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Prom

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Katherine Kellgren
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New York Times best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson is a National Book Award finalist and recipient of a Michael L. Printz Honor. Young adults will identify strongly with Prom's main character, Ashley, a senior who doesn't care about the big dance until the faculty advisor steals all the funds. Suddenly Ash has an urge to make the Prom happen somehow—no matter what it takes.

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  • Release date

    September 11, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781449893293
      • File size: 163532 KB
      • Duration: 05:40:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When the math teacher embezzles the money that was meant to pay for the prom, the prom committee is forced to find some creative ways to make the big dance happen. Katherine Kellgren's narration is perfection. She portrays heroine Ashley Hannigan with a brassy attitude. Ashley, who is in danger of not graduating due to a high number of detentions, reluctantly agrees to work on the prom committee. Kellgren convincingly expresses Ashley's frustration as she tries to balance her family relationships, boyfriend, after-school job, the prom, and her plans for the future. Kellgren also delivers full portrayals of Ashley's offbeat family and dead-end boyfriend, as well as the school's evil vice principal. K.M.D. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 24, 2005
      Ashley Hannigan has her future all planned out. She'll graduate by the skin of her teeth (if she can serve the detentions she's racked up and pay her overdue book fines), and then she'll move into an apartment with her 19-year-old dropout boyfriend, T.J. The last thing on Ashley's mind is Senior Prom... but that's before a crisis hits Carceras High. After Miss Crane, the math teacher, embezzles all of the prom money, Ashley's best friend, Nat (short for Natalia), begs Ashley to help the prom committee. Before Ashley understands the full impact of what's happening, she finds herself leading a frenzied campaign to reorganize, finance and pull off a whole new prom in less than two weeks' time. This energetic novel, narrated by Ashley, offers snappy commentary about high-school life, and some priceless scenes, one of which features Ashley (who had planned to skip the dance) being barraged by hand-me-down gowns from well-meaning relatives (none of which fit). Ashley shines brightly as the heroine who saves the prom, but memorable supporting characters—Ashley's very pregnant mother (expecting her fifth child), an entourage of loud Irish aunts, and Natalia's Russian grandmother, who has Alzheimer's and a taste for canned ravioli—also add sparkle. Whether or not readers have been infected by prom fever themselves, they will be enraptured and amused by Ashley's attitude-altering, life-changing commitment to a cause. Ages 12-up.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 6, 2006
      "This energetic novel, narrated by Ashley, offers snappy commentary about high-school life, and some priceless scenes," wrote PW
      . Ages 14-up.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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