The Last Boy at St. Edith's

By: Lee Gjertsen Malone

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Hardcover | 23 February 2016

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A seventh grade prankster is determined to escape the all-girls academy where he’s the only boy—by getting expelled—in this “spectacular debut” (Kirkus Reviews) that’s perfect for “fans of Jerry Spinelli’s Crash and Loser” (Booklist).

Seventh grader Jeremy Miner has a girl problem. Or, more accurately, a girls problem. 475 of them to be exact. That’s how many girls attend his school, St. Edith’s Academy.

Jeremy is the only boy left after the school’s brief experiment in co-education. And he needs to get out. But his mother—a teacher at the school—won’t let him transfer, so Jeremy takes matters into his own hands: he’s going to get expelled.

Together with his best friend Claudia, Jeremy unleashes a series of hilarious pranks in hopes that he’ll get kicked out with minimal damage to his permanent record. But when his stunts start to backfire, Jeremy has to decide how far he’s willing to go and whom he’s willing to knock down to get out the door.

Industry Reviews

After an attempt togo coed fails, one seventh-grader remains the lone boy at an all-girls school.Jeremy Miner has become the last boy at St. Edith's Academy, and he can't takeit anymore. Everywhere he turns there are girls, and his family doesn't helpeither. All he has are sisters and a mom, a mom who works hard at St Edith's toget Jeremy free tuition to the prestigious school. Jeremy's family can't afforda different fancy school, and his mom refuses to transfer him to the subparpublic school. And so, in desperation, Jeremy conspires with his best friend,Claudia, to pull a series of pranks that he hopes will get him expelled. Theescalation in pranks is equaled by the dramatic complications: Malone uses thehigh-concept premise as a backdrop for her well-sketched characters. Every oneof these characters is given just enough shading and hints at an inner life tobe entirely believable. This is a completely thought-out world, and the authoruses it to explore class issues, family dynamics, gender roles, and preteenfriendship. Most impressively, the author doesn't shortchange any of theseexplorations, nor does she turn the book into a sermon. This is a funny,emotional book that will quickly become a favorite to many a reader, regardlessof age. Sweet, funny, exciting—a spectacular debut.

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