A coming-of age story with an elite Jewish school twist - Ari starts a punk rock band, The Tribe, hoping it will bring him popularity (and girls) and "learns some hard lessons on playing it cool". Painfully funny; was thinking of this for a young Jewish kid I know, but a bit too much social drinking for an Alateen kid. Love this line:
"More maniacal laughter. I'm stunned...she may not be my dream girl, or even my daydream girl, or even my occasional stray thought - but she's cute, and she's popular, and - no doubt about it - she's into me. Or if she's not into me qua me, then she is digging on the Tribe" ( )

Ari has a plan to finally be cool or kosher as the kids at school are calling it. So he talks to his best friend Jonas, already uber popular and not needing the help of a plan, but Ari knows how to manipulate, excuse me, convince Jonas to help him. They find the one guy that's got drums, ironically one of the most unpopular and his sister, a phenomenal singer and pretty damn hot. One ska cover of hava nagila later and they popularity is spiraling out of control. Unfortunately Ari and his band mates maybe losing themselves and each other in the process.

Another teen novel focusing on the importance of learning about yourself and being who you really are. It doesn't do it in a pushy way either. The most interesting parts of the book are how the characters interact with each other. I loved the comics that the author used to tell parts of the story. They were beautifully drawn and they really fit the tone of the story. I also loved the way the curse words are bleeped out of the book for the majority of the book. When a curse word is finally used, you just know how much they really mean it. ( )

Ari has a plan to finally be cool or kosher as the kids at school are calling it. So he talks to his best friend Jonas, already uber popular and not needing the help of a plan, but Ari knows how to manipulate, excuse me, convince Jonas to help him. They find the one guy that's got drums, ironically one of the most unpopular and his sister, a phenomenal singer and pretty damn hot. One ska cover of hava nagila later and they popularity is spiraling out of control. Unfortunately Ari and his band mates maybe losing themselves and each other in the process.

Another teen novel focusing on the importance of learning about yourself and being who you really are. It doesn't do it in a pushy way either. The most interesting parts of the book are how the characters interact with each other. I loved the comics that the author used to tell parts of the story. They were beautifully drawn and they really fit the tone of the story. I also loved the way the curse words are bleeped out of the book for the majority of the book. When a curse word is finally used, you just know how much they really mean it. ( )

Ari has a plan to finally be cool or kosher as the kids at school are calling it. So he talks to his best friend Jonas, already uber popular and not needing the help of a plan, but Ari knows how to manipulate, excuse me, convince Jonas to help him. They find the one guy that's got drums, ironically one of the most unpopular and his sister, a phenomenal singer and pretty damn hot. One ska cover of hava nagila later and they popularity is spiraling out of control. Unfortunately Ari and his band mates maybe losing themselves and each other in the process.

Another teen novel focusing on the importance of learning about yourself and being who you really are. It doesn't do it in a pushy way either. The most interesting parts of the book are how the characters interact with each other. I loved the comics that the author used to tell parts of the story. They were beautifully drawn and they really fit the tone of the story. I also loved the way the curse words are bleeped out of the book for the majority of the book. When a curse word is finally used, you just know how much they really mean it. ( )

Ari has a plan to finally be cool or kosher as the kids at school are calling it. So he talks to his best friend Jonas, already uber popular and not needing the help of a plan, but Ari knows how to manipulate, excuse me, convince Jonas to help him. They find the one guy that's got drums, ironically one of the most unpopular and his sister, a phenomenal singer and pretty damn hot. One ska cover of hava nagila later and they popularity is spiraling out of control. Unfortunately Ari and his band mates maybe losing themselves and each other in the process.

Another teen novel focusing on the importance of learning about yourself and being who you really are. It doesn't do it in a pushy way either. The most interesting parts of the book are how the characters interact with each other. I loved the comics that the author used to tell parts of the story. They were beautifully drawn and they really fit the tone of the story. I also loved the way the curse words are bleeped out of the book for the majority of the book. When a curse word is finally used, you just know how much they really mean it. ( )