Awards

• Commended for IndieFab awards (Young Adult Nonfiction) 2012

Overview

Do you love a good scandal? This book includes 50 juicy pop culture, political, and entertainment-related scandals complete with photos, event synopses, and a look at why each one went down in history and how it continues to influence us today. Other features include famous quotes and a section on where the players are now. Teens will get the dish on: Milli Vanilli's lip-syncing the Clinton-Lewinsky affair the Biggie and Tupac murders the Kent State shooting the OJ Simpson Murder trial Patty Hearst's kidnapping And more! -- ""Journal""

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A gleefully explicit catalogue of the past century's headline-grabbing bad behavior...Catnip for scandal junkies, with a bit of historical perspective stirred in. -- Kirkus Reviews <br> Fryd uses a snappy format to introduce 50 newsworthy (and occasionally cringe-worthy) dramas that caught the public's attention. Informative! -- ALA Booklist<br>

A gleefully explicit catalogue of the past century's headline-grabbing bad behavior...Catnip for scandal junkies, with a bit of historical perspective stirred in. -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Fryd uses a snappy format to introduce 50 newsworthy (and occasionally cringe-worthy) dramas that caught the public's attention. Informative! -- <i>ALA Booklist

Author Information

Hallie Fryd is a writer living in Oakland, California. She studied history at Carnegie Mellon University and writes about politics and pop culture for her blog Pysched and Such. This is her first book.

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