These short fiction and prose pieces display the variety of Twain's imaginative invention, his diverse talents, and his extraordinary emotional range. Twain was a master of virtually every prose genre; in fables and stories, speeches and essays, he skilfully adapted, extended or satirized literary c
War and Speech
โ Scribed by Don Zolidis
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Hyperion
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Los Angeles ; New York
- ISBN
- 0759556172
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Mean Girls meets the debate team __ in this fish out of water story about a teen girl determined to sabotage the elitist speech team at her new school--now in paperback!
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**Not everyone can be a winner...and Sydney Williams knows this better than anyone. After her white-collar- criminal dad is sent to prison, Sydney fails almost all of her classes and moves into a dingy apartment with her mom, who can barely support them with her minimum-wage job at the mall.
A new school promises a fresh start. Except Eaganville isn't exactly like other high schools. It's ruled with an iron fist by a speech team that embodies the most extreme winner-takes-all philosophy.
Sydney is befriended by a group of fellow misfits, each of whom has been personally victimized by the speech team. It turns out Sydney is the perfect plant to take down the speech team from within.
With the help of her co-conspirators, Sydney throws herself into...
โฆ Subjects
Moving -- Fiction
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