Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

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Summary: A great book....
Review: I actually read the newer edition with Lindsay Lohan on the cover. At first, I thought this book would be a cheesy teenager book with a girl trying to achieve her dreams of being a star. But I actually turned out to LOVE it! Its through the mind of Lola (Mary Elizabeth) Cep. Its all about her trying to achieve her dreams of being a star and try to get through life in her town outside of New York City. Lola found her new best friend, Ella, and her enemie Carla Santani who she tries to avoid, Carla is popular, and very rich and auditions to get the part of the main charcater in the school play production. Well, you'll have to find out with Lola takes center stage in the play, and if Lola gets her dream of going to her favorite band's last concert ever and proves Carla Santini wrong. I recommend this book to ages 12-16 for some inappropiate situations which people under 12 should not read about. Happy reading!

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Summary: entertaining, enlightening, overall wonderful
Review: Lola Cep (or Sep, she can't decide) truly has character. An aspiring actress, but current drama queen, moves from her big city (New York) to a small "boring" countryside area. Throughout this book she battles with the "popular, queen, win everything girl in school"-Carla Santini. When Lola mourns that her favorite band, "Sidharta", is breaking up, Carla makes a big commotion about going to their fairwell concert in New York City. Of course Lola has to step up and say she was invited too, even though she wasn't. Throughout this adventure, she invites her quiet-Martha Stewart kind of best friend through the adventures. Will she go to the Sidharta concert? Will Carla know she was lying?

I enjoyed this book, as it was entertaining, fun, and enlightening. I highly reccommend it. It really brought back humurous memories of my time in grade school.

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Summary: Second Time's the Charm
Review: Mary Elizabeth Cep (or Lola, which is what she prefers to be called, since she has known that her true name was Lola since birth), is outraged when her hippy/potter Mother moves her, and her two younger twin sisters, Paula and Pam, from their beloved life in New York City, to a little town in the suburbs called Dellwood (Deadwood), New Jersey. Lola is a flamingo among a flock of pigeons, and realizes it even more when she begins attending Dellwood High School, with the popular, rich, and vicious Carla Santini. Dellwood's answer to God. Lola soon realizes that Carla holds down the part as resident teenage drama queen, and feels that it's up to her to claim her rightful title from Carla Santini, and land the lead part in the school's production of the play PYGMALION. Of course, how was Lola to know that if Carla doesn't get what she wants, she is very, very unhappy, and is prepared to make your life a living hell.

I originally read and reviewed CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN in late 2001, early 2002, giving it a 3 star rating. But when I heard that the movie CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN, starring Lindsay Lohan was being released, I decided to re-read it, and found that this time around I enjoyed the plot and characters much more than the first time that I read it. Yes, Lola is often over-dramatic and whiny, but that's what makes her a fun and unique character. Carla Santini is the token mean girl, who will do anything to destroy someone who is becoming more recognized than herself. Ella is a quiet character, who is intelligent, yet very cautious about everything, until Lola comes into her life. And Sam is the guy every girl wants in her life, someone who comes to the rescue when you need help. Overall, this was a fantastic book that all teens will enjoy. I am now looking forward to reading the sequel, MY PERFECT LIFE, also by Dyan Sheldon, which is written from Ella's perspective, and I recommend that all fans of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN do the same.

Erika Sorocco

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Summary: The queen of Drama
Review: When I first started reading this book I was like ' How dull some freaky girl who is basically a as the title says Drama queen.' But as i got into the book I realised that Lola ( as she prefers to be called, is a lot more than that. Like any teenage girl of course. This story tell sabout a spontanious girl who isn't afraid to show how crazy she truly is.