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Summary: Wow She really is an all American Girl
Review: I thought that this would be some book that showed a girl showing her American spirit and donates all her money to some organization and says this is for the poor people all over the world. BOY was I wrong. My friend is a huge friend of Meg Cabot and gave this book to me and told me to give it a try. I did and I loved it. It's about this girl who has a crush on her older sister's boyfriend. So she tries to be like him and turns goth practically and then takes serious intrest in art, even though she alreadt loves to draw. Then she is forced to take art lessons and she hates it. Leans to draw what she sees, not what she already knows. Then through out the book, she saves the president and meet his son. Then its sort of a triangle because the son likes Sam but she likes her sis's boyfriend. In the end it is a happy ending and I'm glad for the decison she makes and I was shocked on what her sister did. Knowing what type of person Sam's sis is.
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Summary: Didn't I already read this?
Review: If you liked The Princess Diaries, I can almost guarantee that you'll like All-American Girl. Take Mia Thermopolis. Change her into a lost artist named Sam. Have her save the president and and become teen ambassador to the UN and BOOM! A new book based on the same storyline. The fact that Sam was completely clueless about what was in front of her drove me crazy. I have to say, I was disappointed with Meg Cabot's work on this one.
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Summary: Need a Laugh?
Review: Wow! Meg Cabot keeps getting better and better! When I finished all the available books from The Princess Diaries I knew I had to read this one!
I'm glad I did! You can really relate to the reality in this book! Sure, the chances of you saving the president from assasination is nil, it's still highly entertaining to read about!
Sam Madison's life is on a slippery slope! Her sister, Lucy, just ratted her out on drawing pictures of people with celeberties at school for a charge, so know she has to attend drawing lessons with Susan Boone! She skips class one day and when waiting for her housekeeper to pick her up she saves the life of the president which changes her life forever!
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Summary: Haven't I read this before?
Review: Outcast girl who one day becomes the most popular girl in America. Sound familiar? Well, it should. It seems to me like Meg Cabot took the story-line from the very successful Princess Diaries series and tweaked it a little to form an all new book. In the Princess Diaries, the outcast--Mia--finds out she's a princess and her life changes. In All-American Girl, the outcast--Sam--saves the president's life and is appointed Teen ambassador to the UN and her life changes. I must say, I was expecting much more from this book. It wasn't bad, but it all just seemed like a huge repeat to me.
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Summary: One you should read, but NOT the greatest
Review: It's a so-so book... it's good and it'll keep you interested, some of the time... this book just doesn't stand in my mind as a modern masterpiece. Meg Cabot just didn't work magic over me in this one but i definitely think you should read it... it's a good one to take while waiting for another!
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I loved this book!! Meg Cabot is an awesome writer. I have read this book twice and the second time I liked it even more.
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Summary: Much better than the Princess Diaries
Review: All American Girl is one of the best books I have ever read. It's really funny, and also very well written. The book is about Samantha, (Sam for short), who is one of the most boring girls on the planet. Her older sister Lucy is the most popular girl in school and is really into fashion and boys. Her younger sister Rebecca is a certified genius and at 11 and 1/2 she's taking collage courses. Sam is just the boring girl in between, who is a lefty and thinks she has a twin who was never born. She also dyed her whole wardrobe black and doesn't have a boyfriend, (she happens to be in love with Lucy's). Then her life changes. She saves the President of the United States from and asassination attempt, becomes a national hero and is the teem ambassador of the UN.The book is full of lists that Samantha writes such as Top Ten Reasons Samantha Madison Is In Deep Trouble, and at the end of the list she writes the number one reason she is in deep trouble, etc. As I said before this book is one of my favorite books, and it's really funny and well written. I reccomend this book to all girls from age 12 and up. Enjoy!!!
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Summary: Great but Not Flawless...4 1/2 stars
Review: Great book! Written through the eyes of Samantha Madison, who is stuck in the middle of two 'perfect' sisters and wears all black, this book has it all- feelings, top ten lists, etc. Parents might object, my mom did at first. But still worth it.
While ditching art class because she can already draw, she saves the president's life. She becomes his son's girlfriend. She learns a lot about life in this funny novel. I read it too young. 10 yrs. to 14 yrs.
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Summary: conservatives: this story has a liberal message
Review: -the author is skilled and her books are fun to read. But I don't agree with her political ideology. I'd prefer it if her novels were either biased in the other direction or politically neutral (which would be the smartest thing from a marketing viewpoint a subplot shows Sam's friend Jack getting a bit of comeuppance and Sam coming to realize that the object of her affections is more of a "rebel w/o a clue" than the "rebel with a cause" she thought him to be.
-I think the same thing, though, can be said about Sam herself and her fight with the president over the painting "Land of the free?"
-what I am saying is that I disagree with Sam that the painting "Land of the free?" should've been picked the winner of the art contest. In other words, I agree with the president that it's not appropriate. For one thing: Why send a self-critical painting to the U.N., which is critical enough of America? And for another: America *is* the land of the free, so a painting that questions whether we are is not only a downer but also fundamentally *not true.* -that I'm aware of (and disagree with) Meg Cabot's political bias doesn't stop me from liking her books and recommending them. I'm sure I'd like her, too, if I ever met her. But I'd also debate with her politically.
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Summary: Response not Summary, time limited
Review: The plotline seems...interesting from the book flap, but Cabot writes the plotline as cheesy.There wasn't depth to the characters and their motives, which in result, made them 2D and uninteresting.Sure, it's valerous and has a theme to coincide hand-in-hand with the Sept. 11 attack, and there is the VERY CUTE President's son, but this publishing by Cabot leaned on the cliche side.There's nothing wrong with borrowing the book from the library, just don't buy it.This isn't one of those books that will make you feel satisfied of buying-before-reading.
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