Margo’s title should make her the slam-dunk choice for homecoming queen, but will it? Whether clued in or clueless to the intricate social complexities, boyfriends reinforce the status quo, while moms carry scars of their own past physical insecurities. Jennifer, four-time “ugliest” winner, tries to relish the notoriety. Prettiest junior Bridget despairs that she’ll ever be thin enough to merit her title Sarah takes refuge in anger, vowing to earn her ugly label big-time. But what the label mainly confers is anxiety. The list confers instant status, transforming formerly home-schooled sophomore Lauren from geeky to hot while consigning her counterpart, pretty-but-mean Candace, to pariah. Abby, who finds it easier to get credit for her looks than hard work, and Danielle, whose swimmer’s physique gets her labeled “ugly,” are this year’s freshman duo.
This riveting exploration of physical appearance and the status it confers opens a cultural conversation that’s needed to happen for a long time.Įvery year during homecoming week, a list is posted anonymously at Mount Washington High naming the prettiest and ugliest girls in each class. Siobhan Vivian, the New York Times bestselling author, has penned an incredibly enlightening and an entrancing contemporary young adult fiction, The List in which the author has woven a story about eight high school teenage girls from various grades who are picked up for a list that labels four of the girls as the ugliest in their high school and rest four as the prettiest, but little did they knew that before the homecoming dance, this list would actually ruin their lives and their relationships, no matter how good or bad they are labelled as.
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