Braless in Wonderland
By: Debbie Reed Fischer
224p
Dutton Juvenile
ISBN-10: 0525479546
ISBN-13: 978-0525479543
Annotation:
Allee Rosen is a teen girl who focuses on her more on education and less on her social life is thrust into a world completely new, when she is discovered by a model scout.
Summary
Allee Rosen is a high school senior with one thing on her mind, Yale University. That is until her father explains that a minor miscalculation in the college fund is about to destroy everything she has worked so hard for. While at the mall to support her sister (affectionately named “The Fluff”) own modeling aspirations, Allee is accidentally discovered by a modeling agency. Now she is given the choice, either go back to business as usual; finishing up high school and working at the local Wal-Mart, and accept one of the dreaded local colleges or spend the next six months in Miami trying to be the model she never thought she was. In an attempt to earn enough money to pay for the college of her dreams, She chooses the later.
Allee’s adventure in modeling is a fun journey filled with strange vocabulary and surreal surroundings that sound almost imaginary to the casual reader. Fans of America's Next Top Model will be enthralled, especially once she becomes the next “it” girl. As the story comes to a close Allee is then forced to choose, continue modeling and head to Japan for the next six months or go to Yale.
The story tends to drag once Allee begins her modeling career her common sense is lost once she enters the modeling world which makes for predictable resolutions. Teens will love the fantastical storyline and unforgettable situations, however, combined with one dimensional characters such as the “friend” who is really the conniving back-stabber, the mean girl with a heart of gold, makes this novel unable to completely fulfill its potential.
Still Teens will be strutting down the runway when the finish this book, looking for more on the subject.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Braless in Wonderland
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Just Listen
Just Listen
p.400
Puffin
ISBN-13: 978-0142410974
Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
Summary:
What could be worse that being caught by all of your friends, with your best friend's boyfriend?
That is exactly what Annabel is asking. Gone is her popularity and her friends, she has accepted a self sentence of social exile, because she can never admit what really happened in that closet.
Annabelle is a nice girl. She is so nice that she is willing to do nearly anything for anyone to keep them happy, even if that means she has to suffer by being the doormat toher friends and family. Until one day when she is she and her best friend Sophie have a falling out and her world comes crashing down. Annabelle is shunned by nearlyeveryone, everyone except for Owen. Owen is a likeable guy who also happens to be a nut for alternative music, knows something isn’t right. As Annabelle begins to come more and more withdrawn and unwilling to speak up, the perfect life she once had is starting to crack at the seams. The only person willing to speak to her is Owen, but can she trust him?
Teens who love novels by author Laurie Halse Anderson will instantly be drawn into the drama that is Just Listen. Beautifully written, this novel will leave you haunted by hungry for more.
