No Good Deed
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From New York Times bestselling author Goldy Moldavsky comes an uproarious take on when the best of intentions go horribly wrong.Gregor Maravilla doesn't want much. Just to feed all the starving children. That's why he goes to Camp Save the World, a summer program for teen activists who care about making a difference. What could be better?It's almost perfect. Except some of these causes are kind of...strange. Like Eat Dirt--a campaign started by up-and-coming actress Ashley Woodstone. Gregor wasn't a fan of her work before, and he's certain she's only there now because of her fame. But Gregor is determinged to not let her ruin his experience.And then the contest is announced. That's when the sabotage starts. They want to see who can do the most good. But that leads to the most bad.No good deed goes unpunished.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Moldavsky (Kill the Boy Band) delivers an over-the-top farce set at a summer camp for teenage activists. Sixteen-year-old narrator Gregor Maravilla, an avid Superman fan, and teen movie star Ashley Woodstone are among the campers who find themselves competing over the chance to win an internship with tech billionaire, humanitarian, and camp founder Robert Drill, sabotaging each other and not acting at all like young do-gooders. Moldavsky dials every aspect of the story up to 11, including the causes that the various campers campaign for: Ashley's is "Eat Dirt" (it isn't metaphorical), and Gregor starts referring to the other attendees by their passion projects as a prank war heats up ("Water Conservation cut off the water to the girls' showers. Abstinence and Sex Positivity had been locked in the sports shed together"). Ostensibly, it's all in service of exploring what happens when good intentions and conscientiousness collide with the selfish side of human nature, but without much depth to the characters or storyline, the effect is that of a single joke that goes on too long. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Gr8 Read
This hilarious book pokes fun at our super pc culture. The main characters constant attempts at political correctness provide huge amounts of comic relief. The character Ashley shows an added warmth and naiveté that goes well with the main characters cautious personality. Near the end, the author reveals multiple characters as gay, seemingly just to convince the liberal class that”while I make fun of your foolish beliefs, I still worship the ground you walk on”. Despite the random injection of gay characters, the romance between Gregor and Ashley makes this book a great read. I look forward to reading more from Moldavsky.