It does basically guarantee her the homecoming crown. Was it the prettiest senior? A lot of students seem to think so. They reactions are documented, and a semi-mystery unfolds as rumours spread about who constructed the list that year. These are the eight that make up the main characters in The List. The four prettiest and the four ugliest girls, a pair from each grade at Washington High are declared with the list at the beginning of every year. At 332 pages, each character averages 40 pages, unless their paths overlap, which doesn’t happen all that much because they all hail from different social circles. That gives it a semblance of consistency, even though it still felt like I was juggling eight points-of-view as I read the book. At least the narrative is in third person. There are a whole lot of main characters to keep track of in The List! Eight of them, to be exact. This is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, “pretty” and “ugly.” And it's also the story of how we see ourselves, and how other people see us, and the tangled connection of the two. The damage is done the minute it goes up. A list is posted, and one girl from each grade is chosen as the prettiest, and another is chosen as the ugliest.
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