The Rule of Won by Stefan Petrucha
Wildly Fun Ride!
The secret of The Rule of Won is simple, yet its power has been
suppressed for generations. The universe is one of infinite abundance—
ask, and you shall receive.
Umm, yeah right. Meet Caleb Dunne, slacker extraordinaire. Caleb prefers
to glide through life with the minimal amount of effort, so he isn’t too jazzed
when his overachieving girlfriend, Vicky, convinces him to join a new
school club based on a controversial book, The Rule of Won. Slackers
don’t join school clubs, do they? As The Rule gains popularity, though, the
club members start to gain power within the school. From dark posts on
the club’s online message board to all-out threats in the hallways, it
becomes apparent that the group is getting out of control. For slacker
Caleb, though, the only thing worse than doing something is not doing
something.

Darkly funny and exceptionally thought-provoking, The Rule of Won,
inspired by the ideas behind books like the runaway hit The Secret, shines
a light on the dangers of group thinking and the inner desires that can
sometimes get the best of us all.
Personal Review: The Rule of Won by Stefan Petrucha
Dark desires coming true, teen angst and slackerdom, self-help books
gone awry---I had to see what Petrucha did with that mix. After all, there
was a lot of potential there.
To my delight, he lives up to it beautifully. Caleb is a great protagonist, with
a sardonic wit, a slacker's desire to make the least effort possible, and a
few fun blind spots. There's an awfully large cast of characters if you
include the occasional chapters composed of message board posts from
members of the Crave, yet their desires and voices are so distinct that I
never had trouble identifying them. In general Petrucha has a great ear for
details, and his world really comes alive.
I did have a little trouble figuring out why the protagonist was with his
girlfriend in the first place; there didn't seem quite enough detail on how
she'd changed. I will say that even though there are good and bad guys in
the book, Petrucha made the characters sympathetic enough or at least
understandable enough that I never felt as though I couldn't understand
why they did what they did.
This ends up being a wonderful tale of desires, greed, selflessness,
selfishness, sacrifice, mystery, and slackness. Sure there are lessons you
can take away from it, but the book is so fun & fascinating that I never felt
like I was being preached at.
I should note that despite the wit and irony and humor there are definitely
some dark spots, and the subject of suicide comes up (it's very well-
handled, in my opinion), so make sure you or your child is ready for that.
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