The List

The Remarkable New York Times Bestseller! It Happens Every Year Before Homecoming -- The List Is Posted All Over School. Two Girls Are Picked From Each Grade. One Is Named The Prettiest, One The Ugliest. The Girls Who Aren't Picked Are Quickly Forgotten. The Girls Who Are Become The Center Of Attention, And Each Reacts Differently To The Experience. With The List, Siobhan Vivian Deftly Takes You Into The Lives Of Eight Very Different Girls Struggling With Issues Of Identity, Self-esteem, And The Judgments Of Their Peers. Prettiest Or Ugliest, Once You're On The List, You'll Never Be The Same. An intense look at the rules of high school attraction -- and the price that's paid for them.It happens every year. A list is posted, and one girl from each grade is chosen as the prettiest, and another is chosen as the ugliest. Nobody knows who makes the list. It almost doesn't matter. The damage is done the minute it goes up.This is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, "pretty" and "ugly." And it's also the story of how we see ourselves, and how other people see us, and the tangled connection of the two. Every year at Mount Washington High School somebody posts a list of the prettiest and ugliest girls from each grade--this is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, and how they are affected by the list