sleeping freshmen never lie took place at j.p. zenger high.
sleeping freshmen never lie took place at j.p. zenger high.
where does sleeping freshmen never lie take place?
j.p. zenger high
scott hudson enters j.p. zenger high as a freshman, along with his three best friends, mitch, patrick, and kyle, and quickly realizes that it is very different from middle school. scott gets put into advanced classes, including an honors english class which, despite the amount of homework, is his favorite class and his english teacher, mr. franka, becomes a mentor to him. scott finds out that he is not in classes with any of his friends since he is carrying all honors and college prep classes. he tries his best from the very start to get the attention of julia baskins, a girl who was in his kindergarten class and has become very attractive over the summer. because of her beauty she quickly blends in with the popular girls and is attracted to the football players who are often bullying scott. scott also finds himself connected to another classmate named louden, who is better known as mouth.
sleeping freshmen never lie
critical reception for "sleeping freshmen never lie" was mixed to positive, with teenreads praising the character of scott hudson. kirkus reviews wrote that the book was "fresh, funny and perfectly plausible as a demonstration of various writing exercises for classroom use, but only if you like laughter." audiofile praised the production values of the audio version. the school library journal called "sleeping freshmen never lie" "an excellent choice for public and school libraries".
sleeping freshmen never lie