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Summary: SO Good!!!
Review: A lot of people think from titles this book will be cheesy and bubblicious...well, some of it is in an ironic, humourous kind of way. But it's also a terrific story about growing up, family, dreams and fears.If you love Rachel Cohn's style of writing, you'll definitely love this book, whether you're a pop fan or not.
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Summary: The Inside Story On How Pop Star's Live and Feel
Review: Fifteen-year-old Wonder Blake had no intention of ever becoming a pop star. But that night when she was singing with her headphones to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," a new customer showed up at Dairy Queen. Suddenly Wonder has the chance of becoming a pop star, and even though it may not be exactly what her dream, the way it was her dead sister, Lucky's dream, anything that will help her out of Devonport, Massachusetts will work for her. Wonder jumps at the chance of a recording contract, and is suddenly swept away from her boring life back home. No more dead-end job, crazy family, boring high school, none of it. Now Wonder has it all, a recording contract, a spot opening up for pop superstar Kayla on her new tour, and a chart-climbing hit single. But Wonder soon finds out that being a superstar isn't all glitz and glamour. It's also a lot of work. Especially when you fall in love with a simple guy who likes you for you, and not for your title of Pop Princess. With so many teen pop superstars out there these days, Rachel Cohn has created a novel that will attract girls young and old to the excitement of it all. What they will get is the story of a young girl, with tons of talent, who is struggling to rise to the status of celebrity. Readers will experience Wonder's ups and downs as she mingles with other celebrities, goes to parties until the early morning, buys whatever she wants, and sees what being a superstar really costs. POP PRINCESS also portrays a fantastic message that will get through to teens who are fans of such pop acts such as Britney Spears, and Jessica Simpson, and who wish that they were in their place: being an ordinary teenager isn't that bad. A must-have new book by a fantastic YA author. Erika Sorocco
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Summary: Sexiiiiiiiiiiiii
Review: Hi the book was really great get it. I loved it(...)
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Summary: POP PRINCESS..(TRUTHFUL)
Review: I bought the book about a month ago. It was really good and I still catch myself reading it over and over. I love how the story took a average girl named Wonder, unlike most stories that put in a girl who's been singing and set her life to be a star since she was in diapers. Wonder like most people, can't wait to get out of her small town. In the end she realizes some people aren't always as they seem and that as much as she misses her sister and loved her, Wonder realizes she's her own person and has to find out who she really is. With love and heartbreak it told a tale of what really goes on in the music industry. She discovers secrets about her sister and that she should follow her way to superstardom.
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Summary: Blah
Review: I found that I could NOT get into this book, no matter how hard I tried. I realize that this would be a tough topic to write a whole book about, and I am a huge fan of Rachel Cohn's other book, "Gingerbread", but this book was just nothing special. Despite the fact that the way it was written was annoying, Wonder was an uninteresting, shallow character. I couldn't even finish the book. I recommend Rachel's other book, "Gingerbread", but not this one.
~Atalanta
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Summary: Horrible cover, dumb name, but a great book!!!
Review: I got this book on a whim, 1/2 because I wanted to see how much it sucked(based on the cover and title, I figured it would be a retarded cliche of fame and failure.), and 1/2 because I don't have many books to read and am always searching for decent ones. So imagine my surprize when I read "Pop Princes" in less then a day. I couldn't put it down. First off, I want to say that I never read all of Rachel Cohn's first novel "Gingerbread" because of my moral belief's, but I may try picking it up again(for the third time). But from what I read of it, I know that Cohn has a unique talent, the talent to bring up issues in teen novels(whether I like them or not), that most teen novel authors avoid like lepers, or when they do address then their so horribly cliched that you want to use to book as a rock to throw at the author(There are exceptions like Sarah Dessen, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Meg Cabot). That is not the case here. "Pop Princess" tells the story of Wonder Anna Blake, a 16yr outcast girl whom has been grieving from her sisters death for the past 2yrs. She works at the local Dairy Queen, and has gained a lot of weight since her sister "Lucky" died. Her and he sister used to be on a show called "Bean Town Kidz"(VERY similar to the New Mickey Mouse Club). One day when she is mopping the floors a late customer comes in, it happens to be a guy her and her family knew when her sister was alive, a manager that was going to sign Lucky's group. He here's Wonder singing to "Smells like Teen Spirit" and wants her to record a Demo. She doesn't want to because singing was Lucky's dream, not hers. But soon she decides to do it for her sister and because she things it may be her ticket out of Devenport, the dinky ocean town she hates so much. The thing I liked so much about Pop Princess is the way it conveyed the Pop music seen. It conveyed it PERFECTLY!!! And I just wanted to yell at Wonder "HELLO!!!! Bubblegum Pop is NOT worth it.! Get out of there now and do it your way!!". I also liked how it dealt with the issue of love, all her ventures into that territory blows up in her face until finally she sees what(I saw right away) was right in front of her. It also deals with some other issues pretty well, some things I don't agree, but I guess they have to be dealt with anyways so whatever. I would say that in a sense Pop Princess is a cliched story, but I like it because this girl is only 17yrs when the book ends but it seems like she's 30 or 40yrs just because all that she's been through. Most grown adults wont even expeirence what she has. So in that sense I really like the book. Anyways if you want a good teen novel then you'll like this. That's all. God Bless & *enjoy* ~Amy
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Summary: A quick, fun read...
