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Harry N. Abrams (2010), Edition: Reprint, 272 pages
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Best friends Cassie and Greg get caught in the middle of a decades-old football rivalry between their high school teams, the Spartans and the Trojans, in this novel loosely based on Homer's classic tale, The Iliad.
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LibraryThing member readingthruthenight
itle: Troy High
Author: Shana Norris
Pages: 259
Pub: 2009; Amulet
Genre: Young Adult, Realistic, Mythology
Etc: Odyssey Retelling
The Short of It
High school life mirrors Homer’s Iliad.
The Long of It
Our narrator is Cassie. She’s a shy loner who lives in the shadows of her two older brothers, Hunter
The Thoughts about It
I have to admit readers, it has been a month or so since I read this book. I will admit also that it’s been MUCH longer since I read The Iliad. (Or was it The Odyssey. Am I the only one who gets them confused? Who knows. Maybe I read them both during my earlier lit courses. It seems as though it was probably expected, right?)
I thought this was a cute book. Perfect for my younger middle schoolers who want to read about boy drama. Because, really, it easily reads as that. The students “fight” on the football field and go back and forth pranking each other at school. There were moments when I seriously had flashbacks of Saved By The Bell. (Remember? That episode? Where Zach and the gang put together this prank? And of course it goes bad? And Mr. Belding…oh wait, back to the book).
What I did think to be neat happened AFTER the story was finished. Norris sorta fills in the “how is this relatable to the Illiad”. She identifies leading characters, and who they are in the classic. I TOTALLY dug this. My inner child nerdiness just knows that if it was me, and I was like twelve reading this book, I would immediately seek out The Illiad. And how cool is that? To encourage a youngster to pick up an intimidating piece of literature. Yay for Shana.
Overall, two thumbs up for the light fun reading. Sorry I can’t let you know how accurate it is as a retelling.
Author: Shana Norris
Pages: 259
Pub: 2009; Amulet
Genre: Young Adult, Realistic, Mythology
Etc: Odyssey Retelling
The Short of It
High school life mirrors Homer’s Iliad.
The Long of It
Our narrator is Cassie. She’s a shy loner who lives in the shadows of her two older brothers, Hunter
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and Perry. And then Elena transfers to their school; beautiful Elena who was head cheerleader at Lacede. And even though she doesn’t really HAVE to, she befriends Cassie. Elena decides to ditch her Lacede boyfriend and begin to date egomaniac Perry. There’s a couple of problems with this scenario. One, Elena’s ex’s brother, Greg, is someone that Cassie has been crushin’ on FOREVER and now of course, Greg feels as though he has to side with his bro. And second, Hunter and Perry are football players. They’re the Trojans. They’re long-time opponent and rival school happens to be the one Elena came from. And they’re the Spartans. Ya see the parallels now? The Thoughts about It
I have to admit readers, it has been a month or so since I read this book. I will admit also that it’s been MUCH longer since I read The Iliad. (Or was it The Odyssey. Am I the only one who gets them confused? Who knows. Maybe I read them both during my earlier lit courses. It seems as though it was probably expected, right?)
I thought this was a cute book. Perfect for my younger middle schoolers who want to read about boy drama. Because, really, it easily reads as that. The students “fight” on the football field and go back and forth pranking each other at school. There were moments when I seriously had flashbacks of Saved By The Bell. (Remember? That episode? Where Zach and the gang put together this prank? And of course it goes bad? And Mr. Belding…oh wait, back to the book).
What I did think to be neat happened AFTER the story was finished. Norris sorta fills in the “how is this relatable to the Illiad”. She identifies leading characters, and who they are in the classic. I TOTALLY dug this. My inner child nerdiness just knows that if it was me, and I was like twelve reading this book, I would immediately seek out The Illiad. And how cool is that? To encourage a youngster to pick up an intimidating piece of literature. Yay for Shana.
Overall, two thumbs up for the light fun reading. Sorry I can’t let you know how accurate it is as a retelling.
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LibraryThing member TheBookCellar
This was a great modern day retelling of The Illiad. I'm a total sucker for Greek Mythology, but to write good retellings of Greek Mythology is hard, and this one did not let me down. I pretty much read straight through in a couple of hours. It was totally original, and will appeal to different
The characters were fitting. Cassie, the narrator of the story, is the only one with her head on straight, seeing the stupidity of everyone around her. She was easily my favorite character, probably for the reason stated above. The rest of the characters have the sole focus of kill the other side, and it did get a bit old at times. Cassie and Greg were so oblivious to the other, which drove me nuts! But once again, I think that was part of their charm. All the characters fit nicely together to the whole story. I really like the cover. It totally fits the story, as Elena is the girl responsible for everything.
