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What if a school club changed your life forever?
In the second week of seventh grade, Jason Sloan signs up for the brand-new HAIR Club. He and his friends have no idea what it's about, but since they're the first to sign up they figure they'll be in charge in no time. The club turns out to be super weird: using fancy new equipment donated by a mysterious benefactor, the members are supposed to monitor school security footage. Their first assignment: find out what is stealing the cafeteria's croutons.
Instead of the expected dark cafeteria, the computers show the club members something else entirely: actual footage of themselves as high school seniors, five years in the future! What on earth could be happening? Is it some kind of time warp or alternate reality? Or is it just an unfunny prank? As they scramble to solve the mystery, they can't help but notice something else—none of them like what they see five years from now. Is there any way to change the future—and their fates?
Figuring out who you are and who you want to become has never been funnier in this laugh-out-loud romp through the perils of middle school—and beyond.
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Release date
September 28, 2021 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781534467705
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781534467705
- File size: 1962 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 700
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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August 15, 2021
An eclectic group of seventh graders join a mysterious, life-altering after-school club. At the beginning of seventh grade, Jason Sloan joins Flounder Bay Upper School's new H.A.I.R. Club at an activity fair, motivated by his popular, perfectly coiffed friend Glamorous Steve's enthusiasm. The members soon realize that the club isn't actually about hair; it's a secret club in which the kids must monitor an anonymous donor's high-tech video system for any security breaches on school grounds. The club's first big assignment is to determine who has been stealing the cafeteria's stash of croutons, but as the eight members review the footage, they eventually notice something creepy and unbelievable--it shows themselves eating lunch five years in the future. Most of the kids don't like what they see of themselves as seniors (Steve's lost his enviable hairdo, Nikhil has an embarrassing mustache, Sonia seems to have questionable taste in clothes and boys, and Jason barely has any friends), and they team up to solve the real mystery: Who's behind the time-bending tech, and what they can do to alter their trajectories? The story's premise is compelling, and Jason's family relationships are refreshing and well drawn, but the seventh graders' issues can seem superficial, and the character development is uneven. The club is majority White by default, but three kids' names cue them as Asian. A funny and original story about friendship and the future. (Science fiction. 8-12)COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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