Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick / Joe Schreiber / 190 pages

"Crammed with car heists, hits, henchmen, Russian mobsters, prom night, and even a bear fight," Au Revior Crazy European Chick is a "pedal-to-the-floor, rapid-fire thrill ride that will hold you captive to the last page."  The Stormaire's host a foreign exchange student from Lithuania, Gobi Zaksauskas, during Perry's senior year in high school.  Gobi is a strange duck, to say the least, and suffers from epilipsy...and a past.  Perry has a band, a parttime job in his father's law office, and college applications to complete.  His goal is to attend Columbia.  His mom suggests he take Gobi to the prom even though his band has a gig that night.  At the prom, Gobi sends several bullies to the hospital, then hijacks Perry and his father's red jag for a special asassination mission in the Big Apple.  Each chapter is prefaced with a question pulled college application essays from around the U. S. that have direct bearing on the chapter contents.  This book was a total surprise from start to finish.  Are we so desensitized to violence that the muder and mayhem that  occur within the story only serve as backround?