How to Win at High School, by Owen Matthews
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Adam Higgs is a loser, and he's not okay with it.
But starting as a junior in a new high school seems like exactly the right time to change things. He brainstorms with his best friend, Brian: What will it take for him to take over Nixon Collegiate? Adam searches for the A-listers' weak spot and strikes gold when he gets queen bee Sara Bryant to pay him for doing her physics homework. One part nerd, two parts badass, Adam ditches his legit job and turns to full-time cheating. His clients? All the Nixon Collegiate gods and goddesses.
But soon his homework business becomes a booze business, which becomes a fake ID business. Adam's popularity soars as he unlocks high school achievements left and right, from his first kiss to his first rebound hookup. But something else is haunting him—a dark memory from his past, driving him to keep climbing. What is it? And will he go too far?
How to Win at High School's honest picture of high school hierarchy combines with an over-the-top, adrenaline-charged story line, and Adam's rocket ride to the top of the social order (and his subsequent flameout) is by turns bawdy and sweetly emotional.
How to Win at High School, by Owen Matthews - Amazon Sales Rank: #1353370 in Books
- Brand: Matthews, Owen
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Released on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.49" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 496 pages
How to Win at High School, by Owen Matthews From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up—As a junior transfer student, Adam Higgs is just another high school loser. Influenced by his younger sister and older brother's high school popularity and wanting to make up for a tragic accident, Adam pulls inspiration from Scarface's Tony Montana in his quest to become one of the "gods" of Nixon Collegiate. Adam's first step to popularity is a job at Pizza Hut to earn money for stylish clothes and the nickname of "Pizza Man." After a few missteps, Adam climbs the social ladder while making money doing homework assignments for the popular kids. Throughout the book, the teen raises his stakes by going to a clubs, getting a pretty girlfriend, hiring a team of loser nerds to assist with his increasingly popular homework business, selling fake IDs, going to parties, selling pills, and abusing drugs and alcohol. All the while, Adam's siblings and girlfriend, Victoria Lemieux, are the quiet voices of reason trying to assure him that being happy with himself is the real key to happiness. While Matthews's debut YA novel has a fast plot with gritty content and dialogue that will appeal to teens, his characters are flat and Adam's quest for popularity and attitude of, "Money is money. Power is power. Prestige is everything" fail to bring much depth to the protagonist's cautionary tale.—Adrienne L. Strock, Nashville Public Library
Review “Slick, breezy... fast-moving and suspenseful.” (Kirkus)“The funny, unforgiving narration will have readers glued to this story.” (Publishers Weekly)“Matthews’s debut YA novel has a fast plot with gritty content and dialogue that will appeal to teens.” (School Library Journal)“Short, intense chapters, some of which read like poetry, capture snapshots that lend a visceral immediacy to the action.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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Adam Higgs is a loser, and he's not okay with it.
But starting as a junior in a new high school seems like exactly the right time to change things. He brainstorms with his best friend, Brian: How can he take over Nixon Collegiate? Or, he amends, not take it over, but win at it?
Step One: Rent Scarface on DVD. (For inspiration.)Step Two: Identify the Nixon Collegiate junior class gods and goddesses.Step Three: Become the guy who has what they want and can get what they need.
Adam searches for the A-listers' weak spot and strikes gold when he gets main goddess Sara Bryant to pay him for doing her physics homework. Soon Adam builds up a very loyal, very demanding all-star clientele for his services. One part nerd, two parts badass, the Pizza Man (he delivers!) ditches his legit job and turns to full-time cheating.
Homework becomes booze becomes fake IDs, and Adam seems to have the hookup for everything. His popularity soars as he unlocks high school achievements left and right. But for Adam, the dozens of girls and limitless influence are not enough. Something else is haunting him, driving him to keep climbing.
Will his attempt to win force him to go too far and lose everything he didn't know he already had?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/ By Once Upon a Twilight Oh Adam...as a teacher, I knew that what you were doing was wrong...but as a reader, I couldn't stop myself in cheering you on. What a fantastic book this was. First, it was in verse. My favorite! And second, it was both funny and sad at the same time! I was transported to a TV sitcom from my childhood (Dawson's Creek, Saved By the Bell, One Tree Hill) and I loved every minute!There were so many things I LOVED about this book, I don't know where to start. Let's try the characters first. "You know them. and you don't know them." You know...the popular kids. All high schools have them. The ones everyone wants to be like and hope and pray that they will even look at you. Adam wants to be one of those kids. The way Adam describes them, though, you can pick out exactly who they were in your high school. For me, it was a guy named Casey and a girl named Katie. I wanted to date Casey and look like Katie. For Adam it was the same way. He wanted to fit in with the "gods and goddesses." The character's felt so real and seeing everything from Adam's POV made the story more real. You could see the struggles he had with being a good boyfriend to Victoria, or being a "god" himself.I know a lot of people might think the plot of the story is unrealistic. What would make a guy do all of those things like steal tests, sell fake ID's and deal drugs for popularity. I see it all the time!! Even in middle school my students are doing drastic things for popularity. I wish that kids didn't have to resort to illegal things for people to like them, but sadly this happens all the time.Overall, I thought the writing was spot on and the characters left me thinking about them for days. I can't wait for this book to come out so others can enjoy it as much as I did. I would recommend this for high school students because there is some scenes that younger students shouldn't know about...like threesomes...
