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[[Image:Rosemaryclementmoor_promdatesfromhell.jpg|thumb|Prom Dates From Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore]]
 
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* '''Author''': [[Rosemary Clement-Moore]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Rosemary Clement-Moore]]
 
* '''Publisher''': [[Delacorte Press]]
 
* '''Publisher''': [[Delacorte Press]]
 
* '''Year''': 2007
 
* '''Year''': 2007
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* '''Editor''': [[Krista Marino]]
 
* '''Setting''': High School
 
* '''Setting''': High School
 
* '''Amazon Listing''' -
 
* '''Amazon Listing''' -
 
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385734131/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Prom Dates From Hell] - Mass market paperback
 
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385734131/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Prom Dates From Hell] - Mass market paperback
 
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385734123/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Prom Dates From Hell] - Hardcover
 
** [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385734123/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 Prom Dates From Hell] - Hardcover
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== About the Book ==
 
== About the Book ==
 
Maggie Quinn is six weeks away from high school graduation. All she needs to do is keep her eye on the goal, but when strange things start happening, Maggie decides it's time to investigate the source of all evil. After all, when the head cheerleader and her clique are all named Jessica...
 
Maggie Quinn is six weeks away from high school graduation. All she needs to do is keep her eye on the goal, but when strange things start happening, Maggie decides it's time to investigate the source of all evil. After all, when the head cheerleader and her clique are all named Jessica...
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I was inspired by reading the Nancy Drew books, who in a way was a precursor to TV heroines like Buffy Summers, Veronica Mars, and (my personal favorite) Kim Possible. These are girls who are good at solving their own problems. I wanted to tell a story abut a girl who pretty much had her act together, and then something happens to turn everything upside down, and she has to adapt to that...and also, save the world.
 
I was inspired by reading the Nancy Drew books, who in a way was a precursor to TV heroines like Buffy Summers, Veronica Mars, and (my personal favorite) Kim Possible. These are girls who are good at solving their own problems. I wanted to tell a story abut a girl who pretty much had her act together, and then something happens to turn everything upside down, and she has to adapt to that...and also, save the world.
 
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''Prom Dates From Hell'' was a [[2008 RITA® Winners|2008 RITA® finalist]] in the [[RITA®: Best First Book]] category. The book was also chosen to be on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2008 List.
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== Recognitions ==
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* [[2008 RITA® Winners & Finalists|2008 RITA® Finalist]] for [[RITA®: First Published Book Category|First Book]]
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* New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2008 List
  
 
* Maggie Quinn interviews author [[Rosemary Clement-Moore]]
 
* Maggie Quinn interviews author [[Rosemary Clement-Moore]]
 
== Awards/Honors ==
 
* New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2008 List
 

Revision as of 15:49, 20 July 2021

Prom Dates From Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore

About the Book

Maggie Quinn is six weeks away from high school graduation. All she needs to do is keep her eye on the goal, but when strange things start happening, Maggie decides it's time to investigate the source of all evil. After all, when the head cheerleader and her clique are all named Jessica...

In at interview at Powells.com[1], author Rosemary Clement-Moore describes Maggie Quinn:

I was inspired by reading the Nancy Drew books, who in a way was a precursor to TV heroines like Buffy Summers, Veronica Mars, and (my personal favorite) Kim Possible. These are girls who are good at solving their own problems. I wanted to tell a story abut a girl who pretty much had her act together, and then something happens to turn everything upside down, and she has to adapt to that...and also, save the world.

Recognitions