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Taking down the Man,
one smartass stunt at a time.
Pirates of the Retail Wasteland
ADAM SELZER
LEON AND HIS miscreant buddies from the gifted pool are mad as hell,
and they’re not going to take it anymore! Their favorite downtown
coffeeshop, Sip—the only survivor in the barren moonscape of decrepit
Old Downtown—is in danger of being run out of business by the
ubiquitous and oh-so-corporate coffee chain, Wackford’s. Wackford’s
doesn’t host readings or smell funky or support the arts the way Sip
does—it’s basically a glorified office. With the help of the Wackford’s
manager—a self-described “McHobo” who’s worked for every chain along
the strip—Leon and his friends decide to protest by taking over the
Wackford’s and making it into a middle-management office. Meanwhile,
Leon deals with an unwanted crush, a Mohawked father, and his friend
Dustin’s ongoing quest to take down the gym teacher via depressing
poems. Nothing quite goes as expected, but that’s the great thing about life
in the gifted pool.
Adam Selzer lives in downtown Chicago. In addition to his work as a tour
guide and assistant ghost-buster (really), he moonlights as a rock star. Check
him out on the Web at www.adamselzer.com.
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ISBN: 0-385-73482-4 • 978-0-385-73482-0
PRICE: $15.99/$20.99 Can.
GLB: 0-385-90480-0 • 978-0-385-90480-3
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ON SALE: 4/8/2008
Trim Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 • Pages: 208
Carton Count: 12 • Ages: 12 Up
Format: Jacketed Hardcover
Order Form Category: Young Adult Fiction
Territory: US, Canada, Open Market
All Rights: Firebrand Literary
EAN: 9 780385 734820
GLB EAN: 9 780385 904803
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