Effie Kostas has just joined a new school and is hoping to make an impact. She finds the perfect opportunity when it becomes clear that the current Student Council President is only using his power to get lunch passes and pour money into his friends' football team. With a group of misfits around the school, Effie launches a campaign to become Student Council President and make a ton of changes including starting a girl's football team, a lunch buddy program and creating equality throughout the school. It's a great plan, but has Effie bitten off more than she can chew? Will her plan to take down the current President go down in flames? Only time will tell, meanwhile Effie must try to keep herself focused on the campaign and try not to have a nervous breakdown while it's happening. What I love about Vote For Effie is that Effie isn't perfect. She overreacts, she misjudges people and she forgets to see things from other people's perspectives. She's hyper-organised, sometimes to a fault and lets her emotions get in the way of her attempt to become Student Council President. In short, she's a passionate person that wants to make a difference. I loved this novel because it's full of great messages about standing up for what you believe, rolling with the punches and navigating high school. Issue like gender equality and women's suffrage history are also covered in detail but not in a way that makes you feel like it's been shoehorned in. It's also hilarious and peppered with sharp humour. Wood writes a seamless story that brings you a cast of characters that I wish I had to hang around with in high school. Do not miss this novel, get it into the hands of your students or children ages 10 and up A-Sap.
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