The Virginity Club - Softcover

Brian, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416953701 ISBN 13: 9781416953708

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008

Synopsis

Everyone's (not) doin' it.

Mandy, Kai, Debbie, and Eva have one thing they must do before graduation...win the prestigious Treemont scholarship. It's a free pass to the college of their choice. But the award has one very bizarre requirement; "Purity of soul and body."

In an effort to proclaim their "purity" to the whole school, Mandy starts the Virginity Club. The friends agree that a social service club is a great idea, but agreeing to keep the big V until graduation is another story. Because Mandy, Kai, Debbie, and Eva are each hiding something from the others. Something important.

Their secrets may cost them a whole lot more than just a scholarship.

About this title

About the Author

Kate Brian is the author of the NY Times and USA Today best-selling Private series and it's spin-off series, Privilege. She has also written many other books for teens including Sweet 16 and Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys.

From Booklist

Gr. 9-12. Call it the Nunnery of the Traveling Pants--or, in the lingo of the recent teen-hormone fest by Melvin Burgess (see companion review), Not Doing It. Produced by 17th Street Productions, the same book mill responsible for Ann Brashares' Pants duet, this slickly packaged novel deals with the strain that vying for the same scholarship puts on a group of friends, all senior girls. What makes the competition particularly freighted is its unusual stipulation: the winning candidate "must exemplify purity of soul and body." The Virginity Club, or V Club, evolves as a resume-friendly way for students to proclaim their "purity." Although the alternating perspectives--four in all--prevent character from gaining much depth, they do allow Brian, author of The Princess & the Pauper (2002), to represent the full range of teens' attitudes about sex and levels of sexual experience. In the end, though, the focus is more on the shifting dynamics among the friends than anything else; when intimate situations occur, Brian keeps things strictly PG-13. Problems resolve tidily and purposefully by story's end, with lessons about self-respect, honesty among friends, and frequently unpredictable ramifications of sexual decisions nicely absorbed. Jennifer Mattson
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416953701
• ISBN 13: 9781416953708
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304