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Tracy Flick wants to be President of Winwood High. She's one of those ambitious girls who finds time to do it all: edit the yearbook, star in the musical, sleep with her English teacher. But another teacher, staunch idealist Jim McAllister, a.k.a. "Mr. M.," thinks the students deserve better. So he persuades Paul Warren—a well-liked, good-hearted jock—to throw in his hat. But that puts Paul's sister Tammy in a snit. So she runs too, on an apathy platform, before starting a real campaign...to get herself kicked out of school.
The idea was to educate the students at this suburban New Jersey school in the democratic process and the American way. But with all the sex scandals, smear campaigns, and behind-the-scenes power brokers at Winwood High, it doesn't look as if they need any lessons....
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781797143286
- File size: 130070 KB
- Duration: 04:30:58
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- English
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Reviews
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October 30, 2000
A far cry from Sweet Valley High, this wry, engaging story of a 1992 high-school election in a New Jersey town "a couple of exits" away from Glen Ridge is observant and sly, if less amusing than the battles over pop-musical taste in Perrotta's quirkily humorous first novel, The Wishbones. The candidates for school presidency of Winwood High are an uninspiring bunch campaigning for what almost everybody knows is an empty office. Ambitious Tracy Flick is a hot bundle of raw political ambition and a bad reputation, who campaigns with cupcakes against Paul Warren, a jock with a pretty face and high PSAT scores who is urged to run by his history teacher (and sometime narrator) Jim McAllister. Paul's nihilistic sister Tammy (who enters the race in a despairing rage because she's in love with Paul's girlfriend) is the single fresh and original character here--and she gets herself suspended before Election Day. The results are blessedly far from feel-good, and Perrotta casts a wonderfully cool eye on his ostensible protagonist, "Mr. M.," even if the hints of true political satire remain just that, tantalizing hints. Despite six alternating narrators, this is a simple, spare story--designed, perhaps, with moviegoers in mind as well as readers. (Mar.) FYI: A movie version already is in production with MTV Films/Paramount, featuring Matthew Broderick as McAllister. -
This new production of a 1998 novel makes the most of its talented full cast. Using voices as distinctive as the characters themselves, the narrators embody their roles artfully, using vocal nuances to propel the witty story forward. When the buildup to a high school student government election spirals out of control, the players in the drama must confront their own missteps, ambitions, disappointments, and consciences. The result is fascinating. The novel is well suited to the audiobook format since its structure shifts from one character's point of view to another's. Every performance is believable; every transition is well paced. Whether it's Tracy Flick's snappy attitude, Tammy's plaintive tones, or Mr. M's hapless machinations, each narrator is fully invested in the story, making this audiobook a real winner. L.B.F. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine -
October 1, 2022
Perrotta's novel, upon which the 1999 Reese Witherspoon/Matthew Broderick film was based, finally receives an audio production. Briskly efficient Tracy is a ruthless student who will do just about anything to win the election for class president. Good guy football star Paul is encouraged to run by faculty adviser Jim McAllister, aka "Mr. M.," who cannot abide Tracy and is desperate to stop her from being elected. Paul's younger sister, Tammy, runs an irreverent campaign that builds momentum due to its sheer eccentricity. The full cast includes narrators Santino Fontana, Midori Francis, Dioni Michelle Collins, Andre Bellido, Sura Siu, and Chris Ciulla. In short chapters, the students recount their versions of the election and reveal details about themselves in the process: Tracy involves a teacher in an affair that ruins him, Tammy struggles with her sexuality, and Mr. M. has marital issues. VERDICT This sharp satire about lost people is utterly satisfying and wry. Expect interest from listeners after the recent release of Perrotta's follow-up, Tracy Flick Can't Win.--B. Allison Gray
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