“Tracy Flick Can’t Win,” a novel out June 7 from Tom Perrotta, is a sequel to the author’s 1998 book “Election,” the story of a persnickety high school go-getter whose civics ...

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A coming-of-age romance? No real passion. So in clicks the default mechanism and out comes the generic answer: A feel-good high-school flick, the kind where every character graduates healthier in ...