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Summary: All's Fair in Love, War, and High School Book Review
Review: All's Fair in Love, War, and High School
By: Rallison, Janette
Reviewed by: J.Lee
Period:1 Samantha Taylor has failed the SATs. She got an 810 out of a possible 1600!!! With a grade like this, her chances of attending a great college were looking pretty bad. Since being in the position of head cheerleader won't help her get into a good collage, she decides to run for student body president. She thinks that this will help her a lot. She decides she will try to get other people to vote for her by not insulting them. When she "becomes" nicer, her friend, Logan, she ends up in a bet with him. She can't take two weeks without insulting someone, or that's what he thinks. In the campaign, she is running against intelligent Amy Stock and the popular, but strange Rick Debrock. During all of this campaigning, Samantha makes new friends, becomes enemies with the old, and learns about the characters in people. She also learns that there are other people in the world besides her and everything is not about her. I liked this book because it talks about a life of a teenager. It tells how she deals with her problem. Normally, I like books that have a little romance and realistic fiction in it. This book kept me "hooked" onto the book. Even though you knew what was going to happen, it was still exiting. "Samantha, you can't walk into a room of six people without insulting five of them." Logan said this and this motivated Samantha to take Logan's bet. Samantha decided to only change her attitude for only the campaign. While she is campaigning, she realizes that people would like her more if she were nicer to them and if she wouldn't insult them.
"You've changed, Samantha, and so have I. I think it's a good change, don't you?" I think this quote is important because it shows that Samantha has grown up from being stuck up to being nice, friendly, and kind. This shows that she has matured a lot. My favorite part of this book was the times when Samantha was about to insult someone, but Logan was always around somewhere waiting for her to insult someone. It was thrilling to see if Samantha would win the bet and whether she would be "able to live" without insulting people.
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Summary: All's Fair in Love, War, and Highschool
Review: All's Fair In Love,War, and High School
By Janette Rallison
ISBN: 0802788742
Walker & Co., 2003, 183 pp, $11.87
Samantha Taylor is the very image of perfection. She's smart, pretty, talented, and nice to everyone she sees. NOT! In fact, Samantha is the very opposite. Though she is pretty, she got an 810 on the SAT's, criticizes almost everyone who walks by her, and the only two things she is good at is seducing guys, and being head cheerleader. "Everyone who's hung out with Samantha knows that she can't go into a room with six people without insulting five of them." So her ex-boyfriend Logan places a bet that she can't go two weeks without insulting someone. So she now has the burden of that bet on her shoulders. The hot brother of her mean and snotty, rival, Elise is coming back from college, her friend betrays her, and on top of all that, she's running for school president to put 'Leadership' on her college application. 'All's Fair In Love, War, And High school' is a story filled with responsibility, popularity, and determination. Almost every girl can relate to the main character, and has had experiences like Samantha's happen to them. I could relate to this book very well. It is a story that is guaranteed to reel you in and never let you stop turning the pages. The book is written in first person and the author Janette Rallison, really gets into the mind of teenage girl such as myself. This book has comedy, romance, and the thoughts of teenage girl Samantha Taylor.
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Summary: Definitely worth picking up
Review: At first I was a bit put off by the title, All's Fair in Love, War, and High School. Although it's clever, i immediately labeled it as a shallow teen book without substance (sorry). but it completely surprised me! i couldnt seem to stop reading and i finished it in one sitting...the plot was good, if predictable (but in a way that made it completely satisfying in the end) and i love how the main character, Samantha, changes from the shallow, critical, but ultimately well-intentioned popular girl that she was in the beginning. and the romance was perfectly executed.
Anyway, the story is about a junior in high school named samantha who just finds out she bombed the SAT, is dumped by her boyfriend, and decides to run for class president (to look good on her high sschool transcript). she makes a bet with this guy she works with (and dated in 8th grade),logan, that she could survive two weeks without insulting anyone. the course of the story is basically about those two weeks and lots of events surrounding it. i would definitely recommend it.
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Summary: Excellent, clean junior high/high school book!
Review: I am a junior high teacher who tries not to censor the books I put in my classroom too much. But when one comes along, like All's Fair in Love, War, and High School, that doesn't have to be censored, I am so thrilled! Rallison weaves a believable, engaging story about popular, but shallow Samantha, as she copes with different problems and grows as a person. Teen girls will relate to Samantha's constant juggling act of school, boys, friends, family, and social events. Also, Samantha realizes that her friendships basically consist of cutting others down. She copes with her friends ostracizing her as she tries to change this. Rallison keeps the whole thing funny and light-hearted while hitting on some important ideas of self-esteem, and actually keeping the content of the story PG! I highly recommend it! My junior high girls are loving it, too!
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Summary: I'd say all is far in love, war, and highschool!
Review: I read this book a week ago. I loved it! I'm 14 and I'll be a freshman next year. Samantha, the junior in high school girl in the book, had it pretty hard in the very beggining. Even throughout the book she was so unlucky things just kept disagreeing with her. The author also turns things around in the end and even though things don't necessarily end up her way, she makes new friends and finds out that some of her bad thoughts that she had about people were completely wrong. I hope that when I'm a freshman, I don't have it nearly as bad as she did. I would recommend this book to kids in middle school and freshmen. Even though some of it is repeditive, some parts are more interesting than not.
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Summary: All's Fair in Love, War, and High School?
Review: I thought this book was okay. It was a bit slow and boring. It was interesting, though, for the book to be based from a cheerleader's view.
There are some good things about it though. At first Samantha can't go one day without insulting someone, but in the end, she learns that its better to not be so cynical, and winning her election isn't everything.
I wouldn't recommend this book, but if you have spare time, go ahead.
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Summary: The Best Teen Story EVER!
Review: Jannette Rallison's "All's Fair in Love, War, and High School" lives up to its title, and rises above the usual predictable teen romance. Head cheerleader Samantha Taylor has the looks to attract just about any guy, but can't hold onto any of them beyond six weeks. Seems Samantha has a problem...she can't bite her tongue, and her acid insults have driven away boyfriends, best friends, you name it. When she scores a composite 810 on the SAT, it rocks her perfect world. Determined to go to college, rather than flip burgers for a living, she decides to run for class president. Samantha is a completely believable character, and it is fun to watch her change her shallow self little by little. I didn't want the book to end!
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: This book was a very fun book. The book is written in first person and the author Janette Rallison, really gets into the mind of teenage girl such as myself. This book has comedy, romance, and the thoughts of teenage girl Samantha Taylor. I recamend this book.
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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: this is my absolute favorite book it is so enjoyable and funny that you just want it to go on forever. this book has everything and its not even bad like every single other teenage book out there today with [...] girls and drugs and what not. i highly recommend this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This was a great book. it was funny and witty and i really enjoyed it. i was expecting a little more of the end but it was still a great book. i love the banter betwen logan and samantha. i definitely recommend this book
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