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Nightshade: Attitude Problem
Eric Munson is a 17-year-old rebel with an attitude and a history of being kicked out of school. When he moves to the sleepy little town of Summerville, he figures he'll graduate and get out fast--until he meets the students at Summerville High. Everyone walks around like zombie geeks with no minds of their own. Then one of them turns up dead, and Eric finds himself running for his life--and his bad attitude is the only thing that can save him.
208 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1996
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February 3, 2017
Someone left this library donation in my box... obviously they know what kind of cheesy old YA books I like!
Eric has an attitude problem, as evidenced by saying "Yo" a lot and calling people dweebs. Not even juvie could stop his smart mouth. Until he ends up in Summerville, where his classmates are all dweeb zombies. All except one. Debbie seems normal, but Eric notices that she doesn't eat the school lunch. He begins to suspect something weird about the "vitamins" the coach wants him to take, but it all seems harmless, until another friend from juvie transfers in... and something horrible happens to him. Now Eric and Debbie have to find out what's wrong at Summerville High.
For a delinquent smart enough to know that "utopia" is Latin for "nowhere," he sure doesn't figure out the whole thing about the school lunches until it's spelled out for him. Of course, the whole idea of a town that has drugged all of the high school students into complacency is plenty far-fetched, and I'm also not sure how a drug could be manufactured that made students use the word "proceed" so much. Plot holes aside, the ending amped up with lots of murder and computer hacking (which involved a floppy disk - I wanted to laugh when Mr. Delinquent didn't know how to work the computer in the Coach's office - luckily Debbie was there to be smart and know how to push the power button). Overall this was more amusing than scary, and harkened back to the golden age of Fear Street.
Eric has an attitude problem, as evidenced by saying "Yo" a lot and calling people dweebs. Not even juvie could stop his smart mouth. Until he ends up in Summerville, where his classmates are all dweeb zombies. All except one. Debbie seems normal, but Eric notices that she doesn't eat the school lunch. He begins to suspect something weird about the "vitamins" the coach wants him to take, but it all seems harmless, until another friend from juvie transfers in... and something horrible happens to him. Now Eric and Debbie have to find out what's wrong at Summerville High.
For a delinquent smart enough to know that "utopia" is Latin for "nowhere," he sure doesn't figure out the whole thing about the school lunches until it's spelled out for him. Of course, the whole idea of a town that has drugged all of the high school students into complacency is plenty far-fetched, and I'm also not sure how a drug could be manufactured that made students use the word "proceed" so much. Plot holes aside, the ending amped up with lots of murder and computer hacking (which involved a floppy disk - I wanted to laugh when Mr. Delinquent didn't know how to work the computer in the Coach's office - luckily Debbie was there to be smart and know how to push the power button). Overall this was more amusing than scary, and harkened back to the golden age of Fear Street.
February 13, 2021
Not a bad book at all. The thought of a whole school drugging children to make them model society citizens is extremely humorous.
Book was faced paced and never left you wanting for more. I would recommend reading it.
Book was faced paced and never left you wanting for more. I would recommend reading it.
May 21, 2009
Not a great book. Kind of gory actually. Very strange.
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June 4, 2017
Loved this book growing up! I must have checked it out 4 times out of the library, at least. Looking forward to a re-read.
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