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groups of readers. Troy High was smart and well-written. The characters were fitting. Cassie, the narrator of the story, is the only one with her head on straight, seeing the stupidity of everyone around her. She was easily my favorite character, probably for the reason stated above. The rest of the characters have the sole focus of kill the other side, and it did get a bit old at times. Cassie and Greg were so oblivious to the other, which drove me nuts! But once again, I think that was part of their charm. All the characters fit nicely together to the whole story. I really like the cover. It totally fits the story, as Elena is the girl responsible for everything.
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LibraryThing member ethel55
I enjoyed this tale of rivalry between two local highschools. Norris was very clever in her use of names, subterfuge and the other machinations that make up this tale of drama that comes to a head on the football field during Homecoming. I liked sitting back and trying to remember parts of another
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LibraryThing member epbee
When I was at BEA, I picked up the ARC of Troy High, which looked cute and fluffy, I finished it last night, and I have to say, while it was both cute and fluffy, it was also smart, and well written. The allusions to the Trojan War were done perfectly, it was a pretty straight on retelling, but the
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connection didn’t overpower the story, I KNOW the story of the Trojan War, but I still wanted to know what happened in this story, I didn’t assume that since I knew a bit of the Iliad that this one could be written off as predictable.The character of Cassie was well developed and while there were the stereotypical HS characters (pretty cheerleader, jealous football player, outcast...) it's interesting to think of how these stereotypes can be applied to historical and literacy works like the Iliad, if Helen of Troy was alive now it’s not a big leap to assume she would be a popular cheerleader.It was a good read for the mood I have been in, dealing with a Death in the family, my brain couldn’t handle anything too intense or drama filled, but I also can’t read something that is completely devoid of intelligence. This was a perfect fit, a smart, fun, quick read that shows that High School isn’t all that different than War at times... Show Less
LibraryThing member katiedoll
Troy High was a mixture of things- humorous, romantic, back-stabbing, and just full of that good old teenage angst. I’ve never read Homer’s Illiad, but it’s fairly easy to see just how much hard work and dedication was put into this novel. I’m considering reading it just to compare, and me
Though the characters were a bit cliché, they were wonderfully crafted to make the war between schools even more bitter. My favorite battle was between Cassie, the narrator and her best friend turned crush, Greg. Though Shana wrote based on Illiad, their relationship was reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, which is never a bad thing. (Well .. only if you leave out the tragic ending.)
The pranks and betrayal and anger between the rival schools was incredibly entertaining and enthralling to read about. I read the entire book in one sitting; dying to know what prank one school did to get back at the other.
I don’t really have a lot to say about this one. It was a quick yet extremely entertaining novel. I suggest it to anybody in the mood for a light and comical read!
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reading classic fiction such as that is pretty odd.Though the characters were a bit cliché, they were wonderfully crafted to make the war between schools even more bitter. My favorite battle was between Cassie, the narrator and her best friend turned crush, Greg. Though Shana wrote based on Illiad, their relationship was reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, which is never a bad thing. (Well .. only if you leave out the tragic ending.)
The pranks and betrayal and anger between the rival schools was incredibly entertaining and enthralling to read about. I read the entire book in one sitting; dying to know what prank one school did to get back at the other.
I don’t really have a lot to say about this one. It was a quick yet extremely entertaining novel. I suggest it to anybody in the mood for a light and comical read!
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LibraryThing member readingthruthenight
itle: Troy High
Author: Shana Norris
Pages: 259
Pub: 2009; Amulet
Genre: Young Adult, Realistic, Mythology
Etc: Odyssey Retelling
The Short of It
High school life mirrors Homer’s Iliad.
The Long of It
Our narrator is Cassie. She’s a shy loner who lives in the shadows of her two older brothers, Hunter
The Thoughts about It
I have to admit readers, it has been a month or so since I read this book. I will admit also that it’s been MUCH longer since I read The Iliad. (Or was it The Odyssey. Am I the only one who gets them confused? Who knows. Maybe I read them both during my earlier lit courses. It seems as though it was probably expected, right?)
I thought this was a cute book. Perfect for my younger middle schoolers who want to read about boy drama. Because, really, it easily reads as that. The students “fight” on the football field and go back and forth pranking each other at school. There were moments when I seriously had flashbacks of Saved By The Bell. (Remember? That episode? Where Zach and the gang put together this prank? And of course it goes bad? And Mr. Belding…oh wait, back to the book).
