A friend is looking for a book with a political theme that she can use in a writing class. It can’t be a book that is too directly related to the upcoming elections, so nothing written by Obama, McCain, or Clinton. It should be fairly
short (around 300 pages or less) and accessible to
first-year college students who are under-prepared.

So, fun, short, and political.

Here’s a preliminary list:
Profiles in Courage.
Election, Tom Perrotta
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter Thompson
Lord of the Flies
Primary Colors, Joe Klein
The Boys on the Bus, Timothy Crouse

Any other ideas?