Shattering Glass
Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a textbook geek, and all three of Rob's  posse hates him, each for his own reasons. But Rob is driven by the need to  prove his power, and so he decrees that they will take on the seemingly  impossible task of making Simon popular. They take him shopping for a better  look, get his hair styled, teach him how to behave. Rob extracts painful  sacrifices and uneasy moral compromises to achieve the goal, but each of his  followers has a hidden empty place and a related secret that holds them in  bondage to his manipulations. Soon Simon is on his reluctant way to becoming  Class Favorite, but then he begins to show a dark, cruel side, and an ability to  do what the others can't--defy Rob. The complex interlocking motivations of  these five move the story inexorably to a startling bloody catharsis.In an enthralling first novel that evokes William Golding'sLord of the Fliesand Robert  Cormier'sThe Chocolate  War, Gail Giles'sShattering Glassemploys a brilliantly original  structure to layer present and future in an exploration of the consequences of  following a charismatic but amoral leader. (Ages 12 and older)--Patty  Campbell--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.