by Rob Thomas
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997
The school geek. The beauty queen. The cranky teacher. The star football player. They’re all equal on Slave Day. Meet Clint DeFreisz, a dumb jock (or is he?) who buys his cheerleader girlfriend Jenny just because he’s supposed to. Meet Tiffany, poor little rich girl, who buys the biggest geek in school because no one else is left. And follow Keene Davenport, an African-American student whose protest against Slave Day may very well get out of hand. Visit a typical American high school on Slave Day, a day that no one – slave or master – will ever forget.