"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. , Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Va.Ĭopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. solitary - Lynn Hall Smart spending - Lois Schmitt Teenage moneymaking - Allan Smith Son of Interflux - Gordon Korman HEALTHY SEXUALITY Forever - Judy. Thus, the story ends even more pointlessly than it began. The ending, true to form, depends on the absurd antics of another adult, this time Simon's father's boss, to resolve the dilemma of students fighting the insensitive corporation. She is the continual target of the longest standing joke in the book. Simon's mother is a culinary fool who follows every whimsical new "health" diet that the newspaper prints. New York, Scholastic Inc, 1986, hardcover, 274 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Good in Good dustjacket, Signed and inscribed by the Author. Although there are some funny moments at school and passable character development of Simon and his two best friends, girls and women are reduced to cardboard stupidity or, worse yet, clinging boyfriend fiends. Son of Interflux constructed a careful-yet-humourous double-life for protagonist Simon Irving, as he disguised his Interflux lineage from his fellow students and his Antiflux protest from his parents. While masquerading as contemporary high-school angst, this novel is pure fantasy bordering on the ridiculous at points. Grade 7-10 This zany, but rather pointless, romp pits Simon Irving against his father, vice-president of Interflux corporation, to save a piece of open land next to his high school.
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