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COMING September 9, 2008 from Delacorte Press / Random House Books:
Spelling bees, scandal, and a whole lot of spitting. Based on Watergate!
FEATURING:
| | Harlan Sturr, a class clown whose hobby is planning his own funeral. He doesn't care about winning the bee, but has a special reason to make the top five. |
| | Jennifer Van den Berg, an overscheduled student who dreams of running away and becoming a hippie. She doesn't WANT to be in the bee at all, but her father will do anything to make sure she wins - up to and including cheating. And he's ready to send her to military school if she loses. |
| | Mutual Scrivener a previously home-school student enrolled at Gordon Liddy Community School only to enter the bee and begin his journey to becoming a spelling champion. However, he finds other things to distract him - like heavy metal. |
| | Jason "Skeleton" Keyes - Mutual's mentor in the ways of metal, Jason is the class criminal. His hobbies include headbanging and "freaking old ladies out." |
| | Marianne Cleaver is as overscheduled as Jennifer, but LIKES it. Marianne has read one too many SAT skills books and is starting to lose her mind; as a result, she tends to speak in multiple choice questions. Rumored to be a robot. |
| | Jake "Chow" Wells makes a pretty good living as the local "kid who will eat anything for a dollar." Possibly the only kid in the history of the school who actually wants to win because of the prize - a $75 gift certificate at Hedekker's Appliance Store. |
| | Chrissie Woodward - the school's unofficial detective, Chrissie has been working for the school since kindergarten. But when she starts to uncover what's REALLY going on behind the scenes of the bee, she realizes she's been working for the wrong side all along and vows to bring Principal Floren DOWN. |
From the hardcover dust jacket:
COME SPELLING BEE season, the tiny town of Preston erupts in excitement: the bee is televised, and the hottest ticket in town. This year, an assortment of sixth-grade miscreants is going for the top prize: Jennifer, an overscheduled free spirit whose parents are obsessed with her college applications; Mutual, a previously home-schooled outsider who's enrolled in public school for the first time in order to participate in the bee; Harlan, the class clown who has spectacular plans for making the most of his time in the spotlight; and Chrissie, the constant observer, who suspects something is off at the bee and will stop at nothing to get to the truth. Principal Floren is acting shady to everyone - but, as he insists, "I am not a crook."
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