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. HOW TO WIN AT HIGH SCHOOL was a tremendous book, exploring the inner turmoil often kept secret By Teen Reads It’s maddening to see people who don’t realize how lucky they are; they are so blinded by what they want to achieve that they do not stop to look around and appreciate what they already have. Adam, the main character, is one of those people. He is blinded by his need to lose his “loser” status, and his need to be popular is all he can think about.On one hand, this annoyed me to no end --- why can’t he just live his life and be happy with what he has?! But on the other hand, I empathized with him; no one likes having no friends at school. I’m a protective person by nature --- I’m often called “mom” by my friends --- and I felt a strange sort of protectiveness over Adam. I wanted him to realize how lucky he was and not let societal ideals get to his head.That odd feeling of protectiveness made me emotionally attached to Adam, which, in turn, led me to shout and yell at the book multiple times (that’s when you know a book is good). It was heartbreaking to watch Adam completely throw away everything that was important to him. Everything went on a downhill spiral so fast that you’re left in the dust. He became a different person almost overnight. His greed for popularity and acceptance ruined relationships and made his life not worth living anymore.This topic of popularity is something that hits people right in the heart, and it really did for me --- I think it is safe to assume that everyone has wanted to be considered “cool” at some point in their lives. However, some people --- like Adam --- let themselves be consumed by it. I loved this book because it hit so close to home and because of the depth of the main character; Adam has so many flaws, but they just serve to make him more human. There are some pretty explicit scenes so think twice before letting your 10-year-old brother read HOW TO WIN AT HIGH SCHOOL, but overall, this was a tremendous book, exploring the inner turmoil often kept secret.Reviewed by Pranshu A.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Dark and squicky but well-written By Shae Has Left the Room Originally reviewed at http://www.shaelit.com/2015/04/review-how-to-win-at-high-school-by-owen-matthews/HTWaHS is the character study of a loser junior who uses Al Pacino mob film Scarface to go from the high school junk pile to the top of the heap. It’s… not my usual fare, to say the least.On the one hand, tracking the start of Adam’s rise to power is pretty fascinating. Despite coming across as an underachiever, Adam pinpoints how to leverage the upper class’s weaknesses to further his goals. Whether it’s crafting essays or scoring booze, Adam works the laws of supply and demand. This kid has the principles of economics in the bag. I’ve always found fictional accounts of subtle manipulation and psychological pressure to be fascinating, so I fell into the story pretty quickly.On the other hand, loser Adam is kind of a jerk. He’s a whiny little nerdball who is obsessed with losing his virginity and being “cool.” And “winner” Adam? That guy goes lightyears beyond “jerk.” And that’s kind of the point.On the Goodreads description, the cover copy talks about this book being “laugh-out-loud funny.” Forget that. This book is not funny, nor is it particular fun. Actually, it’s surprisingly dark. It also does a great job of skirting around any direct author-to-reader moralizing. We see and feel what Adam feels. When he’s riding high, the world is all dolla dolla bills, y’all. There’s not a shred of foreshadowing or gloom on the horizon. And yet all the outs are there. Characters warn Adam about the road he’s following. He’s shown different paths he could take and still be happy. But he doesn’t. The prose does a fantastic job of keeping an Adam-centric tone. This is his story with his voice. Adam’s not going to use descriptions of regret and unease, because that’s not what he feels. We as readers might feel sorrow, disgust, pity, or loathing for the things that Adam chooses to do, but that’s the talent of the author. We’re allowed to see around Adam’s beliefs while maintaining the integrity of the narration. It’s beautifully done, actually.But yeah, this is a dark book. It’s dark and squicky and kind of makes me want to pour bleach in my ears. It’s not a book I’ll ever touch again. Subjectively, I can’t rate it as high as it might deserve for that very reason. But author dude, thumbs up to you, sir.Points Added For: The unique writing style and chapter structure, Adam’s rise to power, the psychological plausibility, the ending.Points Subtracted For: All the female objectification, the content that I had to skim in places because nope nope nope, Tommy.Good For Fans Of: Scarface, rise-to-power stories, conning mafia boys, metaphorical train wrecks.Notes For Parents: I kind of lost count of the content warnings, partially because I had to start skimming. Let’s just call it very much upper YA and leave it at that.Note: I received a review copy of this title from the publisher for review consideration.
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