Prom Anonymous

devin1205 - If you are into books about teenage life then this is the book for you. I selected this book because I read the back and thought it was interesting. The title of this book is Prom Anonymous. The author is Blake Nelson. The genre is realistic fiction. My favorite passage from this book was "What if he thinks I am a freak?" Says Chloe. "He won't think you are a freak unless you act like a freak." Stated Laura. This book is about how a girl named Chloe doesn't want to go to prom but her friends talk her into going. She ends up having a wonderful time! Well the only connection I have with this book is having to find a dress for my cousin's wedding. An exciting part in the book is during the prom. I do recommend someone to read this book because it is interesting and honestly some of the tips are good for teenage girls.

February 6, 2006
Pre-prom dilemmas have never been so amusing as in Nelson's (Gender Blender
, reviewed above) lively novel featuring three main characters with contrasting personalities. The excitement begins in the spring of junior year when romantic-minded Laura decides it might be fun to triple date to prom with two of her oldest friends—even though they have drifted apart and joined different cliques in high school. While simple in theory, Laura's plan leads to some predictable complications—like trying to find a date for artsy Chloe, who is more interested in Sylvia Plath than in boys, and trying to get tomboy Jace to screw up enough courage to ask out newcomer Paul, a good-looking tennis champ. Meanwhile, Laura's own boyfriend isn't so keen on the whole idea of going to the dance with Chloe and Jace, and would rather spend prom evening hanging out with his pals. Told in third-person narrative from the alternate points of view of the three girls, the book contains several priceless moments (such as when Jace discovers her date suffers from a mental illness) and witty confrontations between characters (e.g., when Chloe blurts out to her blind date that she's written 31 poems about him). As might be expected, prom night is filled with crises, but creative resolutions make for a gratifying all's-well-that-ends-well conclusion. Ages 12-up.