What I did think to be neat happened AFTER the story was finished. Norris sorta fills in the “how is this relatable to the Illiad”. She identifies leading characters, and who they are in the classic. I TOTALLY dug this. My inner child nerdiness just knows that if it was me, and I was like twelve reading this book, I would immediately seek out The Illiad. And how cool is that? To encourage a youngster to pick up an intimidating piece of literature. Yay for Shana.
Overall, two thumbs up for the light fun reading. Sorry I can’t let you know how accurate it is as a retelling.
Author: Shana Norris
Pages: 259
Pub: 2009; Amulet
Genre: Young Adult, Realistic, Mythology
Etc: Odyssey Retelling
The Short of It
High school life mirrors Homer’s Iliad.
The Long of It
Our narrator is Cassie. She’s a shy loner who lives in the shadows of her two older brothers, Hunter
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and Perry. And then Elena transfers to their school; beautiful Elena who was head cheerleader at Lacede. And even though she doesn’t really HAVE to, she befriends Cassie. Elena decides to ditch her Lacede boyfriend and begin to date egomaniac Perry. There’s a couple of problems with this scenario. One, Elena’s ex’s brother, Greg, is someone that Cassie has been crushin’ on FOREVER and now of course, Greg feels as though he has to side with his bro. And second, Hunter and Perry are football players. They’re the Trojans. They’re long-time opponent and rival school happens to be the one Elena came from. And they’re the Spartans. Ya see the parallels now? The Thoughts about It
I have to admit readers, it has been a month or so since I read this book. I will admit also that it’s been MUCH longer since I read The Iliad. (Or was it The Odyssey. Am I the only one who gets them confused? Who knows. Maybe I read them both during my earlier lit courses. It seems as though it was probably expected, right?)
I thought this was a cute book. Perfect for my younger middle schoolers who want to read about boy drama. Because, really, it easily reads as that. The students “fight” on the football field and go back and forth pranking each other at school. There were moments when I seriously had flashbacks of Saved By The Bell. (Remember? That episode? Where Zach and the gang put together this prank? And of course it goes bad? And Mr. Belding…oh wait, back to the book).
What I did think to be neat happened AFTER the story was finished. Norris sorta fills in the “how is this relatable to the Illiad”. She identifies leading characters, and who they are in the classic. I TOTALLY dug this. My inner child nerdiness just knows that if it was me, and I was like twelve reading this book, I would immediately seek out The Illiad. And how cool is that? To encourage a youngster to pick up an intimidating piece of literature. Yay for Shana.
Overall, two thumbs up for the light fun reading. Sorry I can’t let you know how accurate it is as a retelling.
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LibraryThing member GEAUXTIGERS
it is a very dramatic book it a bunch of girls and guys that are just very dramatic and they play on the football field and always prank each other back in forth they are always trying to pick a fight kinda, and the girls are always fighting over guys really and their in high school too its pretty
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LibraryThing member ctmsasgo
Troy High is a modern version of Homer’s Iliad. Cassie, a student at Troy High has a best friend/secret crush that attends Lacede High. Cassie and her best friend that attends Laced High, Greg now have been friends for a few years. With these two high schools being rivalries Cassie is going to
Cassie and Greg both have older brothers that play for the school football teams, Cassie’s brothers for the Trojans and Greg’s brother for the Spartans. When Elena get’s transferred over to Troy she meets Perry and they fall in love, mind you Elena already has a boyfriend. Lucas Elena’s old boyfriend is Greg’s older brother that plays on the Trojan’s football team.
Troy High and Lacede High both start pulling pranks on the other school. With homecoming being held at both schools, Lacede decides to pull at prank at Troy High that went a little too far… This leaves Cassie with no other choice but to show her loyalty to her school and older brothers.
Overall Troy High was a good book. Shana Norris could have done a better job with the ending though, it was not terrible it just could have been happier. It kind of makes you think the good thing will happen but it doesn’t so it surprised me towards the end. As a young reader I enjoyed this story because it was based off The Trojan war and this gave me a bit more of understanding towards it. I rated this book four stars because it was really funny and had some romance, but it also was a play off of the Trojan war, which interested me.
