Suzi Clue: The Prom Queen Curse

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Beware! All of the candidates for prom queen at Mountain High are in danger! During the week before the prom, the prom queen candidates need to beware of danger lurking around every corner; the curse of the prom queen has struck the school. Luckily, Suzi Clue is on the case.

In Michelle Kehm's first young adult novel, Suzi Clue: The Prom Queen Curse, the main character is a ninth-grade drummer/knitter/TA who is not interested in prom at all! Due to her interest in detective work, this unlikely heroine is sucked into the prom queen curse mystery after learning of the various disasters that have befallen the prom queen Breitling Replica Watches candidates. Suzi is determined to figure out who is sabotaging the prom.

With a locker located conveniently next to the head cheerleader and likely prom queen winner, Gigi Greene, Suzi is one of the first to hear about Gigi being attacked by a swarm of hungry spiders in the gym basement the Monday of prom week. Since Gigi's beautiful tan legs are now mottled by spider bites, she drops out ...
... of the prom queen race. Suzi becomes even more curious when Gigi's best friend and prom queen competitor Parker Peets's perfectly blond hair is turned blue when her shampoo bottle is tampered with in the locker room. She, obviously, cannot continue to run for queen either. The curse soon claims its next victim, Kitty Sui, another member of Gigi's posse, whom Suzi refers to as the BGs (Bimbo Girls). At the Kick War soccer game, Kitty is traumatized when the orca, supposedly the school mascot, comes up and swings her onto its shoulder, exposing her bare bottom underneath a very short skirt to the entire school body.

Suzi wonders if the curse has claimed its final victim after the "Kitty incident." Suzi is surprised when Trixie Topps, the last prom queen candidate, shows up Thursday morning at school with a killer burn after falling asleep in a tanning bed. Trixie blames her situation on the curse, and Principal Peasey threatens to cancel prom all together. Suddenly, Suzi volunteers to be the prom queen in hopes that she will flush out the person causing all the ruckus. Will she be the curse's next victim? Will her plan to capture the person behind Replica Omega Speedmaster the curse work? Will Suzi Clue save the prom?

Michelle Kehm tries to create a modern-day Nancy Drew mystery with Suzi Clue: The Prom Queen Curse. Suzi is a tenacious character who will stop at nothing to solve the mystery of the curse. This book revolves around the theme of being perfect. The counterpoint is Suzi Clue. She does not want to be perfect; in fact, she tries to go against the mold as much as possible. However, the school and its patrons value the "perfect" BGs: Gigi and her circle of friends. The author illustrates the lengths that people will go to for perfection or to destroy it. Although the conflict is obviously implausible, the story is still entertaining as Suzi races against the clock to try to solve the mystery of the prom queen curse.