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Around Harvard Square

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Race, class, and hormones combine and combust when a Harvard freshman and his two friends attempt to join the staff of the Harpoon, the school's iconic humor magazine.

Around Harvard Square is the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Youth/Teens)!

Around Harvard Square has been named a 2020 Honor Book by the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People

"A smart, satirical novel about surviving the racial and cultural tensions ratcheted up in the elite Harvard hothouse. Farley has created a marvelously engaging and diverse set of characters, at the center of which is a nerdy Jamaican American with a philosophical bent and his cohort of oddballs struggling to win a spot on Harvard's brainy humor magazine, which provides a springboard for Farley to dive into the ethics of comedy, among other subjects."
National Book Review, included in Monday's 5 Hot Books

"For anyone who likes satire, this quick-witted tale...catches a bundle of truths about a very particular and powerful corner of our world."
New West Indian Guide

"Around Harvard Square [is] C.J. Farley's fun novel about an exceptional Jamaican student-athlete facing class and race issues to get a spot on an elite Harvard University humor magazine."
New York Daily News, included in CaribBeat column

"C.J. Farley's Around Harvard Square is a witty and artful narrative of a society on the crossroads of change...A must read."
The Gleaner (Jamaica)

Included in the American Booksellers Association's ABC Best Books for Young Adult Readers 2019!

Included in Publishers Weekly's Spring 2019 Children's Announcements

Included in Rich in Color's Six Books to Kickstart April

"In his new novel, Around Harvard Square, Farley writes about a scandal strikingly similar to how Singer helped parents and coaches allegedly exploit athletic programs of schools like Yale, Georgetown, and USC."
Fox 5 (New York)

"This former Lampoon editor, journalist, and now satirical novelist, has lots of insight into the discrepancies around race and gender that remain present in the comedy industry."
CityLine (WCVB-TV Boston)

"Around Harvard Square brings social commentary to college life, approaching the issues in a humorous attitude...Farley makes the injustices more tangible to a younger audience who may be future students at such institutions, and he shows how little progression has been made in the educational system regarding institutional racism."
Prism Review

Tosh Livingston, superstar student-athlete from small-town USA, thinks he's made it big as a rising freshman at Harvard University. Not so fast! Once on campus, he's ensnared in a frenzied competition to win a spot on Harvard's legendary humor magazine, the Harpoon. Tosh soon finds that joining the Harpoon is a weird and surprisingly dangerous pursuit. He faces off against a secret society of super-rich kids, gets schooled by a philosophy professor who loves flunking everyone, and teams up with a genius student-cartoonist with an agenda of her own. Along the way, Tosh and his band of misfit freshman friends unearth long-buried mysteries about the Ivy League that will rock the Ivory Tower and change their lives forever...if they can survive the semester.

With its whip-smart humor and fast-paced narrative, Around Harvard Square will appeal to readers of all ages interested in exploring the complicated roles that race and class play in higher education.


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Publisher: Akashic Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 1, 2019

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781617757266
  • Release date: April 1, 2019

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781617757266
  • File size: 1697 KB
  • Release date: April 1, 2019

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Kindle Book
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English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.8
Lexile® Measure:870
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:4-5

Race, class, and hormones combine and combust when a Harvard freshman and his two friends attempt to join the staff of the Harpoon, the school's iconic humor magazine.

Around Harvard Square is the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Youth/Teens)!

Around Harvard Square has been named a 2020 Honor Book by the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People

"A smart, satirical novel about surviving the racial and cultural tensions ratcheted up in the elite Harvard hothouse. Farley has created a marvelously engaging and diverse set of characters, at the center of which is a nerdy Jamaican American with a philosophical bent and his cohort of oddballs struggling to win a spot on Harvard's brainy humor magazine, which provides a springboard for Farley to dive into the ethics of comedy, among other subjects."
National Book Review, included in Monday's 5 Hot Books

"For anyone who likes satire, this quick-witted tale...catches a bundle of truths about a very particular and powerful corner of our world."
New West Indian Guide

"Around Harvard Square [is] C.J. Farley's fun novel about an exceptional Jamaican student-athlete facing class and race issues to get a spot on an elite Harvard University humor magazine."
New York Daily News, included in CaribBeat column

"C.J. Farley's Around Harvard Square is a witty and artful narrative of a society on the crossroads of change...A must read."
The Gleaner (Jamaica)

Included in the American Booksellers Association's ABC Best Books for Young Adult Readers 2019!

Included in Publishers Weekly's Spring 2019 Children's Announcements

Included in Rich in Color's Six Books to Kickstart April

"In his new novel, Around Harvard Square, Farley writes about a scandal strikingly similar to how Singer helped parents and coaches allegedly exploit athletic programs of schools like Yale, Georgetown, and USC."
Fox 5 (New York)

"This former Lampoon editor, journalist, and now satirical novelist, has lots of insight into the discrepancies around race and gender that remain present in the comedy industry."
CityLine (WCVB-TV Boston)

"Around Harvard Square brings social commentary to college life, approaching the issues in a humorous attitude...Farley makes the injustices more tangible to a younger audience who may be future students at such institutions, and he shows how little progression has been made in the educational system regarding institutional racism."
Prism Review

Tosh Livingston, superstar student-athlete from small-town USA, thinks he's made it big as a rising freshman at Harvard University. Not so fast! Once on campus, he's ensnared in a frenzied competition to win a spot on Harvard's legendary humor magazine, the Harpoon. Tosh soon finds that joining the Harpoon is a weird and surprisingly dangerous pursuit. He faces off against a secret society of super-rich kids, gets schooled by a philosophy professor who loves flunking everyone, and teams up with a genius student-cartoonist with an agenda of her own. Along the way, Tosh and his band of misfit freshman friends unearth long-buried mysteries about the Ivy League that will rock the Ivory Tower and change their lives forever...if they can survive the semester.

With its whip-smart humor and fast-paced narrative, Around Harvard Square will appeal to readers of all ages interested in exploring the complicated roles that race and class play in higher education.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Akashic Books

    Kindle Book
    Release date: April 1, 2019

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781617757266
    Release date: April 1, 2019

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781617757266
    File size: 1697 KB
    Release date: April 1, 2019

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 5.8
    Lexile® Measure: 870
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 4-5
  • Reviews
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