History Literature / ThePoisonApples

* SchoolForcedUsTogether: The three main characters have hardly anything in common besides having [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepmothers]]: Alice is a LonelyRichKid from Brooklyn Heights, Reena is a LovableAlphaBitch from Beverly Hills and Molly is an ExtravertedNerd from the middle of nowhere. What brings them together? BoardingSchool.

* ExtravertedNerd: Molly is a huge nerd (her favourite book is the Oxford English Dictionary) and average-looking but she isn't shy, tends to take over conversations when no one asks her to and is less affected by her FriendlessBackground than Alice (who at least had some friends, if not close ones).

* AdultFear:
** The grisly reality of parents remarrying, either leaving their partners for various reasons, finding a new love or suffering a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis.
** Molly during the holidays [[spoiler: runs away after learning that her mother escaped the mental institution, and doesn't know what to do.]] It's the only time Candy has a PetTheDog moment when she drives out into the snow to find Molly.

This uses the idea of fairy tale stepmothers and applies it to three teenage girls in modern times. One is named Alice whose stepmother marries her widowed father, another is an Indian girl named Reena whose father marries her young yoga instructor and divorces his first wife, and the last is named Molly whose father divorces her mentally unstable mother and marries a waitress working at his diner. All three girls are sent to a boarding school and share their stepmother issues with each other. They concoct a plan to get revenge and destroy something precious to their stepmothers.

* NotSoDifferent: Alice prepares to sabotage R's stage performance, only to find [[spoiler: R crying in her dressing room after finding out her mother has died.]] She can't bring herself to do the deed, having [[spoiler: lost her mother as well and knowing what it's like to endure that pain.]]

* SecondYearProtagonist: Alice, Molly and Reena are 15 and in sophomore year (though they are all new at the school). We never hear anything about the freshmen at the school but Reena is shown to be popular by being invited to hang out with a group of cool older students. Alice's eventual boyfriend Jamal is considered cool and unattainable for being older (the same goes for Molly's crush Pradeep - Reena's brother).

* ForeignCultureFetish: Shanti Shruti loves India and everything and anything related to it. Much more than her husband, who is actually from India, or her step-kids, who have Indian heritage. She studied in India, became a yoga teacher, changed her name to an Indian name, had a big Indian wedding even though her husband was ambivalent about it, wears a bright pink sari as casual everyday wear and decorates her entire house with Indian decorations. And she names her [[spoiler: penguin]] Ganesh.

* ExtravertedNerd: Molly is a huge nerd (her favourite book is the Oxford English Dictionary) and average-looking but she isn't shy, tends to take over conversations when no one asks her to and is less affected by her FriendlessBackground than Alice (who at least had some friends, if not good ones).

''The Poison Apples'' is a young adult novel written by Lily Archer.

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!!Provides Examples Of:

* WorstWhateverEver: The girls at the end call Reena the worst [[spoiler: penguin-napper]] ever.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretations: Chock load of them:

'''The Poison Apples''' is a young adult novel written by Lily Archer.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Molly for Spencer, especially when Candy allows her to walk around in high heels.

* CoolBigSis: Pradeep for Reena.

** EvilRedhead: Subverted with Kristen. She starts off as Molly's rival for Pradeep's affections, but they bond in the end when she reveals her parents are getting a divorce.

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Molly for Spencer, especially when Candy allows her to walk around in high heels.

* [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]: Pradeep for Reena.

* EvilBlonde: Subverted with Shanti Shruti and played straight with Candy Lamb.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Girls]]: The three main characters. They think they see through their stepmothers and know who they really are.

* The grisly reality of parents remarrying, either leaving their partners for various reasons.
* Molly during the holidays [[spoiler: runs away after learning that her mother escaped the mental institution, and doesn't know what to do.]] It's the only time Candy has a PetTheDog moment when she drives out into the snow to find Molly.

* MayDecemberRomance: Reena's father is in his fifties while Shanti Shruti is somewhere in her twenties, which, according to Reena, is about ten years away from her age.

* WickedStepmother: The idea behind this whole novel. R, Alice's stepmother, resented her when Alice reacted negatively towards her father announcing their engagement. Shanti Shruti, Reena's blonde Caucasian stepmother with a fascination on Indian culture, seems nice and treats her stepchildren like they were her own. Candy Lamb, Molly's stepmother, is truly wicked. She mocked Molly's mother who is a mental institution and was trying to get Molly to come back home because of her pregnancy.

'''The Poison Apples''' is a young adult novel written by Lily Archer. This uses the idea of fairy tale stepmothers and applies it to three teenage girls in modern times. One is named Alice whose stepmother marries her widowed father, another is an Indian named Reena whose father marries a younger woman teaching her yoga class and divorces his first wife, and the last is named Molly whose father divorces her mentally unstable mother and marries a waitress working at his diner.

All three girls are sent to a boarding school and share their stepmother issues with each other. They concoct a plan to get revenge and destroy something precious to their stepmothers, which varies for each.

* PurpleEyes: Kristen.
* WickedStepmother: The idea behind this whole novel. R, Alice's stepmother, resented her when Alice reacted negatively towards her father announcing their engagement. Shanti Shruti, Reena's blonde Caucasian stepmother with a fascination on Indian culture, seems nice and treats her stepchildren like they were her own. Candy Lamb, Molly's stepmother, is truly wicked. She mocked Molly's mother who is a mental institution and was trying to get Molly to come back home because of her pregnancy.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretations: Chock load of them:

'''The Poison Apples''' is a young adult novel written by Lily Archer. This uses the idea of fairy tale stepmothers and applies to three girls in modern times. One is named Alice whose stepmother marries her widowed father, another is an Indian named Reena whose father marries a younger woman teaching her yoga class and divorces her mother, and the last is named Molly whose father divorces her mentally unstable mother and marries a diner waitress.

* WickedStepmother: The idea behind this whole novel. R, Alice's stepmother, resented her when Alice reacted negatively towards her father announcing their engagement. Shanti Shruti, Reena's blonde Caucasian stepmother with a fascination on Indian culture, is naturally nice and treats her stepchildren like they were her own. Candy Lamb, Molly's stepmother, is truly wicked. She mocked Molly's mother who is a mental institution and was trying to get Molly to come back home because of her pregnancy.

* MayDecemberRomance: Reena's father is his fifties while Shanti Shruti is somewhere in her twenties, which, according to Reena, is about ten years away from her age.
** Reena herself has feelings for one of her teachers. One night, she puts on a seductive outfit and tries to seduce him, but is rejected instead.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Alice, Reena and possibly Molly, and Hannah.

* WickedStepmother: The idea behind this whole novel. R, Alice's stepmother, resented her when Alice reacted negatively towards her father announcing their engagement.