First Daughter: White House Rules
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A young girl finds herself thrust into the limelight as she becomes the First Daughter of the United States.
“Provides a detailed and fun glimpse into campaigning’s hectic reality and shines a positive light on America’s multicultural reality.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A savvy and appealing character.”—School Library Journal
The first daughter makes her own rules.
Last year, Sameera started a blog and helped her father win an election. Now, she’s unpacking boxes and exploring her new house, The White House.
Between redecorating Camp David and learning to waltz at state dinners, being a First Daughter has a lot of perks. But life in the White House may not turn out to be a fairy tale. The guy Sameera fell for on the campaign trail mysteriously stopped calling when Dad became commander-in-chief. And while her blog is popular, Sameera is struggling to find something real to write about. Her critics scoff that a pampered First Daughter knows nothing about real life.
Cooped up in the Big House, under the watchful eyes of Secret Service agents and a pack of paparazzi, Sameera thinks her critics might be right. It’s time, she decides, to break out of the First Daughter bubble. Sameera just needs an escape plan—and a disguise—to shake things up.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For 16-year-old Sameera "Sparrow" Righton, star of the first title in Perkins's (Rickshaw Girl) First Daughter series, life on her father's presidential campaign trail is anything but easy. In addition to worrying about the paparazzi snapping photos of her at inopportune moments and appearing supportive of her parents at all times, Sameera has to do everything in her power to look good and (because she's both adopted and Pakistani) as American as possible. So when the campaign PR guru suggests a makeover in order to spruce up her image (a new wardrobe, a more confident walk, a more stylish 'do) Sameera reluctantly agrees. But the supposedly benign plan morphs into an attempt to change her personality and tone down her outspoken views ("You need to use 'uh-huh a lot more.... And giggle as much as you can."), and Sameera decides to reclaim her true identity, even if it costs her father the Presidency. Although it touches upon racial profiling, trafficking and prejudice, the book mostly concerns itself with Sameera's transformation. Even before her makeover efforts, Sameera is an intelligent, witty and prepossessed heroine (and an inveterate blogger, with an actual site maintained at www.sparrowblog.com). Though the story tends toward the lighthearted, teens should enjoy this peek at the behind-the-scenes finessing that goes on in modern politics. Ages 12-up.
