Jack, Gordon.
BOOMERANG EFFECT
New York : Harper Teen, 2016
IL YA
ISBN 978-0-06-239939-7

Being “normal” is overrated—or so Lawrence Barry learns while he tries to mentor Spencer, a socially awkward Norwegian exchange student, stop smoking pot, reconnect with his former best friend Eddie, hook up with Audrey, a LARPing Renaissance warrior maiden, and avoid getting sent to military school. Because of his past pranks, he is easily the primary suspect when someone frames him by donning the school mascot costume and systematically destroying homecoming floats. Most of the school hates him, believing that he is responsible for the damage, but he comes to find that the friends who don’t care about being “normal” are the ones he can count on the most to help him clear his name and find the true perpetrator. --Elizabeth Metcalf Teacher Librarian, Redmond Middle School Evergreen Book Award Nominees 2018-19