Castration Celebration

by Jake Wizner

Book Overview

It's High School Musical- rated R ! When the girl who's foresworn men meets the boy who's devoted himself to picking up women, there's bound to be drama-perfect for a sixweek summer program devoted to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375852158
• ISBN13: 9780375852152
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

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Sarah's Random Musing review

Olivia is going to Yale University for an art summer camp. After walking in on her dad with of his grad student, Olivia did her research and she has decided to write a musical called Castration Celebration. Olivia is influenced by her new friends, especially Max. Max is a ladies man and wants to be together with Olivia. Max is totally not Olivia's type. Olivia and Max might just have something, but will Olivia let her emotions through? Will the play and real life end the same way? I love Castration Celebration. I read it in about three hours. It was so funny and I could not stop laughing. This book didn't tip toe around sex. It jumped in to sex and it wasn't vulgar or trashy. It was the truth and I really respected Wizner for doing that. I also really like Olivia, I related to her at times and her development as a character was good. I really liked how the plot went between the main narrative and the script for the play. The play was hilarious and I loved the songs and dialogue in it. The writing was also good and I really like this book.

Hilarious High School Musical Spoof

I had to crack open my thesaurus to find enough words to describe Castration Celebration. Here is the long list of descriptive words I came up with, crude, funny, comical, hilarious, offensive, sardonic, and sarcastic. Drug use, casual sex, and castration jokes galore, Castration Celebration is not for the easily offended. I am not easily offended and I enjoy books that have a weird sense of humor. I absolutely loved Castration Celebration! It was one of the funniest books that I have read in a while. My favorite parts of the book were the dialog between Olivia and Max. The two of them together and their witty conversations cracked me up. I love how Max goes out of his way to try and get a date with Olivia and she pretty much plays mind games with him. It was fun to see what kind of crazy things Max was willing to do for a change with Olivia. Max starts off as such a jerk so, it was nice to see him change. Olivia was adorable and I really enjoyed her entire inner dialogue. Olivia was such a strong and intelligent female character. I was routing for her character the entire time. It was also really interesting to see Olivia developing her musical throughout the book. Aside from Olivia and Max, I didn't find any of the other characters to be particularly engaging. They were just all kind of there. I enjoyed reading about Max and Olivia so much that it did not really bother me. Still, it would have been nice to see the other character be a bit more three dimensional. I loved the idea that there were really two stories going on in Castration Celebration. There was the story of Olivia and her friend and the story of the characters in Olivia's play. Olivia's play had some of the funniest dialogue in the book. I loved all the songs that Olivia wrote and really wish that someone would turn her musical into a movie. The two stories also blended really well together with Olivia's play reflecting her own personal experiences. I guess there is something to the whole idea of truth being stranger than fiction. I would recommend Castration Celebration to anyone who enjoys strange and crude humor. I would not recommend Castration Celebration to the easily offended or to less mature teens.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Olivia has had it with men! After walking in on her dad fooling around with a grad student, Olivia decides that she must write a musical to express her outrage at the situation. Yale University's summer arts camp is the perfect place to craft her masterpiece. Olivia's musical is aptly titled Castration Celebration. She tries to sequester herself in her dorm suite and finish the daunting task put before her, but Olivia's suite mates aren't going to let her hide out for long. Neither will the handsome Max, a fledgling actor who almost killed Olivia on the first day of camp. Max is bound and determined to win Olivia's heart - come hell, high water, or castration! Wizner has written an outrageously funny novel that focuses on the battle of the sexes. High school kids will appreciate how candid the author is with his use of language. Some may feel that it is a bit explicit, but I think that all who read this novel will find the humor in it. This book would be best enjoyed lounging by the pool with a frosty beverage in hand. A perfect summer read! Reviewed by: LadyJay

Funny & raunchy! (Not a Newbery)

Castration Celebration is hilarious. It cleverly amuses while dealing with relationships, friendships, and family. The main characters poke fun at each other and the world, and there are wonderfully irreverent spoofs of Twilight and Pat the Bunny. Strong female characters take on the men and the banter is witty and swift, with both sides coming out ahead. A bit raunchier than Spanking Shakespeare, this is best for people 14 and up. Like Spanking Shakespeare, this book will appeal to teens who "don't love to read". Spanking Shakespeare