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Summary: hi
Review: I thought this was a good book but the main character Sam is a lot like Mia in Princess Diaries. Anything wrong in it is made up for though when they mention Orlando Bloom.
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Summary: All-American Girl
Review: This book was better than I thought it would be. I mean, sure what are the chances of a teenager saving the presidents life, but thats besides the point. This story is about a 15-yr-old girl named Samantha. Sam is a middle child who's life isnt very glam because 1. Her older sister is the most popular girl at her high school & 2. Her younger sister is a genius. Campared to both of them, shes just your average teenager, who only wears black clothes, and dyed all her other clothes black because (I like this idea) she is mourning our generation, and a girl who has a major crush on her older sisters boyfriend. One day, when she was skipping out on the art lessons her parents are making her take, she saves the President from a crazy guy trying to kill him, so Christie Brinkley would notice him (I still have a little part of the chourus of "Uptown Girl" stuck in my head). Sam now faces her new, and unwanted, popularity. Now everyone is linking her, and the Presidents son as a couple, which is also the last thing she wanted.
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Summary: Really Cool
Review: Have you ever saved the president? Well, Samantha Madison has. All American Girl is a story about a girl named Samantha Madison but everybody calls her Sam. This is a realistic fiction book. Sam is the middle child in a family of 4. Her older sister (Lucy) is the most popular girl in school and her younger sister is a "certified genius". What basically happens is Lucy finds celebrity pictures that Sam has been selling and tells their mom, who makes Sam take art lessons. Which is how Sam ends up saving the president and having his son fall in love with her. Sound complicated? It is. But as soon as you start reading you get it. The reason I liked this book so much is that it was a page-turner. It grabs you at the beginning and doesn't let you go until the end. I think a teenage girl would enjoy this the most because it's easy to relate to. I really enjoyed how she wrote it from Sam's point of view. It made the story more realistic.
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Summary: The true all american girl
Review: This was such a cute/good book that any teenage girl who is into romance and politics and learning about life, will love. This is deffinately the type of book that when you've finished reading it, makes you look back at the accomplished pages read and let out a long hardy sigh at how great and heartfelt the book was. I think every teenage girl can relate to the main character in one way or another, wheather its her love of music(gwen stefani;ska) or her love of art, or her individuality, every girl can find something to relate to. So if you like feel good books that also make you think, you will love "All American Girl". If this review did nothing to convince you, maybe the fact that the author is also the author of the Princess Diaries series, and if you are a fan of them, you'll LOVE this book. Samantha has one thing in common with Mia and thats her wit.READ IT, YOU'LL LOVE IT!!!
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Summary: A laugh-out-loud, romantic, ride
Review: Samantha Madison knows she's destined for ruin. Not only is she the middle child,(everyone knows the middle child gets the least attention)but she just also happens to have a cheerleader, older sister Lucy, who has got one CUTE boyfriend and, her little sister just happens to be a certified genuis. When her parents send her to a professional artist, Susan Boone, so she can express her artistic ability, instead of drawing movie hunks in German class(which by the way she is failing)Samantha is sure all her family is against her. So nothing else can go wrong right?Not! She becomes the whole laughting stock of the art class, because Susan keeps saying she doesn't "see" what she draws and guess who throws a fit? Oh, yeah did we mention that this idiotic guy named David makes a cute comment on her boots and Sam gets all blushy? Humiliated and angry Samantha cuts her art class and only happens to pounce on a guy with a gun and save the President's life, breaking her arm in the process. Suddenly Samantha finds herself thrust into the limelight, she so wants to escape. Everyone thinks she's a hero, even though she knows she is far from one. Coke and Pepsi want her to sponser their soda, Barbara Walters wants to interview her, and she is made Teen Ambassador to the UN. What could get worse? How about she finds out the president's son, turns out to be David, and he might just be in love with her? Meg Cabot has once again showed us that she can make a good book out of any topic. I loved her Princess Diaries books and I think I like All-American Girl even more. It is so sweet. I can't wait for All-American Girl 2!
