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The Snob Squad #2
Revenge of the Snob Squad
When the relay race teams are chosen in gym class, it's clear that one team doesn't have a chance of Jenny is more interested in eating candy than running around a track; Prairie has a bad leg; Lydia is a complete klutz; and Max is, well, Max. But together, they proudly dub themselves the 'Snob Squad' and vow revenge on their arch enemies, the Neon Nikes, headed by the principal's spoiled daughter, Ashley Krupps. As the Snob Squad members band together to thwart the Neon Nikes, they realize that their greatest weapon might not be as out of reach as they think.
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First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Julie Anne Peters
32 books1,719 followersJulie Anne Peters was born in Jamestown, New York. When she was five, her family moved to the Denver suburbs in Colorado. Her parents divorced when she was in high school. She has three siblings: a brother, John, and two younger sisters, Jeanne and Susan.
Her books for young adults include Define "Normal" (2000), Keeping You a Secret (2003), Luna (2004), Far from Xanadu (2005), Between Mom and Jo (2006), grl2grl (2007), Rage: A Love Story (2009), By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead (2010), She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not... (2011), It's Our Prom (So Deal with It) (2012), and Lies My Girlfriend Told Me (2014). Her young adult fiction often feature lesbian characters and address LGBT issues. She has announced that she has retired from writing, and Lies My Girlfriend Told Me will be her last novel. She now works full-time for the Colorado Reading Corps.
Her books for young adults include Define "Normal" (2000), Keeping You a Secret (2003), Luna (2004), Far from Xanadu (2005), Between Mom and Jo (2006), grl2grl (2007), Rage: A Love Story (2009), By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead (2010), She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not... (2011), It's Our Prom (So Deal with It) (2012), and Lies My Girlfriend Told Me (2014). Her young adult fiction often feature lesbian characters and address LGBT issues. She has announced that she has retired from writing, and Lies My Girlfriend Told Me will be her last novel. She now works full-time for the Colorado Reading Corps.
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July 10, 2021
Cute middle grade adventures of a group of girls - not the popular bunch or top graders, but bullied,challenged and neuro diverse. Nice change of perspective
November 23, 2021
It's a really good book
July 1, 2023
This book actually made me laugh out loud! It is both hilarious and kind of dark, definitely something I would’ve enjoyed as a middle schooler and something that tickles my sense of humor now at 20.
December 19, 2016
Given that it was published in 1996, when I was turning 14, I suspect that I was just about two years too old to have read Revenge of the Snob Squad by Julie Anne Peters. That's really too bad, though, because it's exactly the kind of book I would have loved during my middle school years.
Jenny Solano, the main character, just doesn't fit in. At home, she's forced to deal with her mother's constant commentary about her weight, while her sister clearly starves herself. At school, she is always picked last in gym class, and she's routinely subjected to the obnoxious comments of Lydia Beals, who thinks she knows everything because her mother is a child psychologist.
When the gym teacher announces that the class will be running relay races in teams, Jenny is thrown into a group with Lydia, as well as Maxine McFarland and Prairie Cactus, two more misfits. Lydia is a klutz, Max is big and scary, and Prairie has a disability that causes her to walk with a limp. The girls really have nothing in common at first, but after the Neon Nikes, another team in the class headed up by the principal's daughter declare war on them, they dub themselves the Snob Squad and vow to get revenge.
The plot of this story is not really much of anything new. What makes this book unique is the character development and the quality of writing. Very few authors could name their character something as ridiculous as Prairie Cactus and still keep me invested in the story. Jenny's dark sense of humor and her cutting one-liners made me laugh, and her hatred of gym class and organized sports resonated with me very strongly. Perhaps because I was in ninth grade when this book was published, I also thought the details of school life were spot-on. Things happen in this book that happened to me and to people I knew.
As I mentioned last week, Nerd Girls by Alan Lawrence Sitomer, which comes out this July has a very similar plot line to this book, and though it's not as well-written, it does have a more contemporary feel. In the meantime, though, I'd definitely recommend this one to ages nine and up. There are also two sequels that I'll be reading and reviewing in the near future: Romance of the Snob Squad and A Snitch in the Snob Squad.
