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Anything Can Happen in High School (and It Usually Does)
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Plot Summary of Anything Can Happen in High School (and It Usually Does)
"After his shallow girlfriend Janet dumps him for the student body president, T.J. Durant forms The Radical Wave, a school service club, to get her attention and win her back. Amazingly, the club becomes a major hit, thanks to T.J.'s beautiful friend Vivian, who inspires T.J. to expose the incompetence of the student council. The club's popularity attracts Janet, who decides T.J. is a better status symbol than her current boyfriend. But as his ex-girlfriend flirts with him, T.J. discovers he has developed strong feelings for Vivian and begins wondering who he really wants. "
Michael Jung, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Anything Can Happen in High School (and It Usually Does)
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Loving/sexing? - girl chasing

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California
Water? Yes
Water: - sail boat

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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