Beat the Band
SEPTEMBER ‘10 HARDCOVER
Beat the Band
Don Calame
Cooper Redman has one thing on his mind: tagging as many bases as possible by the end of sophomore year. He’s already picked out a prime target: the divine Prudence Nash, whose sexy serpent tattoo haunts his dreams. But when Coop is paired with the infamous “Hot Dog” Helen for a semester-long Health project on safe sex, his hopes of making it to the Majors are suddenly DOA. It’s going to take something totally epic to resuscitate his reputation. Something like winning The Battle of the Bands with his best buds Matt and Sean. There’s just one problem: they suck.
Get ready for riffs on hot girls, health class, and social hell in this hilarious follow-up to Swim the Fly.
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2010
“In this side-splitting sequel, Calame details the Swim the Fly (2009) guys’ sophomore year, this time from the perspective of horny Cooper… Coop keeps the laughs coming by using his dubious powers of persuasion to engineer everything from a fart-fest in the school library to a self-tanning experiment that goes horribly wrong, all for the good of the band. With song-title chapter headings providing a subtle soundtrack and the inspired addition of Coop’s dad… fans have nothing but more good gross fun to look forward to.” (Fiction. 14 & up)
Booklist, September 2010
“It’s not all that often the wisecracking buddy gets to be narrator, but that’s what happens in Calame’s endearing follow-up to Swim the Fly (2009).... As the slang-happy Coop might say, this is one part brill and one part ridic.” — Daniel Kraus
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