Banal Nightmare -- Halle Butler, Hardcover Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction Charlie will need to think

Charlie will need to think one step ahead of her opponents to follow Newton's trail of devious clues and keep herself out of the hands of the many enemies who are hot on her tail

it quickly becomes clear that Penelope's chances have been rigged from the start--and this villain might just be destined to die

and promise a politics to 'take back our culture and take back our country

He wants a relationship

Banal Nightmare -- Halle Butler, Hardcover Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction Charlie will need to thinkA "vividly, chillingly current" (The Washington Post) novel by the author of The New Me, one of the boldest voices in American fiction "[Halle Butler's] talent lies in depicting how these sore winners think, and the quiet madness that comes from measuring every interaction in your life by what might be gained in power and status. . . . [Banal Nightmare is] her most accomplished novel." The New York Review of Books "So funny, so smart, utterly vicious