Vote for Larry

Name: Vote for Larry
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Janet Tashjian
ISBN: 9780807223093

Author: Janet Tashjian

Narrator: Jesse Eisenberg

Unabridged: 3 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 05/11/2004

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Satire, Social Themes, Politics & Government

Synopsis

After falling off the wagon and becoming what he so clearly and strongly resisted--a consumer--Josh Swenson (aka: Larry) finds himself in a hyper-paranoid state of no return. That is, until he is kidnapped and coaxed back into resurfacing as his old persona. Before long, Larry is back on the scene with much more on his mind that a gospel website--this time Larry wants to effect change in government. What starts out as a small campaign to get the younger population to vote turns into a run for the presidency. Can Larry really take on George Bush? In this very smart, very witty novel, Janet Tashjian brings the political world to the forefront and exposes it from many different points of view.

About The Author

JANET TASHJIAN is the author of several novels, including Fault Line, as well as The Gospel According to Larry, which was named a Best Book for Young Adults, a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age, and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book. Ms. Tashjian lives outside Boston, Massachusetts with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mr.G on September 28, 2007

Josh Swensen, whose dream has always been to make the world a better place, decides to run for President. After successfully building a movement to amend the Constitution's presidential age requirement, Josh begins his campaign in earnest. Author Tashjian places him as a third party progressive cand......more

Goodreads review by Fred on December 17, 2008

I read The Gospel According to Larry a few months ago, never aware that there were not one--but two!--sequels to one of my favorite teen novels I've read this year. The Gospel According to Larry ends--(spoiler alert!)--with the protagonist's pseudocide, so I wasn't thinking a sequel would be in the......more

Goodreads review by George on March 26, 2019

Personal Response Personally I thought that Vote for Larry is a very confusing book. The book is set for a very political view. This book involves a lot of voting and reasoning as to why things are happening. I feel like this book is set for more of a class officer role in a high school. I also did......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on April 30, 2008

I wish there were more Larrys in the world -- passionate teens (heck PEOPLE) dedicated to making the world a better place to live. In Janet Tashjian's sequel to The Gospel According to Larry, Josh Swenson (a.k.a. Larry) returns after having faked his own death to run for president. He is pitted agai......more

Goodreads review by Alessandra on July 12, 2013

This was supposed to be a mini-review, because I thought I didn't have much to say about this book. While writing the post, however, I realized something that bothered me, and the mini-review became a full-fledged one. Spoiler alert: there's no way of summarizing the plot for the second installment i......more