LoservilleAges: 14–17 Grades: 9–12 Pages: 152 List Price: 17.95 Cover: Hardcover Published: 3/1/2009 ISBN: 1-59078-581-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-581-2 |
Luke and Derek are best friends but there isn't much Luke and do but watch as Derek gets more and more freaked out by his weird stepmother's control over his father. Luke has issues with his parents, too—all his friends do—but nothing like Derek's. Things go from bad to worse when Derek's parents agree to participate in a reality show hosted by Jesus ("It's pronounced Hey-zoos!"), a self-proclaimed mediator between parents and America's troubled young men, those "hard-wired, self-centered, disrespectful, atheistic, sex-crazed, indulgent bunch of losers." Reviews"This book offers a revealing look at the ethics of reality TV: how circumstantial video can skew the truth and how a callous disregard for the truth debases human beings. It will make readers reconsider this cultural phenomenon and whether a few moments of schadenfreude are worth ruining someone’s life." "The writing shines in its quiet observation of human interaction... [F]ans of brooding and thoughtful accounts of human dynamics may find interest here." |
