The Revenge Game
(Sprache: Englisch)
When Alyson hears about the King's Cup- a competition the guys at her school started to see who has the most sexual prowess - she flips the script. She and the other girls at school start a competition of their own - The Queen's Cup - to reclaim their...
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When Alyson hears about the King's Cup- a competition the guys at her school started to see who has the most sexual prowess - she flips the script. She and the other girls at school start a competition of their own - The Queen's Cup - to reclaim their power, even as her relationship begins to fall apart. A wickedly comic feminist mystery.Lese-Probe zu „The Revenge Game “
Chapter 1September, Seven Months Earlier
I spend a lot of time wondering which of the boys in my immediate vicinity will be the one who finally falls in love with me. For all I know, it could be someone in this AP English Literature class: the guy with glasses in the second row who nodded along as I defined juxtaposition a few minutes ago, or maybe the bored-looking kid sitting sideways in the seat in front of me, the tip of his elbow grazing my desk. I steal a glance away from the projector screen to survey the rest of my dozen or so possibilities. I don t know if it s the sexy maroon blazers or my sorry excuse for a love life--it s a hundred percent both--but I m ready and willing to be swept off my feet by any one of them.
As my eyes dart from one potential suitor to the next, I accidentally tune out Mr. MacMillan as he scrolls through examples of short-story projects his students have done in the past, but that s all right. The assignment seems easy enough: pick a theme; find three short stories that fit said theme; write a paper comparing and contrasting said stories. It s the kind of thing I d probably do for fun in my spare time, which is why I m the lone junior in this college-level class.
Mr. MacMillan s next words make me snap back to attention. In the spirit of you all getting to know each other --a few people visibly perk up in their chairs, myself included-- I m going to randomly divide you into pairs. Over the next few class periods, I ll give you time to choose your stories, analyze them, and write your essays together.
Oh my God. Oh-my-freaking-God. My chair feels like a roller-coaster car that just left the station, and my blood pumps like I m chugging up the first big hill. If the point of the group project is everyone getting to know each other, then that must mean . . .
I m going to be matched with a guy.
Now that I m almost seventeen, possible conversation with boy shouldn t feel like such
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a momentous occasion, but this is a big deal for me, pathetic as that may sound. Our private school, Sullivan-Stewart Prep, has been coed for all of a week. Before, we were two separate schools: the all-boys Sullivan School in Lake Placid and the all-girls Stewart Academy in Saranac Lake, a cozier, less-tourist-packed town about fifteen minutes away. They bussed us back and forth for a dance here and there, a rare chance for those who liked guys to gain some semblance of sexual experience. We d spend hours scurrying between dorm rooms to focus-group potential looks, all for a shot at a dance-floor make-out.
This getting-ready ritual always paid off for a handful of girls, and we d analyze their exploits on the bus ride home. Sometimes they d gush about a guy being good with his tongue; other times, they d shudder about too much teeth or spit. Frankly, I would have taken either option. They were both more appealing than what I was getting, which was nothing. My most common achievement was embarrassing myself with my overeagerness, like when I tried to make conversation over the music with a guy who d come up behind me and started grinding, and he yelled in my ear--as politely as possible--that I was supposed to stay facing away from him, like the other couples. If I hadn t maintained a steady diet of romance novels all this time, I d probably be as jaded as my mom, who buries herself in work to avoid having time for a love life.
Don t get me wrong, Stewart was great from an academic standpoint: cool feminist teachers; lots of extra help if you needed it; a college advisor who encouraged me to take AP English Lit now so I can have it on my transcript when I apply to my über-hard-to-get-into college writing program
This getting-ready ritual always paid off for a handful of girls, and we d analyze their exploits on the bus ride home. Sometimes they d gush about a guy being good with his tongue; other times, they d shudder about too much teeth or spit. Frankly, I would have taken either option. They were both more appealing than what I was getting, which was nothing. My most common achievement was embarrassing myself with my overeagerness, like when I tried to make conversation over the music with a guy who d come up behind me and started grinding, and he yelled in my ear--as politely as possible--that I was supposed to stay facing away from him, like the other couples. If I hadn t maintained a steady diet of romance novels all this time, I d probably be as jaded as my mom, who buries herself in work to avoid having time for a love life.
Don t get me wrong, Stewart was great from an academic standpoint: cool feminist teachers; lots of extra help if you needed it; a college advisor who encouraged me to take AP English Lit now so I can have it on my transcript when I apply to my über-hard-to-get-into college writing program
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Autoren-Porträt von Jordyn Taylor
Jordyn Taylor is the deputy digital editor at Men’s Health magazine and the award-winning author of the young adult novels The Paper Girl of Paris and Don't Breathe a Word. She is also an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Jordyn was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and now lives in New York.
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- Autor: Jordyn Taylor
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2023, Internationale Ausgabe, 320 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Delacorte Press
- ISBN-10: 0593709969
- ISBN-13: 9780593709962
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.10.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for THE REVENGE GAME: "A whip-smart (and lowkey hilarious!) mystery with a pitch-perfect protagonist and a spot-on message about the dangers of unchecked misogyny. The Revenge Game is a thrilling romp from start to finish." Jessica Goodman NYT bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us
"It all comes together to give us that level of thrill that we obviously cannot get enough of, especially when it comes to Jordyn's books." Cosmopolitan
"Smartly written, it's a feminist mystery that'll keep the reader glued." Women's Health
"A fiercely feminist novel. Hand to fans of Karen M. McManus and Jessica Goodman." SLJ
"A highly readable mystery about toxic masculinity and the friendships that exist within and in spite of it." Booklist
"An empowering and timely feminist mystery." Kirkus Reviews
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