All American Girl
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
Sam Madison never knew life could change overnight. But that's exactly what happens when she saves the life of the President of the United States as she's bunking off art class one night. Now an instant (if highly reluctant and very unlikely) celebrity, not to mention teen ambassador to the United Nations, Sam finds herself not only hanging out at the White House, but trying to stop herself falling for David, the President's son . . .
All American Girl, by author of The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot, is followed by the sequel Ready or Not.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cabot (The Princess Diaries) presents another teen-pleasing novel and another likable heroine in this story set in Washington, D.C. Feisty, red-haired Samantha, a self-described "urban rebel" who has dyed all of her clothes black, is a 15-year-old middle child, uncomfortably wedged between her popular, cheerleader older sister, Lucy, and her brainy 11-year-old sister, Rebecca. And she has a major crush on Jack, Lucy's nonconformist/artist boyfriend, whom she feels is far better suited to her than to her rather vacuous sister. The entertainingly opinionated narrator's wry top-10 lists add considerably to the tale's charm and speedy pacing, among them, the "top ten reasons why I can't stand my sister Lucy" and the "top ten signs that Jack loves me and not my sister Lucy and just hasn't realized it yet." Sam's life suddenly changes dramatically when, while standing on the sidewalk one afternoon, she foils an attempt to assassinate the President. She becomes a national hero overnight, is named teen ambassador to the United Nations and eventually lands the president's son as her beau. Despite these rather unlikely plot twists (in a comic coincidence, the president's son also happens to be a fellow student in her art class whom she finds attractive), Sam's spunky and intermittently affecting narrative, as well as the true-to-life voices of the supporting cast of characters, make this a convincing and diverting tale. As Sam learns important truths about herself, Cabot interjects a worthy message into her comedic caper. Ages 12-up.
Customer Reviews
All American Girl
A one-day-read favourite by Cabot. Will have you laughing till the final page. A very funny story of how Samantha, sick of being compared to her sister, finds her own spotlight when she saves the president of the united states. You will fall in love with Sam as she tells you her story of what happens when you take down an Uptown-Girl-obsessed assassin. 5/5, it's clearly funnier when it's All American.
Wrong storey!
I would like to say it is not worth buying this book because it isn't all American girl (part 1) but in fact all American girl ready or not (part 2)! I am most disappointed!