Showalter, Gena. Oh my Goth.SHOWALTER, Gena (Generalized Event Notification Architecture) A method for communicating events over the Web. It is an architecture for transmitting notifications between HTTP resources such as buddy lists, distribution lists and print jobs. . Oh my Goth. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , Pocket Books. 246p. c2006.1-4165-24748. $9.95. JS Jade and her friends are Goths Goths: see Ostrogoths; Visigoths. and show a particular dislike toward the popular, Barbie-like students who rule the school and refer to the Goths as Freaks. The battle between Goths and Barbies is apparent to the school principal, who has a trained eye on Jade. As punishment for Jade's latest verbal assault on the lead Barbie Barbie in full Barbara Millicent Roberts A plastic doll, 11.5 in. (29 cm) tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company. , Mercedes, both girls are taken to a strange lab and sedated. They waken to find themselves inside a "game" where Goth is popular while Barbies are the minority and looked down upon. Kids who wouldn't even look at Jade before now adore a·dore v. a·dored, a·dor·ing, a·dores v.tr. 1. To worship as God or a god. 2. To regard with deep, often rapturous love. See Synonyms at revere1. 3. her and ask advice on clothes and makeup, to Jade's embarrassment and Mercedes's disappointment. Desperate to reset their lives, Jade and Mercedes work together to make sense of what's happening, find their way out of the game, and return to their "normal" lives. Showalter weaves a scary story about the effects of stereotypes and conformity on teens' lives. She includes struggles with parents, friends, and teachers and dips into the emotions of characters on both the giving and receiving end of typecasts and labels. To resolve these issues, Showalter sets up conflicts that force Jade and Mercedes to step up and examine the truth of their lives. Holley Wiseman, MLIS MLIS Master of Library and Information Science MLIS Multilingual Information Society MLIS Molecular Laser Isotope Separation MLIS Masters of Library and Information Studies MLIS Medical/Legal Information Services , Columbus, 0H J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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