Valedictorian USA

An eclectic cast of American teenagers is assembled to match wits on Valedictorian USA, a fiercely competitive reality television show. As contestant after contestant is eliminated, the stakes get higher and higher. But the show's cast, crew, and audience could never have prepared themselves for the catastrophic fallout when one of the teen stars commits suicide. "Stephen Hines, through Valedictorian USA, has given us the educational system that our narcissistic and selfish and generally awful populace deserves." -RAFER ROBERTS (Author and illustrator of Plastic Farm) Valedictorian USA is ..".a dog-eat-dog elimination book... that play s] out like a television show, with character interviews and the works. Even commercials The levels of irony are boundless and spot on." Todd Goodman (Old World Comics)