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  • Prom Kings and Drama Queens
  • Karen Coats
Cirrone, Dorian; Prom Kings and Drama Queens;. HarperTeen, 2008; 200p Library ed. ISBN 978-0-06-114373-1 $17.89 Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-06-114372-4 $16.99 R Gr. 7-10

High school junior Emily Bennet finds inspiration in an odd place—headlines about Hurricane Emily rocking the coast of Florida lead her to want to make a similarly powerful, if significantly less destructive, impact on her world of Ft. Lauderdale. Specifically, she wants to get revenge on some friends that ditched her in eighth grade, develop a relationship with the hunky Boy Next Door, and see her name in print every week as the editor of her school newspaper. Unexpected circumstances help her achieve her goals in slightly compromised but still perfectly acceptable ways. Cirrone's refreshingly light touch features pitch-perfect dialogue and sprightly plotting; she consciously avoids a winner-take-all, angsty approach to things like high-school dating politics and popularity rites, proffering a more sane and reasonable portrait of what it means to do the right thing even if it means losing a boyfriend or two—there are always other boyfriends to be had. There's nothing particularly new or original here, but the voice has an invigorating freshness that will appeal to reluctant or vacationing readers who like their school romance stories light and happy.

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