Best friends Alex, Winston and Manny are founding members of The Losers' Club a group of so-called losers who meet to moan about their loser status. But now they've decided that enough is enough. Throwing darts at a life-size photograph of Jerry Whitman, school bully, just isn't satisfying their desire for revenge. A school competition gives them the perfect opportunity to humiliate Jerry, but it's going to take some meticulous planning and a lot of guts to win for the first time ever. Meanwhile, Winston's loaded parents are away and the three friends have the run of his mansion home. Chaos is just around the corner . . .

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 304 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2004 by Pan Macmillan .

John Lekich is a full-time movie reviewer for "The Georgia Straight" magazine. He is also the author of a novel for young adults, "The Losers' Club. " John lives in Vancouver.