Prom

Sad, funny and very realistic (this is no high-school fairytale)

oliviasbooks am 10.10.2009
Bewertungsnummer: 614165
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)

Underprivileged high-school senior Ashley Hannigan tries hard not to drop out of school during the last months. She has more detentions lined-up than days left to sit them off, works her butt off at a pizza parlor in a Romping Rat costume, lives with three siblings and another in the making in a house that is constantly under repair, because her dad has more enthusiasm that time or money, and dates bass-ass TJ, who is not allowed to show himself on school-grounds anymore, but is proud to have secured a one-room-flat with a curtained-off loo for himself and the woman of his dreams. Ashley's best friend is Natalia, daughter of the Russian immigrants next door (Nat's grandmother as well as Ash's mother's numerous sisters provide the light and hilarious moments during the story's course) and head of the prom committee. When the prom is in danger of being cancelled, because a teacher stole the prom money, Natalia is devastated and Ashley - prom hater superieur - finds herself up to her neck involved in reorganising a cheaper alternative - just in order to fulfill her best-friends dream, her life and her attitude towards herself and her future slowly begin to change. The story about a normal kid, bored, down-to-earth, without big dreams and almost no chance against a prejudiced vice principal, touches a core, when that kid decides to get her friend a night to remember no matter the hardship. I can understand that reviewers say Ashley is a heroine, who is hard to like. I liked her nevertheless. But she is no princess, even if her father calls her that. She is an underdog. And I was very pleased to see that things turned out realistically fine for her.