Review: I loved Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn and Pop Princess was just as cute! For those rainy, boring days, this book is definitely something fun to read.
Wonder is a small town, former child star who is just trying to find where she fits in. Her encounters with the different guys can be related to and it was amusing to see how she felt about each one. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: awesome!
Review: I myself am an aspiring singer/actress, and this book really showed what it's like. I also love reading about Wonder and how she dealed with all of it.
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Summary: SERIOUSLY, THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!!!
Review: I never really liked reading. I would always start reading a book and get bored of it, but this book was different. I could not put this book down!!!! It really was the best book I've ever read in my entire life!!!! It's full of twists and turns. It's about a 15-year-old girl, Wonder Anna Blake, who gets discovered while singing along with her walkman at her job at the local DQ by her sister's old manager, Gerald Tiggs, aka Tig. (Her sister, Lucky, was on her way to stardom with two of her friends in a girl group called Trinity. Then, on one horrifying day, Lucky was crossing the street to her home when she was killed by a drunk driver.) Tig asks Wonder if she would like to make a demo to try to get some record deals. When Wonder thinks of how both her family and their home are both falling apart, she accepts the offer, but she doesn't think she'll actually get a record deal. A few months pass by and she gets a call from Tig saying Pop Life Records, one of the biggest record companies, offered her a record deal. Finally, an escape from the life she absolutely hates. Of course, she accepts the record deal. Because of the hassle, she drops out of high school. Tig has Trina, one of the former members of Trinity and one of Lucky's old friends, come help Wonder get into shape and choreograph her first music video. Then, he has the other former member of Trinity, Kayla, who is already one of the biggest superstars around, to help Wonder during her rise to stardom. Finally, Wonder gets to leave the town she absolutely hates and she's about to become the next biggest superstar. She gets a whole new look, her first single "Bubble Gum Pop" becomes a huge hit, and so much more, but, as she ends her first tour as an opening act for Kayla, she starts to realize that maybe this isn't the life she wants. Her family's falling apart, she can't find a guy that likes her for who she is, and she has to do all these things that she doesn't want to do just to keep her looking good for the record company. Maybe her old life wasn't so bad. Will she stay a "pop princess" or will she go back to the life she used to hate? Read the book and find out. After you're done, you'll admit that this is the best book you've ever read!!!!!!!!
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Summary: I didn't want to, but I fell in love with this book...
Review: I saw the cover first. I picked it up because it was colorful, and colors attract me for some strange reason. Then I actually looked at the picture. ... And I was horrified; even more so when I saw the name of the author. Gingerbread was one of my favorite "teeny-bopper" books, and I could not believe that the author of such lovely, sarcastic work could come up with a book entitled *Pop Princess*... But I bought it anyway; I had to trust in Rachel Cohen... And I was pleasantly surprised to find a realistically fantastical novel, which showed the rise, and eventual fall of a one-hit-Wonder, pardon the pun. While the plot was evident, it was done in such a way that made you read it anyway, despite the fact that you knew what would happen at just about every turn. It is honest in a very earnest kind of way, and very fun to read. A true guilty pleasure for the pretentious teen reader, and well worth the fifteen bucks I paid.
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