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Oh My Goth
Gena Showalter
Pocket, Jul 2006, $9.95
ISBN: 1416529748
In high school, the students dress up as “Barbies” with four exceptions whose garb is “Goth”. The quartet is treated as freaks by the norms. Jade Leigh believes in expressing her individuality as a Goth; she does not care that her peers revile her and talk disparagingly about her behind her back; especially Mercedes, the most popular student in the class as she loathes Jade with a passion. Most of the teachers detest Jade too.
The Principal takes Jade and Mercedes to a building in an out of the way place. There a doctor sedates them and places them in a virtual reality experiment where most of the pupils are Goths while the few Barbie clones are Jade’s few friends in the real world, but hate her in this realm. Only by working together can Jade and Mercedes find a way out of their bizarre new world.
Both Mercedes and Jade learn life lessons about tolerance and acceptance of another person’s lifestyle and interests. Teens will enjoy OH MY GOTH as they will relate to the school scene especially since the lead duo seems three dimensional in the real world and in the virtual realm. This is a fine values driven tale.
Gena Showalter
Pocket, Jul 2006, $9.95
ISBN: 1416529748
In high school, the students dress up as “Barbies” with four exceptions whose garb is “Goth”. The quartet is treated as freaks by the norms. Jade Leigh believes in expressing her individuality as a Goth; she does not care that her peers revile her and talk disparagingly about her behind her back; especially Mercedes, the most popular student in the class as she loathes Jade with a passion. Most of the teachers detest Jade too.
The Principal takes Jade and Mercedes to a building in an out of the way place. There a doctor sedates them and places them in a virtual reality experiment where most of the pupils are Goths while the few Barbie clones are Jade’s few friends in the real world, but hate her in this realm. Only by working together can Jade and Mercedes find a way out of their bizarre new world.
Both Mercedes and Jade learn life lessons about tolerance and acceptance of another person’s lifestyle and interests. Teens will enjoy OH MY GOTH as they will relate to the school scene especially since the lead duo seems three dimensional in the real world and in the virtual realm. This is a fine values driven tale.
