The hijinks of Miss Congeniality meet the high school gender
politics of The List in Kat Helgeson's "funny, smart, and exciting"
(Ami Allen-Vath, author of Liars and Losers Like Us) novel about two
teens who become entangled in a cut-throat prom date auction.
Ava's plan for surviving senior year at her new school is simple: fly
under the radar until graduation. No boys. No attachments. No drama. But
all that goes out the window when she gets drafted into the Prom Bowl--a
long-standing tradition where senior girls compete in challenges and are
auctioned off as prom dates to the highest bidder.
Ava joins forces with star quarterback Mark Palmer to try and get
herself out of the competition, but their best laid schemes lead to
self-sabotage more than anything else. And to make matters worse, they
both begin to realize that the Prom Bowl isn't all fun and games. When
one event spirals dangerously out of control, Ava and Mark must decide
whether shutting down the Prom Bowl once and for all is worth the price
of sacrificing their futures.