SuitabookAmbition and independence
Kate aims to become a millionaire and negotiate control of her college money by raising $5,000 before graduation.
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Tina Ferraro - Author
This is a comic-sounding teenage story about ambition, parental expectations and a money-making scheme built around dating advice. Its central appeal is likely the tension between Kate’s confident plans and the possibility that her invented expertise may create trouble.
At 17, Kate Delvecchio has one goal in life: to become a millionaire before the age of 20. And as far as she's concerned, college will only slow her down. Unfortunately for Kate, the one thing her parents do agree on is that they totally disagree with her strategy. And so the deal is born. If Kate can raise five thousand big ones by graduation day, her parents will hand over the balance of her college account to invest as she pleases. No college, no degree, and no way she'll ever be able to pull it off. But when Kate accidentally agrees to go to the sports banquet with the hottest guy at school, she stumbles upon a possible cash cow. The rest of the junior class is amazed that no-nonsense Kate could hook such a hottie, and one by one they approach her for help hooking their own. She doesn't know anything about getting guys, but for $100 a pop, she's more than willing to invent a six-step plan for How to Hook a Hottie. And how could that possibly backfire?From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a comic-sounding teenage story about ambition, parental expectations and a money-making scheme built around dating advice. Its central appeal is likely the tension between Kate’s confident plans and the possibility that her invented expertise may create trouble.
Kate aims to become a millionaire and negotiate control of her college money by raising $5,000 before graduation.
After agreeing to attend a sports banquet with a popular boy, Kate sells classmates a plan for attracting boys.
Kate admits she does not know how to attract boys, yet invents and sells a six-step plan for $100 each.
Dating and social popularity are central: classmates ask Kate for help attracting boys, while her own agreement to attend a banquet begins the scheme.
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