Jenny Solano, the main character, just doesn't fit in. At home, she's forced to deal with her mother's constant commentary about her weight, while her sister clearly starves herself. At school, she is always picked last in gym class, and she's routinely subjected to the obnoxious comments of Lydia Beals, who thinks she knows everything because her mother is a child psychologist.
When the gym teacher announces that the class will be running relay races in teams, Jenny is thrown into a group with Lydia, as well as Maxine McFarland and Prairie Cactus, two more misfits. Lydia is a klutz, Max is big and scary, and Prairie has a disability that causes her to walk with a limp. The girls really have nothing in common at first, but after the Neon Nikes, another team in the class headed up by the principal's daughter declare war on them, they dub themselves the Snob Squad and vow to get revenge.
The plot of this story is not really much of anything new. What makes this book unique is the character development and the quality of writing. Very few authors could name their character something as ridiculous as Prairie Cactus and still keep me invested in the story. Jenny's dark sense of humor and her cutting one-liners made me laugh, and her hatred of gym class and organized sports resonated with me very strongly. Perhaps because I was in ninth grade when this book was published, I also thought the details of school life were spot-on. Things happen in this book that happened to me and to people I knew.
As I mentioned last week, Nerd Girls by Alan Lawrence Sitomer, which comes out this July has a very similar plot line to this book, and though it's not as well-written, it does have a more contemporary feel. In the meantime, though, I'd definitely recommend this one to ages nine and up. There are also two sequels that I'll be reading and reviewing in the near future: Romance of the Snob Squad and A Snitch in the Snob Squad.
February 10, 2016
This is another book by Julie Anne Peters, who wrote the excellent book Define Normal. This series is meant for slightly younger readers, however, but it still shows her considerable writing talent.
In this case, there are four girls in middle school. Jenny Solano is the main character and she has an eating problem. She eats constantly and almost always junk food so she is quite a bit overweight and gets made fun of a lot. Prairie is a young girl born with a deformed foot and also gets made fun of, as does Lydia, who a klutz, and Max who is an outcast also being quite tough and capable of handling any threat from the boys.
The girls end up banding together and forming the Snob Squad, dedicating themselves to getting back at the ones who have been making their lives miserable. Their revenge ideas continually backfire, though.
The strength of the story is in how the four girls come together and become fast friends. We see that their lives are not simple at all, each girl having her own personal difficulties, but together they are able to grow stronger and learn how to get by in school without feeling like they are constantly being picked on and at the bottom of the social heap.
Even their tormentors have their own stories and problems.
The first book in this series is really good, well written and dealing with some very realistic problems young girls might encounter in school, but it also shows how to face those problems and not let them get the better of you.
In this case, there are four girls in middle school. Jenny Solano is the main character and she has an eating problem. She eats constantly and almost always junk food so she is quite a bit overweight and gets made fun of a lot. Prairie is a young girl born with a deformed foot and also gets made fun of, as does Lydia, who a klutz, and Max who is an outcast also being quite tough and capable of handling any threat from the boys.
The girls end up banding together and forming the Snob Squad, dedicating themselves to getting back at the ones who have been making their lives miserable. Their revenge ideas continually backfire, though.
The strength of the story is in how the four girls come together and become fast friends. We see that their lives are not simple at all, each girl having her own personal difficulties, but together they are able to grow stronger and learn how to get by in school without feeling like they are constantly being picked on and at the bottom of the social heap.
Even their tormentors have their own stories and problems.
The first book in this series is really good, well written and dealing with some very realistic problems young girls might encounter in school, but it also shows how to face those problems and not let them get the better of you.
September 17, 2011
6.Personal Response: This reminds me a bit of my crew in high school, but I wish I’d been friends with other girls like this. They didn’t compete against each other, which would have been awesome for me.[return]7.Connections: Short series unit. I ‘d like to use this in my class in a bullying unit.
February 10, 2016
This book definitely grew on me, much as Max, Prairie and Lydia grew on Jenny. It's a fun, engaging story about friendship and bullying, written for Middle Grade readers.
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