Popularity is the route to power at the Imperial Day Academy and the source of the central struggle in I, Claudia, by Mary McCoy. Resource control theory is used to describe the main characters vying for elected positions in student government. Themes such as social exclusion, disparity in power, promoting social change, and power as a force for good or a source of corruption are expressed through the lens of Claudia’s manipulations as she seeks to undo the status quo at her school and shares her story.
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