Author
(last name first):
Eulburg, Elizabeth
Publisher, Date of Publication:
Point /2011
Grade Level/ or Age Level:
6th grade and Up
Classification:
Fiction
Eulburg, Elizabeth
Publisher, Date of Publication:
Point /2011
Grade Level/ or Age Level:
6th grade and Up
Classification:
Fiction
Prom
& Prejudice is a modern day Pride & Prejudice which uses all the names
of the original characters from the movie. The story is told from
Elizabeth Bennet’s point of view who like the character in Jane Austin’s novel
is very brave and sometimes judgmental even though she doesn’t realize it, Lizzie is an only child who is sent to a very prestigious school full of rich kids who measure their
class by the designer clothes they wear, who their parents are and being asked
to the most important event during the
school year, the prom. Lizzie’s parents are far from rich so she gets into the
high society school on a music scholarship and she works in a local coffee shop to help pay for her tuition. She is treated very badly her first
semester, so when she comes back the
second semester she is very apprehensive and hopeful that things will change
for her. Her best friend and roommate Jane convinces her to go to a party one
night to see Jane’s true love Charles Bingley. Every time Lizzie goes to a
party or school gathering it ends up badly for her and this night was no
exception. She meets Caroline, Charles’s snobby sister and Will Darcy, who she
instantly takes a disliking to. One of the popular girls in the room purposely spills
coffee on her borrowed dress which makes Lizzie feel even more frustrated. When
Darcy tries to help she tells him no and attempts to wipe the coffee stain
away. Later that night Darcy finds out that Lizzie is a “scholarship kid” and
snubs her. He watches her at all the parties she is invited to which
conveniently Charles Bingley holds, only to be tortured by his growing
feelings towards her. He frequently comes to her work place and walks her home.
When she meets Darcy’s worst enemy she feels a kinship with him because he also
was a “scholarship kid” and his easy going personality. Jane
Austin’s novel Lizzie is judgmental and naïve and she realizes her mistakes but
will it be too late to right the wrong she has done to Darcy or will she ever
find a love like his again?
The author thanks Jane Austin for her book and
states that her book is a tribute to her and not a remake of Austin’s novel.
Elizabeth Eulberg did a great job of telling a story that has been a
masterpiece for many generations. She put her own spin on the characters and
yet stuck to the true nature of the tale. I enjoyed the book very much and
couldn’t put it down being the hopeless romantic that I am. This would be a
very good book to teach junior high students difference in writing style. There
is a AR test available for this book as well.
Reviewed By: Lila Davis (Night Manager/ Display Consultant at Midwestern State University's Moffett Library)
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