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1	''A Match Made in High School'' is a 2010 piece of romantic YoungAdultLiterature by Kristin Walker.
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3	The seniors of ECHS are forced into ArrangedMarriage and WeddingsForEveryone at the ''beginning'' of the book. Why, you ask? The principal just got dumped and she wants to make sure the kids know how to handle a marriage. So she's implemented a mandatory yearlong program to make the kids playact at marriage (with budgets, mutual jobs and mutual activities--but no sex!) with someone they've been randomly assigned to. Naturally, the parents and students are all pissed off about this. Especially pissed off about is our narrator, Fiona, who's been married off to JerkJock Todd Harding. And her crush has been married off to Todd's girlfriend. Nasty pranks, insults, secret relationships and crushes, and cheerleading ensue.
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5	!!Examples of:
6	%% * BelligerentSexualTension: Fiona and Todd are a rare non-sexual version of this.
7	%% * BrainlessBeauty: Amanda
8	%% * CoveredInGunge
9	%% * GentleGiant: Johnny Mercer
10	%% * HandsomeLech: Gabe turns out to be one
11	%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Todd, though it's a fairly little heart.
12	%% * KarmaHoudini: Todd, to an amazing degree. He never ever gets busted for anything. Compare his punishment (i.e. lack of) to what happens to Johnny and you'll especially feel disgusted.
13	%% * LastMinuteHookup
14	%% * ObliviousToLove: Fiona
15	%% * PopularIsDumb
16	%% * PracticalJoke
17	* RealMenWearPink: Todd is a cheerleader and extremely unashamed of it. "I spend all afternoon with my hands between a hot cheerleader's thighs, looking up her skirt as I hold her above me. Meanwhile, you're bent over, sticking your fingers in some fat guy's butt crack again and again. But I'm the gay one?"
18	%% * SecretRelationship: Marcie and Gabe
19	* SingleIssuePsychology: The motivation behind the marriage program seems to be entirely based on (a) Principal Miller's husband dumping her, and (b) Maggie hating being single. This is also what's caused their breakdowns.
20	%% * TheGlassesGottaGo: when Fiona is cheerleading, at least, so they don't slip off.
21	%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Fiona is the tomboy, and the rest of her female friends seem to be girly girls (or evolving into them).
22	* TwoTeacherSchool: Principal Miller and Maggie are the only administration people really focused on (other than the janitor in a mild sort of way), and they aren't even teachers.
23	%% * VolleyingInsults

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