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A review by kblincoln
Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
4.0
Having only read "Spirit and Dust" (aimed towards slightly older YA) I looked up Clement-Moore's other books and decided to give this slightly "younger" story of a high school journalist's prom from hell (literally) a go.
Such delicious, acerbic wise-crackery, it's almost too much.
Maggie Quinn happens to photograph the Jocks and Jessicas terrorizing a nerd one day on the high school 2nd floor breezeway. All of a sudden, strange things begin to happen to the people around Maggie, and she can no longer deny that her "special" dreams she's tried to ignore all her life, can give her insight into what's really going down.
Add in a young, college boy studying occult anthropology, a science teacher named Silas Blackthorne who refers to his class as "potions class," a best friend named D&D Lisa, and you've got one funtastic, snarky high school tale. There's a bit of kissing, but otherwise I'll totally recommend this one to my 4th and 6th grade daughters just because Maggie's voice is so snarky. And the way she talks about all the social factions at school makes the bullying, pressures, and social jostling less scary.
What I liked best, though is that sprinkled amidst the rampant snarkery are the small details about school-life that Maggie is constantly commenting on. Like the color of the "class song" ballot. "A student council drone shoved a half-sheet of paper in my face. Astrobright Orange is painful at any time of day, but at seven-thirty am it was vomit inducing. Also, the only perky I want in front ofm e at that hour is a coffeemaker. Since the drive-thru at Take-Your-Bucks had stretched to Canada, I was still severely caffeine deprived."
Snarky fun all over with a side of supernatural.
Such delicious, acerbic wise-crackery, it's almost too much.
Maggie Quinn happens to photograph the Jocks and Jessicas terrorizing a nerd one day on the high school 2nd floor breezeway. All of a sudden, strange things begin to happen to the people around Maggie, and she can no longer deny that her "special" dreams she's tried to ignore all her life, can give her insight into what's really going down.
Add in a young, college boy studying occult anthropology, a science teacher named Silas Blackthorne who refers to his class as "potions class," a best friend named D&D Lisa, and you've got one funtastic, snarky high school tale. There's a bit of kissing, but otherwise I'll totally recommend this one to my 4th and 6th grade daughters just because Maggie's voice is so snarky. And the way she talks about all the social factions at school makes the bullying, pressures, and social jostling less scary.
What I liked best, though is that sprinkled amidst the rampant snarkery are the small details about school-life that Maggie is constantly commenting on. Like the color of the "class song" ballot. "A student council drone shoved a half-sheet of paper in my face. Astrobright Orange is painful at any time of day, but at seven-thirty am it was vomit inducing. Also, the only perky I want in front ofm e at that hour is a coffeemaker. Since the drive-thru at Take-Your-Bucks had stretched to Canada, I was still severely caffeine deprived."
Snarky fun all over with a side of supernatural.