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A wildly original and hilarious debut novel about the unintended consequences of big imaginations. When Darren Bennett meets Eric Lederer, there's an instant connection. They share a love of drawing, the bottom rung on the cruel high school social ladder and a pathological fear of girls. Soon... read more

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Darren and Eric becomes instant friends. Over the course of their friendship, Darren learns Eric doesn't sleep and is interested in learning why. As a girl, Christine, comes between them, Darren grows jealous and lets Eric's situation slip. Eric is captured by government scientists.

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All the newspapers and TV pundits are calling this fall's freshman college class the "Symnitol Generation," but if the activity up and down my dorm hallway is any indication, this fall's freshman college class is the "Stand Around Each Other's Laptops and Play The First Thirty Seconds Of Every Song On The Hard Drive Generation."

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This book is in 2013 Iowa High School Battle of the Books. (authoritative list)

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  1. DC Pierson (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Country: United States
Publication Date: January 26, 2010
ISBN: 0307474615
Page Count: 240

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Language, sexuality, drug use, alchohol use, violence.


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