BOOK PICKS.Byline: The Register-Guard "So Yesterday" By Scott Westerfeld Scott Westerfeld (born May 5 1963) is a New York Times bestselling author of science fiction and young adult literature. He was born in the U.S. state of Texas and now lives in Sydney, Australia and New York City. Razorbill razorbill see alca torda. , 2004 Ages 13 to 18 Have you ever wondered how a particular trend got started - for instance, who was the first kid to wear pajama bottoms as pants? On the cool pyramid, the Innovators are at the top. Then come the Trendsetters, followed by the Early Adopters. Consumers are at the bottom and the Classicists (people still skateboarding after 20 years) are scattered around the base. Hunter Braque is a Trendsetter trend·set·ter n. One that initiates or popularizes a trend: "The Golden State, ever the trendsetter, reformed its property tax" New York. - he is paid to spot coolness and to report back to "the client," who will market that coolness to Consumers. Hunter is photographing some amazing shoelaces with his cell phone one day and meets Jen James, the laces' owner. He immediately recognizes her as an Innovator and is smitten smit·ten v. A past participle of smite. smitten Verb a past participle of smite Adjective deeply affected by love (for) Adj. 1. ! Hunter gets Jen a job critiquing an ad campaign, and introduces her to his boss and friend, Mandy, who represents "the client." The next day, Hunter and Jen receive a mysterious call from Mandy requesting that they meet her to look at something special, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. something cool on which Mandy wants their opinion. When they go to the meeting place, they find only Mandy's cell phone in an abandoned building before they are chased by someone who obviously wants to do them harm. Keeping just one step ahead of their pursuer as they search for the missing Mandy, Hunter and Jen try to piece together a puzzle that gets more bizarre at every frantic turn. One moment scary, the next funny, this entertaining and insightful novel gives the reader both thrills and laughs while holding up a mirror to our culture. - Kit Duchin, librarian, South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. |
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