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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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Summary: Meg Cabot's Best!
Review: I have read all of Meg Cabot's "the princess Diaries Books" and a few others and here she is at her best. She totally knows how us young girls think, and expresses sam's emotions like a true work of art. hands down -- her very best!
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Summary: Sam or Mia?
Review: This book was very cute. However, I caught myself noticing how similar it was to the Princess Diaries series. Sam might as well be a Mia with rage. The story line was pretty similar, the cute ignorance of the main character, and the romance were pretty much similar as well. I enjoyed the book, but wished it would have tried to distinguish itself somewhat. It's a book that you will read and like, maybe read again but that's it. My advice: Check this book out of the library rather than buying it, spend your money on something else.
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Summary: All American Book
Review: All american book is your everyday feel-good book. Again Cabot puts outsiders in sitations where they turn into famous role models for girls 12-16. What's memorable about this story is the way it can make you feel good about yourself for no apparent reason, because you end up feeling like Sam, Cabot's loser- turned-hero, who saves the president's life.
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Summary: All American Girl- An All American Book!
Review: This book is an awesome book!! I read it in one day. It left me hanging, seeing what turns the story would take next. Here's my summary: Samantha Madison is an average teenage girl who has basically only one friend. She has bright red, frizzy hair. She dresses in all black and listens to punk music, or as she calls it, ska. Her older sister is the prettiest, most popular girl at their school. She has the perfect boyfriend, Jack, whom Samantha believes is her soul mate. Sam's younger sister is a genius, going to a special school for gifted kids called Horizons and taking college-level classes. Sam's basically stuck in the middle. Everything changes when she starts taking art lessons after almost failing German. She goes to the classes when a cute boy, David, compliments her on her boots, which are combat boots decorated in daisies she colored with WiteOut and yellow highlighters. She is humiliated in front of the class and skips her next class. She goes to a music store and a cookie store. She's waiting for her ride home when the President drives up and walks into the cookie store. A man she's standing next to pulls out a gun and looks like she's going to shoot the President, so Sam jumps on him. She had stopped him from assassinating the president. She is now famous. She eats dinner at the White House and finds out the David, the guy she met at art class, was the President's son. He likes her a lot, but she just doesn't see it. She feels funny around him, like she's never felt before, but isn't sure what it is. Will she still be in love with Jack or change her mind? Find out!! You've GOT to read this book!
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Summary: All American Girl
Review: How would you feel as a school outcast who, while skipping her art class, has her life changed around after saving the President's life?! Well in the book, All American Girl by Meg Cabot, that's exactly what happens! Samantha Madison has always been not one of the most popular kids at school, considering her one-year move to Morocco and coming back with a slight accent. Ever since then, people have been making fun of her because she had to take a Speech and Language program at her school. She dyed all her clothes black to mourn the loss of starving children across the world, and on top of that she tries to make as little human contact as possible! She chooses this life because she is the middle child, and has a popular/ cheerleader older sister and a child genius for a little sister.
So Sam is stuck in the middle! Obviously, you see the problem! Then one day, while skipping her art class, she spots a man trying to shoot the President, who is eating a t a local restaurant while waiting for his son to come out of his art class
(Same class as Sam). From the time she jumped on Mr. 'Uptown Girl's' back to the end of the book, her life is changed forever! I really love this book! It is something that I know a lot of people can relate to, because it talks about human lifestyles (mostly teenage girl's lifestyles) in a comical way in which you make the young reader laugh out loud! All my friends want to read this wonderful book, and I know it will be loved and treasured by all who read All American Girl by Meg Cabot.
by MW
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Summary: All American Girl
Review: This is a really really good book, containing the monologue of a very low-self-esteemed, though very cool, red-headed girl named Samantha who is suffering under the curse of having a perfect older sister and a brillant (though socially handicapped) younger sister. And to make matters worse, she thinks she is love with the president's son. Though there's not much chance for her to get him back after she used to him to make her older sister's boyfriend jealous.....
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Summary: The Best Meg Cabot Book Ever!!!!
Review: This book had me laughing all the way through! It had romance, humor, and the all around cleverness that you always get in Meg Cabot books. It is lighthearted, but I don't think it's predictable. If this book is predictable I don't know what cheap romance novels made for teenage girls these days are. In my opinion, All American Girl is the best book for girls who are sick of the trashy books made for teenagers. All American Girl brings out the fun in life, and I highly recommend it.
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