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have to pick between Greg or her brother’s and loyalty towards her school. But to make matters even worse Lacede’s captain cheerleader gets transferred over to Troy, Elena the cheerleader instantly falls in love with Perry, who is Cassie’s older brother. Cassie and Greg both have older brothers that play for the school football teams, Cassie’s brothers for the Trojans and Greg’s brother for the Spartans. When Elena get’s transferred over to Troy she meets Perry and they fall in love, mind you Elena already has a boyfriend. Lucas Elena’s old boyfriend is Greg’s older brother that plays on the Trojan’s football team.
Troy High and Lacede High both start pulling pranks on the other school. With homecoming being held at both schools, Lacede decides to pull at prank at Troy High that went a little too far… This leaves Cassie with no other choice but to show her loyalty to her school and older brothers.
Overall Troy High was a good book. Shana Norris could have done a better job with the ending though, it was not terrible it just could have been happier. It kind of makes you think the good thing will happen but it doesn’t so it surprised me towards the end. As a young reader I enjoyed this story because it was based off The Trojan war and this gave me a bit more of understanding towards it. I rated this book four stars because it was really funny and had some romance, but it also was a play off of the Trojan war, which interested me.
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LibraryThing member SJKessel
Norris, S. (2010). Troy High. New York: Amulet Books.
Appetizer: In this modern retelling of The Iliad, sophomore Cassie Prince has always been in the shadows of her popular, football playing brothers, Hunter and Perry at Troy High. She's in-like with her best friend Greg (a student at the rival
When the beautiful girlfriend of Greg's older brother, Elena Argos, has to transfer from Lacede to Troy due to redistricting, knowing Elena could be Cassie's one chance to become popular. All she has to do is lie for Elena and help her to win Perry's affections.
But when Elena doesn't handle her break-up with her Lacede boyfriend in the best way possible, what has been a school rivalry for 50 years turns into all out warfare that Cassie fears will lead to ruin.
I was really surprised how easily the plot of The Iliad leant itself to teenage drama, especially when focusing on the romantic entanglements. That was pretty awesome.
While I found the book enjoyable, I wasn't blown away by it. I thought the writing was so-so (especially when compared to the oral epic it is based upon) and when Norris tried to use metaphors of warriors to describe the football players, it felt very forced. (Plus, there were several pages of intense football description, which made me tilt my head to a side and ask, "Say, what's happenin' now?").
Nothing about Cassie's character or voice really impressed me. (But given the fact that she was based on Cassandra the seer, living up to the expectation was difficult.) I did find a few of her interactions with Greg to be cute (see the last quotation in the dinner conversation for an example).
Elena/Helen was annoying (but she often is) and Achilles/Ackley is barely memorable.
I also thought the ending was a little too quick for me. I won't give spoilers, but some people were too quick to forgive some incidents and other people remained unpunished for other incidents. I did not likey.
On the plus side, the book did make me want to reread The Iliad. Or watch Troy (Brad Pitt!). Whichever.
Troy time!
Smile, Achilles. Smile!
Dinner Conversation:
"It was a late Sunday afternoon when I kissed my best friend.
We had been playing our favorite video game, Martial Battle 2, in his parents' den. Playing video games was something we did a lot. Kissing was not" (p. 1).
"So, tomorrow's the big day," he said as he selected his next fighter. "We go back to being enemies again."
I rolled my eyes. "I can hardly wait."
Every school had a bit of a rivalry with other schools, but the one between Lacede High and Troy High was legendary. It made sense, I suppose, that our mascots were the Spartans and Trojans, respectively. Just as the Greeks and Trojans battled thousands of years ago, our schools fought wars on the football field" (p. 2).
"The second reason the rivalry had grown so huge this year was that over the summer the board of education had redrawn the school district lines to help ease overcrowding at Lacede. Which meant that some of the Lacede students would now be attending Troy High, starting tomorrow.
And the most beautiful girl at Lacede, Elena Argos, was one of those students" (p. 9).
"You haven't broken up with Lucas? But I thought you were so crazy over Perry?"
"I am," Elena said. "I'm going to break up with Lucas before I go out with Perry. I promise. Don't worry, Cassie, I'll treat your brother right.
It wasn't my brother I was worried about" (p. 52).
"Tell your brother that he has no idea what he's started. Steal from me, and you have to deal with every Spartan wanting revenge" (p. 69).
"Who's going to make sure you get back home okay then?" I asked.
Greg puffed out his chest. "I can take care of myself."
"And I can't?" I asked. "What do you think I am, some defenseless little girl?"
