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Book Review By fran laniado
Joe College by Tom Perotta

Danny is a Yale junior attending the university on scholorship. While most of his friends are from rich families, Danny is the son of a lunch truck driver in cenral New Jersey. As spring break approaches all that Danny has to look forward to is driving his father's truck while his father has minor surgery, and breaking up once and for all with his hometown girlfriend, Cindy. Danny also is in love with Polly, a classmate who is having an affair with a professor.
    But when he gets home, Cindy announces that she is pregnant, and Danny announces that she's pregnant, and his father's truck is being threatened by the "lunch monsters", a mob run lunch business.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Life of a profession:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Age group of kid(s) in story: - college
Loving/sexing? - bun/oven

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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