What happens when you break the rules?
Kelsey Gene Blackwell and her classmates in advanced placement English have all agreed: Until Mrs. Delaney starts to teach again, they're going to do nothing-no homework, no tests, absolutely nothing.
But bucking the system is a lot harder than they imagined. What starts out as a simple sit-in designed to last one period soon becomes a disaster that threatens Kelsey's academic future as well as her relationships with family and friends. Worst of all, Kelsey learns that one very important fact lies beneath her teacher's actions, something none of them could have foreseen.
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Although Katie Cobb was born in Kansas City, she grew up in Baltimore and has traveled widely throughout the country, Her roots are now deeply set in Fort Worth, Texas, where she teaches high school English in a neighboring community. Like Kelsey, she highly values both family and friends, and evenings and weekends find her enjoying both. Her degrees come from Frostburg State University (B.S.) and Texas Christian University (M.Ed.), though she admits she is always learning from her students, who, unlike those in Happenings, have never protested against her teaching style.
The stakes couldn't be lower or the motives more confusing in this muddled first novel. Kelsey and her fellow students in AP English class are disappointed that their teacher, Mrs. Delaney, has gone from leading lively discussions on important books to assigning routine worksheets. Instead of talking to her (Why not? "It was a question Kelsey didn't want to answer"), they try passive resistance, refusing to do any work. Oddly, it takes only three days for all the students to be in danger of failing the course. What about college? Kelsey's guardian, her policeman brother, Russ, orders her to end the protest, and he confines her to the house, takes away the car and refuses to converse with her except via instant messages until she complies. Russ's emotional withdrawal upsets Kelsey, but in the end, Cobb seems to endorse his autocratic technique: "I simply noticed my withdrawal was making you squirm when nothing else worked," Russ says. Kelsey who by now has solved the problem by addressing the obvious fact that Mrs. Delaney's personal life is in crisis seems happy that his manipulations have taught her to curb her rebellious spirit. A budding romance goes nowhere and a mysterious envelope never gets opened, so even readers who stick this out to the end will find themselves frustrated. Ages 12-up.
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