Son of Interflux (1986)

Son of Interflux is a 1986 children's novel by Gordon Korman.

Plot

Simon Irving has just moved to the town of Greenbush, New York with his parents. His father is the Senior Vice President of Interflux, a large corporation that makes only components of items. He enters into Nassau County High School for Visual, Literary and Performing Arts, an arts school, in an attempt to become a painter and therefore avoid the business job that his father has planned for him.

When he finds out that a major expansion is in the works and that the school's greenspace (a small wood and stream) will have to be cut down to make way, Simon finds a way to get back at Interflux.

He uses Student Council funds to purchase a crazily shaped strip of land that Interflux is not aware of and therefore does not own. Inventing the rival group "Antiflux", he convinces most of the school's 1500 students to go along with him. By blockading the land, Antiflux causes the expansion to grind to a halt.

On top of this, Simon has to keep his grades up and keep the student body from finding out that he is the Son of Interflux.

Cast of characters

Source:

Main

Simon Irving - 16, Cyril and Mary's son

Cyril Irving - Simon's father, Mary's husband, head of Interflux

Mary Irving - Simon's mother, Cyril's wife, health food enthusiast

Kyle Montrose - irresponsible chairman of the board of Interflux/"The Flake"

Students

Sam "Sotirios" Stavrinidis

Philip "Phil" Baldwin

T.C. Serrette - "Agent" That helps students improve their grades

Wendy Orr - Student Council president and also Simon's girlfriend later on in the book

Nathan Kruppman- senior film student

Jonathan Zulanovitch (Jonny Zull) - Simon's lab partner, virtuoso guitarist

Teachers

Emile Querada - art teacher

Xerxes "Buzz" Durham - English

Miss Glandfield - Biology

Previous works

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