Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

Chris Colfer

Nov 2012 · Sold by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal follows the story of outcast high school senior Carson Phillips who blackmails the most popular students in his school into contributing to his literary journal to bolster his college application; his goal in life is to get into Northwestern and eventually become the editor of The New Yorker.
At once laugh-out-loud funny, deliciously dark, and remarkably smart, Struck By Lightning unearths the dirt that lies just below the surface of high school.
The film Stuck By Lightning features Colfer's own original screenplay. Colfer also stars in the film alongside Allison Janney, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Hyland, and Polly Bergen.

Ratings and reviews

Literally the best book I have ever read. I'm a huge fan of all of Chris's work. This book was witty and snarky with a great plot twist. Great job, Chris.

I thought that the book was very well written it had a wonderful perspective of a broken home and a senile old grandma. The book made chuckle a couple of times too.

I laughed out loud many times while reading this book. But I wouldn't recommend it to anyone younger than a teenager because of the language and innuendoes.

About the author

Chris Colfer is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Golden Globe-winning actor. He was honored as a member of the TIME 100, Time magazine's annual list of the one hundred most influential people in the world, and his books include Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal, Stranger Than Fanfiction, and the books in The Land of Stories series: The Wishing Spell, The Enchantress Returns, A Grimm Warning, Beyond the Kingdoms, An Author's Odyssey, and Worlds Collide, and the companion books A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales, The Mother Goose Diaries, Queen Red Riding Hood's Guide to Royalty, The Curvy Tree, and Trollbella Throws a Party.