"Sorry," Greg said, rolling his eyes. "I didn't mean to offend you. What I meant to say was, let me ride home with you so that I can protect innocent pedestrians from making the mistake of thinking that they could easily overpower a ninja disguised as a five-foot-tall, one-hundred-pound girl" (pp. 144-145).
Tasty Rating: !!!
Appetizer: In this modern retelling of The Iliad, sophomore Cassie Prince has always been in the shadows of her popular, football playing brothers, Hunter and Perry at Troy High. She's in-like with her best friend Greg (a student at the rival
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high school, Lacede) and wants to be popular.When the beautiful girlfriend of Greg's older brother, Elena Argos, has to transfer from Lacede to Troy due to redistricting, knowing Elena could be Cassie's one chance to become popular. All she has to do is lie for Elena and help her to win Perry's affections.
But when Elena doesn't handle her break-up with her Lacede boyfriend in the best way possible, what has been a school rivalry for 50 years turns into all out warfare that Cassie fears will lead to ruin.
I was really surprised how easily the plot of The Iliad leant itself to teenage drama, especially when focusing on the romantic entanglements. That was pretty awesome.
While I found the book enjoyable, I wasn't blown away by it. I thought the writing was so-so (especially when compared to the oral epic it is based upon) and when Norris tried to use metaphors of warriors to describe the football players, it felt very forced. (Plus, there were several pages of intense football description, which made me tilt my head to a side and ask, "Say, what's happenin' now?").
Nothing about Cassie's character or voice really impressed me. (But given the fact that she was based on Cassandra the seer, living up to the expectation was difficult.) I did find a few of her interactions with Greg to be cute (see the last quotation in the dinner conversation for an example).
Elena/Helen was annoying (but she often is) and Achilles/Ackley is barely memorable.
I also thought the ending was a little too quick for me. I won't give spoilers, but some people were too quick to forgive some incidents and other people remained unpunished for other incidents. I did not likey.
On the plus side, the book did make me want to reread The Iliad. Or watch Troy (Brad Pitt!). Whichever.
Troy time!
Smile, Achilles. Smile!
Dinner Conversation:
"It was a late Sunday afternoon when I kissed my best friend.
We had been playing our favorite video game, Martial Battle 2, in his parents' den. Playing video games was something we did a lot. Kissing was not" (p. 1).
"So, tomorrow's the big day," he said as he selected his next fighter. "We go back to being enemies again."
I rolled my eyes. "I can hardly wait."
Every school had a bit of a rivalry with other schools, but the one between Lacede High and Troy High was legendary. It made sense, I suppose, that our mascots were the Spartans and Trojans, respectively. Just as the Greeks and Trojans battled thousands of years ago, our schools fought wars on the football field" (p. 2).
"The second reason the rivalry had grown so huge this year was that over the summer the board of education had redrawn the school district lines to help ease overcrowding at Lacede. Which meant that some of the Lacede students would now be attending Troy High, starting tomorrow.
And the most beautiful girl at Lacede, Elena Argos, was one of those students" (p. 9).
"You haven't broken up with Lucas? But I thought you were so crazy over Perry?"
"I am," Elena said. "I'm going to break up with Lucas before I go out with Perry. I promise. Don't worry, Cassie, I'll treat your brother right.
It wasn't my brother I was worried about" (p. 52).
"Tell your brother that he has no idea what he's started. Steal from me, and you have to deal with every Spartan wanting revenge" (p. 69).
"Who's going to make sure you get back home okay then?" I asked.
Greg puffed out his chest. "I can take care of myself."
"And I can't?" I asked. "What do you think I am, some defenseless little girl?"
"Sorry," Greg said, rolling his eyes. "I didn't mean to offend you. What I meant to say was, let me ride home with you so that I can protect innocent pedestrians from making the mistake of thinking that they could easily overpower a ninja disguised as a five-foot-tall, one-hundred-pound girl" (pp. 144-145).
Tasty Rating: !!!
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LibraryThing member edspicer
This book is interesting, and kind of a fun read. It is also an easy read. I read this book because my teacher recommended it.
LibraryThing member julietearjerky
About the characters:
Cassie – the main character is not likeable. It's like she's this helpless heroine caught between two rivalring kingdoms (well, in this case, schools).
