Jamie and Vivian were point guards at rival Orlando high schools — the backdrop for their initial meeting.
Why are novels like "Prep" and "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" — and "The Catcher in the Rye," for that matter — classified as adult fiction, even though, like "Headlong," they're narrated by teen-agers against the backdrop of high school?
Why are novels like "Prep" and "Special Topics in Calamity Physics"—and "The Catcher in the Rye," for that matter classified as adult fiction, even though, like "Headlong," they're narrated by teen-agers against the backdrop of high school?
Similarly, Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter emphasized the effect of the film's music-driven comedy set against the backdrop of a high school battle of the bands competition which manages to come up with a fresh backbeat for the familiar alienated teen refrain, boosted by a talented cast and authentic soundtrack.
Such was the backdrop for a highly anticipated high school basketball game in Chicago on Saturday between Simeon Career Academy and Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, where a pall cast by violence threatened to overshadow an athletic showcase.
In her poem "Black Girls Be Boxing," the 18-year-old high school senior uses the sport of boxing as a backdrop to discuss the experiences of black women and their relentless fight against oppression. .
Underneath the artist's front page headline, "A Teenager With Promise," sits a large image of Michael Brown against a light blue backdrop in his green and red high school cap and gown.
William McKinley High School, the show's backdrop, was based on Murphy's own high school, in Indiana, where he'd grown up as a sharp-tongued, ostracized fashion queen.
Levine's tale takes place at a junior high school in the same district one year later, against a backdrop of racial tension and the continuing battle over school integration.
It was against this backdrop we found the story of the Manassas Tigers; a high school football program which, like North Memphis, had similarly fallen on hard times.