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Summary: Pure Evil
Review: Talk about pre-fabricated, sugar-coated, load-up-on-mushy-predictable-endings teen...novels. Meg Cabot struck it lucky with lovable Mia,the "homegrown" princess who learns she is the sole heir to the throne of Genovia in a book written what? A year ago? Two? Since then, her works have weakened with each effort. Princess Diaries I was great, II was above average, III was unfulfilling and now this. Well here it is folks, Cabot's cheesy attempt to portray American families. Is there any cultural diversity in the book? No. Sure, Catherine (the lead character's best friend) is of Hispanic decent, but she's too perfect. The characters have no flaws, no tough side, nothing to make them real. They're thin, transparent. They could never survive the real world. So all right.. Samantha Madison, our leading lady for this story is the tortured middle child striving for individuality (Yet her favorite band is NO DOUBT). She has no shortcoming except her brutal self-esteem level. She saves the life of the president, strives for some more individuality, falls in love with the president's son and they all live happily ever after. Gag me with a spoon. "Samantha" uses a lot of unnecessary commas. I can excuse profuse swearing, but profuse comma use is just an offense to humankind. The story trivializes what it is to be an American teenager. Where are the gang shootings? Where are the overcome-the-impossible encouragements? Where are the striking words that will allow me to find a true sense of self?? Better yet, where are the author's standpoints on America? If you're doing a book, do it right. I found this book ridiculing and offensive and have lost all respect for Meg Cabot, Jenny Carroll and all other handles she'll go by in the future. I knew musicians could sell out, but authors? It's just inexcusable. I don't mean to offend anyone with this, but it's my opionion and I felt it right to express myself fully on this.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read
Review: Absolutely insane? Definitely. Very far-fetched? Definitely. But that's why this book is great. It's crazy and it's highly doubtable that this would ever happen in life (in fact, it's near impossible). But this book isn't predictable. Meg Cabot throws in little turns to keep you guessing at every corner. The "Top 10" lists in the book are absolutely hilarious and keep the book flowing. The sense of humor and wit used in this book will appeal to readers of all ages.
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Summary: "Alright But Yet Slightly Flawed"
Review: This book titled "All-American Girl" is written by the female author named Meg Cabot. It's basically about a teen girl named Sam who saves the president and his life from an attempted assassination. She then becomes an overnight celebrity, even though she thinks what she did wasn't so brave because she doesn't see herself as brave. I think this book is an okay read, and I think the author's writing style is interesting causing the story to be fun to read. I would have given it five stars, except for some certain things-there is swearing and a little bit of cussing, how the author describes some things, and the fact that the main character if sort of a goth. But I really like her older sister, Lucy. So Lucy, although a secondary character, would have to be my favorite person. Sam's best friend, Catherine, would be my second favorite but only because she wears these long skirts and wants, in a way, to be the It Girl. The plot or theme (a normal girl saving the president of the United States of America from some weirdo guy) isn't very realistic or what some may call believable, but how things turn out and how other people react and just mainly how everything and everyone else acts, is mostly believeable and realistic, I guess. I suppose most teen girls (maybe, I'm only guessing) would enjoy buying this book to read, over and over even.
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Summary: Good, but not quite what I expected
Review: I bought this book, eager to read it. It was a good book, but it's not as good as I thought it would be.
Sam Cabot is what you would call an outcast. She wears all black, and her older sister had told on her for her celebrity drawings. Her older sister, Lucy, is popular, and her boyfriend, Jack, makes Sam melt.
Her younger sister on the other hand, is a genious.
Basically Sam is caught it in the middle of her family. Her life sucks. Until one day, Samantha Cabot did what she had to do. She saved the President of The United States from being shot.
But that's not all. There is fission go on with the President's son and her... but loves Jack..
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Summary: One of the best bookds I've read recently
Review: I couldn't put this book down. It made me feel so happy inside while reading it. I would always laugh out loud at the author's comedic way of putting everything. Her characters are loveable and very easy to relate to. I'd definitely recommend this book.
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