Adam, Allie, Alyssa, and Katy, for sharing details
about life in a summer program at Yale
Mom, Dad, and Ben, for providing so much raw material
for the last book, and for not changing the family name
when you heard the title of this one
Marvin and Elie, for embracing the fact that the person who
wrote this book is sharing a bed with your daughter
Hilary, for giving me that line
Leilani and Cecily, for inspiring my silly side
And especially Kira, for making it all possible
JAKE WIZNER grew up in a dormitory at Yale, and some of his fondest childhood memories took place on the Old Campus, where this story is based. These days he lives in New York City with his wife and two young daughters and spends his time writing, teaching, and going to the playground.
Jake’s first book, Spanking Shakespeare, was an ALAYALSA Best Book for Young Adults. Learn more about Jake by visiting his Web site at www.jakewizner.com.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2009 by Jake Wizner
Jacket photographs 1, 2 © Brand X Pictures/Royalty-Free Jupiterimages;
photographs 3, 5, 6 © Mike Kemp/Rubberball/Jupiterimages;
photograph 4 © Erik Isakson/Rubberball/Jupiterimages
All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wizner, Jake.
Castration Celebration / Jake Wizner. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Three high school students in a summer arts program at Yale University
collaborate on an “anti-guy musical” with the working title, Castration Celebration.
eISBN: 978-0-375-85391-3
[1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Authorship—Fiction. 3. Musicals—Fiction.
4. Family problems—Fiction. 5. Drug abuse—Fiction. 6. Universities and
colleges—Fiction. 7. New Haven (Conn.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W791Cas 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008026695
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