Election
Author: Tom Perrotta
A suburban New Jersey high school teacher confronts a student-body election gone haywire in this darkly comic novel by the author of The Wishbones. Scheduled for release as a feature film in 1998, starring Matthew Broderick.Who really cares who gets elected President of Winwood High School? Nobody — except Tracy Flick. Tracy’s one of those students of boundless energy and….Read More
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