Sway
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Sway é o apelido de Jesse Alderman, por causa de seu talento para conseguir qualquer coisa para qualquer pessoa, como providenciar trabalhos escolares, fazer com que pessoas sejam expulsas da escola, arrumar cerveja para as festas, entre outras coisas, legais ou ilegais... É sabendo dessa fama que Ken Foster, o capitão do time de futebol da escola, pede a ele um trabalho controverso: Ken quer que Bridget Smalley saia com ele. Com seu humor ácido e seu jeito politicamente incorreto de ver a vida, Sway terá que encarar o trabalho mais difícil que já teve: sufocar todos os sentimentos que Bridget desperta nele, a única menina verdadeiramente boa que ele conheceu em toda a sua vida.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This engrossing debut novel recounts the exploits of high school senior Jesse Alderman, who runs a lucrative business making things happen: "brokering term papers, getting juvenile delinquents kicked out of school, and delivering party favors for keggers." A possible musical prodigy who abandoned the guitar after his mother's suicide, Jesse has more intellectual energy than he knows what to do with, and he keeps himself busy to avoid thinking. When rich football star and "all-around douche" Ken hires him as matchmaker, Jesse becomes a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac, enamored of sweet Bridget even as he's employed to manipulate her to fall for a creep. Jesse's actions belie his affected indifference to personal relationships, as he softens toward people he ostensibly "uses": elderly Mr. Dunkelman, who Jesse pretends is his grandfather to get closer to Bridget; Digger, his weed supplier; Joey, his lesbian partner-in-crime; Bridget's disabled brother, Pete just some of Spears's well-developed, socioeconomically, and ethnically diverse supporting characters. Sharp dialogue, edgy humor, and an unlikely hero make this page-turner a winner. Ages 14 up.
