Synopses & Reviews
"I don't know if this story is for 8th graders or 22-year-olds or 30-year-olds or what. Maybe it's for everybody. It's just a story that needs to be told, finally, all in one piece. And maybe it's silly, and maybe we were just dumb kids, but I don't care. Because I think there's a little something for everybody in this story.
Although, if you are young, you might want to read it when your parents aren't around. And if you're older, it might give you a panic attack about what your own kids will get up to when you're not around."
For a fourteen year-old girl, nothing is more exciting than the un-parented freedom that your 8th Grade D.C. trip promises. Nothing, that is, except seeing the love of your life (that you've never spoken to) at the Holocaust Museum.
D.C. Trip follows Gertie and her best friends Sivan and Rachel as they scour the city to find Gertie's "One True Love" from summer camp. A journey that involves college boys, drag queens, shots and pot edibles - three strike rule be damned.
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"Sara Benincasa's D.C. Trip is as wicked, dirty, funny and surprisingly poignant as her comedy. It's a wild, hilarious, and very grown-up ride into the world of teenagers and the adults charged with their care. Read it and laugh your ass off." -- Jill Soloway, creator of Golden Globe-award winning series "Transparent"
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"The perfect, frothy blend of teen angst, adult drama, and whip-smart social commentary. This novel is a trip in every sense." - Diablo Cody, Academy Award Winning writer of JUNO, and author of Candy Girl.
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"I'm an expert on the subject of girls, being married to one, having dated several, and now the father of a tween. As an expert, I can tell you with absolutely certainty that Sara Benincasa has being a young female down. She is hilarious and insightful and smart - all traits the ladies I love share, although DC Trip transcends gender. I read and loved it and I'm a BOY!!! (A very famous and attractive boy.)" -- Michael Ian Black, comedian
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"Like a crazier Tina Fey." - LA Weekly on Sara Benincasa
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"DC Trip is smart, funny, sexy, and sweet. Sara Benincasa has written a hilarious, big-hearted novel about an essential high school experience." - Tom Perrotta, author of Election and Little Children
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PrePublication: - BEA signing and BookCon appearance - Book trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mTd2fyomww - National online ad campaign - Extensive social media campaign soliciting participation and offering of giveaway incentives, including but not limited to: Tumblr ReadDCTrip; Twitter #MyDCTrip; and Instagram @DCTrip - DC Trip online scavenger hunt - #AskSara Periscope Q&As - Goodreads campaign - Reading Aloud Podcast author appearance - Extensive national media outreach to radio, TV, podcasts, and print and online publications for review, interviews, profiles, and author guest essays - Podcast Tour including podcasts hosted by Kevin Smith, John Hodgeman, Nate Corrdry - Focused media outreach to DC area media for review, profiles, and author guest essays, including political outlets such as but not limited to Wonkette and Politco On Publication: - Author appearances in NYC, NJ, LA, DC and Miami Book Festival - Author DC Road Trip documented on social networking outlets - National online ad campaign - Live Twitter Chat and #Periscope Q&A - #MyDCTrip campaign with contributions from high profile authors and comediennes"The perfect, frothy blend of teen angst, adult drama, and whip-smart social commentary. This novel is a trip in every sense." - Diablo Cody, Academy Award Winning writer of JUNO, and author of Candy Girl.
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"This is a light yet deep novel that looks at the intricacies of both high school cliques and adult relationships. A fantastic add to fiction collections, this would be a great YA crossover for older teens (profanity and sexual situations are dealt with very well)." - Library Journal
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Author and comedienne Sara Benincasa takes a bold, fearless and irreverent look at the classic high school trip to Washington DC.
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DC Trip follows the teachers and high school students on their iconic class trip to Washington DC. For best friend high school sophomores Gertie, Sivan and Rachel, nothing is more enticing than the un-parented freedom that a trip to DC promises. For Ms. Deats, their teacher chaperoning her first trip, nothing is as terrifying as making sure her kids don't get into trouble. A journey that involves college boys, drag queens, shots and pot edibles ingested in the White House Rose Garden -- three strike rule be damned, DC Trip is the totally real, not-at-all-true story of what happened on one crazy class trip.
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Alicia Deats is a new teacher chaperoning her very first high school trip to Washington DC, and nothing could be more terrifying than a class full of horny, backstabbing, boundary-pushing teenagers under her watch. To make matters worse, she embarrassed herself with her co-chaperone Bryan Kenner with one too many margaritas and an ill-placed vomiting incident at last year's teacher mixer and is hoping this trip can be a fresh start for them. Alicia believes in positive reinforcement and trust to keep her students out of trouble, but best friend high school sophomores Gertie, Sivan, and Rachel have a different idea: they plan to take full advantage of the un-parented freedom that a trip to DC offers. DC TRIP by novelist-comedian Sara Benincasa is an honest and irreverent journey of sexual confusion, bar shots, drag queens, and pot cookies in the Rose Garden.
About the Author
Sara Benincasa is an award-winning comedian and author of the books Great and Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom (William Morrow/HarperCollins), a book based on her critically acclaimed solo show about panic attacks and agoraphobia. Her comedy has won praise from the Chicago Tribune, CNN, The Guardian, and The New York Times.