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Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal follows the story of outcast high school senior Carson Phillips who blackmails the most popular students in his school into contributing to his literary journal to bolster his college application; his goal in life is to get into Northwestern... read more

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  • Carson Phillips: Narrator; ambitious editor of his school's newspaper; creator of the Clover High School Literary Magazine; driven, sarcastic, witty
  • Malerie Baggs: Carson's best friend; watches life through the lens of her video camera; is convinced that several classic authors stole their ideas from her
  • Sheryl Phillips: Carson's mother; depressed; not much of a mother figure; possibly an alcoholic.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “One more year with these shitheads”
    Carson

Setting & Locations edit see section history

Clover, California
  • Clover: At the corner of Nothing and Nowhere, then take a left

Organizations edit see section history

  • Clover High Chronicle: The school newspaper, that went down the drain after the Seniors left when Carson was a freshman.

First Sentence edit see section history

One more school year with these shitheads and I'll be free.

Table of Contents edit see section history

9/30
10/3
10/3 continued
10/4
10/5
10/8
10/8 again
10/10
10/10 after dinner
10/11
10/13
10/15
10/16
10/17
10/18
10/19
10/24
10/25
10/26
10/29
10/30
10/31
11/1
11/2
11/2 again
11/3
11/5
12/12
3/12
3/15
Acknowledgments

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  1. Chris Colfer (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 20, 2012
ISBN: 9780316232951
Page Count: 272

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