Romance of the Snob Squad - Softcover

Peters, Julie Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316008133 ISBN 13: 9780316008136

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010

Synopsis

In this touching, wryly humorous sequel to Revenge of the Snob Squad, readers are reunited with sixth-grade misfits Jenny, Max, Prairie, and Lydia as they cook up an outrageous plan to ignite a romance between Prairie and the object of her affection, Hugh Torkerson (otherwise known as 'Tork the Dork'). A science lab rat, a set of embarrassing glamour photos, and a mysteriously disappearing notebook all play a part in this scheme, but the results may attract more attention than Snob Squad planned.

About this title

About the Author:

Julie Anne Peters is the critically acclaimed author of Keeping You a Secret, Between Mom and Jo, Far from Xanadu, Define "Normal," and Luna, a National Book Award Finalist.

From Kirkus Reviews:

The Snob Squad is back (Revenge of the Snob Squad, 1998) and this time the four elementary-age outcasts need to come up with a project for the science fair. Although, in this group, science is nobody's best subject, a rat that Max captured in her family's junkyard provides inspiration, and they create an obstacle course for a study in rat motivation. It doesn't take Jennywhose wry, wisecracking first-person narration is even funnier in this booklong to figure out that what motivates the rat is the same thing that motivates her: food. She's secretly sweet on Kevin Rooney, a fact that provides some counter- motivation; meanwhile, shy Prairie confesses that she likes computer-geek Hugh Torkerson. The squad rallies, especially since Hugh and Kevin are on a science-fair team with the girls' rivals, Ashley and Melanie. The book becomes strained when the problems become more serious; Jenny, the squad's leader, has a dysfunctional family, with estranged parents and an obsessive-compulsive, anorexic sister. The glib tone never meshes with such somber material, and the resolutions come abruptly. Fortunately, the characters, already solidly realized previously, are even better developed this time around, while the sweetly awkward first-time alliances with members of the opposite sex are nicely done. Most readers will skate over the rough spots for this well-paced novel and its many funny moments. (Fiction. 8-12) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0316008133
• ISBN 13: 9780316008136
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176