Sophomore

by Michael Gerber

Million-selling Michael Gerber (of the Barry Trotter series) is back with another winner! Hart Fox thought he'd seen it all after barely surviving his first year at Stutts University, the world's most prestigious college. But the place just keeps getting weirder! Half-satire, half-fantasy, and half-memoir, this mathematically-shaky-yet-hilarious sequel to FRESHMAN exposes the Ivy League in all its ancient, obnoxious, incestuous glory. All the characters you loved are Hart, the Midwestern striver constantly running afoul of the Powers That Be; Peter, the genius inventor with impulse control problems; and Tabitha, the peppy, preppy vampiress not afraid to kick ass and take names (in very girly handwriting). An Ivy League education is more expensive than ever. And, though they won't tell you this in the brochure, there's a very small possibility you'll turn out like George W. Bush. Can you afford to take that chance--read SOPHOMORE instead!

280 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

Parodist, author of Barry Trotter series, parodies of Harry Potter books. Also known as Mike Gerber or Michael Allen Gerber.

For the business author, see Michael E. Gerber.

Reviews

[Julie S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

While I enjoyed Freshman, this one seemed to drop severely. The plot was hardly coherent, and much of the humor missed the mark. I am usually a reader who laughs outloud at the slightest bit of humor in a book so I'm not hard to please, but this book had me unfortunately straight-faced. That can't be a good sign for a series of parodies. I don't know if Gerber plans on making a third book, presumably Junior, but I don't think that I would bother to read it, especially after the bombshell of an announcement that Tabitha dropped on the very last line.