Greg – I don’t like him; he’s completely clueless about Cassie’s feelings towards him; he could have chosen not to
Hunter – I sort of liked him because he is a real brother to Cassie, actually cares for her and tries to protect her, unlike Perry who does nothing but tease Cassie in front of the school
Elena – although she’s kinda shallow, I liked the fact that she’s a friend to Cassie, although the latter was thinking that Elena only uses her to get close to Perry. She sincerely cares for Cassie and helps her have other friends
Lucas – a pathetic loser who can't accept the fact that his girlfriend dumped him for an enemy (not that I can't blame him for being angry)
About the story:
It was kinda lame, the whole rivalry thing between the two high schools. The thing that bugged me though was the pranks. Putting laxatives in the cafeteria food? What if someone's allergic to laxatives and ate that spaghetti? Things could've been serious, right? And I think cutting off the Trojan statue's head is destruction of property. I can't believe these high school students would go that far just because of the long-standing rivalry between Troy and Lacede. And the worst thing is that the ones wholly responsible for those pranks got away with it. They weren't punished because the ones who were caught did not have to guts to tell the truth.
Here comes the reason why I find Cassie irritating. She could have ended the 'war' between her and Greg's school. She knew everything so she had it in her power to go to an authority and put a stop to those pranks. But she did not because 1.) she wanted to protect her brothers, 2.) she did not want to be an outcast again, and 3.) she insisted that this war has nothing to do with her friendship with Greg. And look what happened to that friendship. Her reluctance to do what is right made her a coward in my eyes and no, I can't tolerate characters like that.
The pace of the story’s somewhat slow although it became better towards the end. I expected that Troy High would win the homecoming game since it’s the school of the main character. But it’s a good thing they didn't. It lessened the predictability of the story.
It was an easy and light read. All in all, it was okay but not the kind of book I'd like to read twice.
Cassie – the main character is not likeable. It's like she's this helpless heroine caught between two rivalring kingdoms (well, in this case, schools).
Greg – I don’t like him; he’s completely clueless about Cassie’s feelings towards him; he could have chosen not to
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take sides in the rivalry between Troy and Lacede but instead, he helped his brother carry out his stupid pranks, then tried to justify himself by insisting that he had no choiceHunter – I sort of liked him because he is a real brother to Cassie, actually cares for her and tries to protect her, unlike Perry who does nothing but tease Cassie in front of the school
Elena – although she’s kinda shallow, I liked the fact that she’s a friend to Cassie, although the latter was thinking that Elena only uses her to get close to Perry. She sincerely cares for Cassie and helps her have other friends
Lucas – a pathetic loser who can't accept the fact that his girlfriend dumped him for an enemy (not that I can't blame him for being angry)
About the story:
It was kinda lame, the whole rivalry thing between the two high schools. The thing that bugged me though was the pranks. Putting laxatives in the cafeteria food? What if someone's allergic to laxatives and ate that spaghetti? Things could've been serious, right? And I think cutting off the Trojan statue's head is destruction of property. I can't believe these high school students would go that far just because of the long-standing rivalry between Troy and Lacede. And the worst thing is that the ones wholly responsible for those pranks got away with it. They weren't punished because the ones who were caught did not have to guts to tell the truth.
Here comes the reason why I find Cassie irritating. She could have ended the 'war' between her and Greg's school. She knew everything so she had it in her power to go to an authority and put a stop to those pranks. But she did not because 1.) she wanted to protect her brothers, 2.) she did not want to be an outcast again, and 3.) she insisted that this war has nothing to do with her friendship with Greg. And look what happened to that friendship. Her reluctance to do what is right made her a coward in my eyes and no, I can't tolerate characters like that.
The pace of the story’s somewhat slow although it became better towards the end. I expected that Troy High would win the homecoming game since it’s the school of the main character. But it’s a good thing they didn't. It lessened the predictability of the story.
It was an easy and light read. All in all, it was okay but not the kind of book I'd like to read twice.
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LibraryThing member edspicer
This is overall a good book, but only for girls I think because it has a girl narrator and it's about being a girl. 3Q4P The cover art is okay and I'd recommend this to high school students. I chose to read this book because it was sitting in front of me for a while so I just grabbed it and after
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I'd read the Illiad I wanted to try reading this. AutumnM Show Less
LibraryThing member katieloucks
very cool!!! I read the Illiad 8 years ago, and I wish I had read this right after to make sense of it all!!!!
LibraryThing member katieloucks
very cool!!! I read the Illiad 8 years ago, and I wish I had read this right after to make sense of it all!!!!
LibraryThing member lydiasbooks
Silly, ridiculous, funny, real-feeling portrayal. Some of this could so easily be high school stuff as usual anyway. I've not read the classic but I know a goodly amount of the Iliad story. Great for escapism too.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2009-08
Physical description
272 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
0810996650 / 9780810996656