With all my love to Mom and Dad
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First published in the United States of America by Razorbill,
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Copyright 2020 by Lori Goldstein
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Interior illustrations copyright 2020 by Mallory Heyer
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Names: Goldstein, Lori (Lori A.), author.
Title: Sources say / Lori Goldstein.
Description: New York : Razorbill, [2020] | Audience: Ages 12+.
Summary: When ex-power couple Angeline, a social influencer, and Leo, an injured
athlete, face off for student council president, Angelines sister, school-newspaper
editor Cat, and an underground newspaper editor also compete.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020020353 | ISBN 9780593117408 (hardcover)
ISBN 9780593117415 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: ElectionsFiction. | High schoolsFiction.
SchoolsFiction. | NewspapersFiction. | SistersFiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.G652 Sou 2020 | DDC [Fic]dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020353
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people,
or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are
products of the authors imagination, and any resemblance to actual events
or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Acedia Confronts Its Inner Sloth:
Controversy Surrounding Student Council Unprecedented in Charter School History
A SPECIAL REPORT
by Cathleen Quinn, senior Editor of Acedia Charter Schools The Red and Blue
Some say it started with the vegan bacon. Others claim it was the election of 1800. And some trace it all the way back to the dummy with an astounding likeness to Principal Schwartz perched in a lawn chair on the roof of the school. But everything that occurred during the student council election at Acedia Charter School started with a party.
I was ripped, man, Josh Baker, junior, said. Three, four of those apple pie balls, and whoosh! See ya! Wait, you quoting this? Yeah, so, yeah, hundred percent, thought it was apple juice. Vodka? Shocking, man. Shocking. But I saw. They were there. Both of em.
The they to whom Baker is referring are seniors Angeline Quinna popular lifestyle YouTuberand Leo Torreswhos been romantically linked to Angeline and whose mom regularly makes headlines as a vocal progressive candidate for Congress. The party at senior Maxine Chens was three weeks before school started.
The house is up on the cliffs, junior Natalie Goldberg said. It has a hot tub and a screening room. You know, like, with seats that recline? Not old-people recline but movie-theater recline with cup holders and personalized popcorn tubs. Her parents are in tech. So, you know.
Acedia Charter School has the distinction of being set upon land both rich in historywith a past of defending its shores against the invading Britishand blazing with the future, thanks to its proximity to Boston with its elite schools of Harvard and MIT and influx of tech firms of the old guard (Amazon and Microsoft) and the new (BotBurgersfast food cooked by robotsand BugBitessnacks made from ground-up crickets). Which means Acedia Charter School, nestled along a picturesque coastline in a small town on the South Shore, has as many students with parents at the upper levels of income, like Maxine Chens, as it does below.
I heard she did it for the cash, junior Andreas Costa said.
I think it was the dude running against Torress mom, Baker said. Bribed Angeline with stocks or some shit. But what the hell do I know? I was off my ass. Off... my... ass.
While reports differ, one thing is certain. The fight that ended a three-year romance, sparked a political rivalry, and left Angeline Quinn in tears and Leo Torres with a busted shoulder happened in that screening room at Maxines party.
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Comments (295)
BakedBaker24/72 hours ago
Dude look at me! Im famous! Apple pie ball people: Available for all spokesman opportunities. DM me!
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We... dont... appreciate... (yawn)... the insul... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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NatGberg4 hours ago
I have nothing against old people. I swear. Some of my favorite grandparents are old.
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AskanAngel5 hours ago
Look at those wings flutter.
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When Cats Buttons Are Pushed
30 DAYS TO THE ELECTION
The assault on Cats nose was quick and painful.
Manure, she said, buckling herself into the passenger seat.
I know. Angeline sighed. First day of school makes me want to curse too, though less like a farmer.
I mean the smell. In my car.
Our car.
Gramps gave it to me last year.
With the intention of sharing it with me this year.
Angeline finished the last over, under, over of her long braid and secured it with a black elastic, nearly the same color as her roots and Cats blunt bob. Twenty minutes it had taken Cat to flatten her light-socket cowlicks, and yet her sister perfected the black to brown to honey to gold ribbons of her ombre side braid while behind the wheel of the silver hatchback that had been their grandfathers until the eye chart said otherwise.
Cat nuzzled into the familiar leather, slippery and smooth from wear. Well, the car
Our car. Angeline turned the key, and the hatchback sputtered to life. She backed out of their apartment buildings assigned parking spot with the barest of glances in the rearview mirror. Shed had her license for all of five minutes, but already she was a more confident and skilled driver than Cat, whod had her license for nearly a year.