week before homecoming they didn't know how much their lives would be altered. Oh, most of them knew about the tradition, but didn't think it would happen to them. What is the List? Two names from each class - the prettiest and the ugliest posted for everyone to see. And the eight girls who made the list...well, ready or not, here they go.

It's a make or break situation for the girls all for different reasons. People think the prettiest have it the easiest and no one wants to be the ugliest, but there it is in black and white for all the world to see. Slowly but surely, the metamorphosis begins in all of these girls' lives, both good and bad. Little do they know they've been specifically chosen this year to make or break them. But why? Who is behind the List?

Vivian takes a slice of life of high school girls, along with their drama, personal demons, and relationships to create eight unique characters that the reader will identify with.

Full review on YA Books and More: www.naomibates.blogspot.com

Recommended by: Naomi Bates, Librarian, Texas USA

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It happens every year before homecoming – the list is posted all over school.  Two girls are picked from each grade. One is named the prettiest, one the ugliest.  The girls who aren’t picked are quickly forgotten. The girls who are become the center of attention.  Each has a different reaction to the experience.

On the last Monday in September, students at Mount Washington High arrive to find a list naming the prettiest and ugliest girl in each grade. No one knows who makes the list, but it has been a tradition for as long as anyone can remember.  Eight girls’ lives are changed by the posting of the List.  This is the week the List appears and how each of the eight spends the week, culminating in the big Homecoming Dance. This book is an incredible look at one week in the life of these eight girls at Mount Washington high and how they struggle with the labels society and themselves have used.  Highly recommended.

336 pages                                 978-0545169172                               Ages 13 and up

Recommended by Alice L. Cyphers, Librarian and Reading Specialist, Pennsylvania, USA

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