![]() This leads to a confrontation with his grandmother, alas for City, “the greatest whupper in the history of Mississippi whuppings.” Meanwhile, the principal at City’s school has given him a book entitled Long Division. LaVander similarly blows his chance with the word “chitterlings,” so both are humiliated, City the more so since his appearance is available to all on YouTube. Unfortunately, on the nationally televised show, City is given the word “niggardly” and, to say the least, does not provide a “correct, appropriate or dynamic usage” of the word as the rules require. Although the two don’t get along, they’ve qualified to appear on the national finals of the contest "Can You Use That Word in a Sentence," and each is determined to win. ![]() ![]() In fact, his only rival is his classmate LaVander Peeler. A novel within a novel-hilarious, moving and occasionally dizzying.Ĭitoyen “City” Coldson is a 14-year-old wunderkind when it comes to crafting sentences. ![]()
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