Fifteen-year-old Dixie Nguyen is tormented in high school. In his sophomore year of High School, he thinks he’s found just the right one: drugs + football teamscoop of a lifetime. Sophomore Undercover was just released, and I’d definitely recommend it if you are looking for mystery, social ineptness, and absolute hilarity. Sophomore Undercover by Ben Esch available in Hardcover on, also read synopsis and reviews. Sophomore UndercoverBy: Ben EschReview by: Lauren Dixie is a social outcast of epic proportions, but that’s okay, because one day he will win the Pulitzer Prize for a journalistic assignment. The whole cast of characters are unique and easy to distinguish, from Dixie’s school counselor Huggy Bear, his tormentor Rick, his brother Brandon, his love interest Brynn, to his menopausal newspaper teacher who Dixie gets stuck having to bring to the Homecoming Dance. Fourteen-year-old Stilton High sophomore Dixie Nguyen is the only student who works on the. : Sophomore Undercover (9781423113034) by Esch, Ben and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.

He uses his crazy humor to see the bright side or simply make a joke that will have you forgetting how serious things are for him. Dixie might be the lowest of the low on the social ladder at his school, but he doesn’t let this get him down.

Some of the instances are a bit too coincidental or lucky, but overall this is an amazing novel. : Sophomore Undercover (9781423113058) by Esch, Ben and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The only thing he has to do now is prove it, before he ends up being sent away for rehabilitation as everyone believes Dixie to be the true junkie.īen Esch’s debut novel is absolutely hilarious. In his sophomore year of High School, he thinks he’s found just the right one: drugs + football team=scoop of a lifetime. Do you have a crappy band? Your step-father just make a myspace page? Are you Tila Tequila? Great, send those invitations along.Dixie is a social outcast of epic proportions, but that’s okay, because one day he will win the Pulitzer Prize for a journalistic assignment. Books shelved as issues-substance-abuse: Sophomore Undercover by Ben Esch, Gossip of the Starlings by Nina de Gramont, The Beast by Walter Dean Myers, De. He's pretty desperate to increase his friend numbers at this point, so he'll pretty much take anyone. Add him here for myspace and here for facebook. Uhh.I meant 'friend' in more of an online/social networking kinda way. Sophomore Undercover Ben Esch 4.69- 4.

The author did not date much during this period.īen now lives in Los Angeles and sleeps in an actual bed. While writing Sophomore Undercover, Ben Esch slept on a fold-out sofa in his parents' basement, gained thirty pounds, and developed a crippling fear of raccoons.