PRINCESS ASHLEY

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Summary: Believable Teens
Review: "Princess Ashley" was a believable story about teens, high school cliques, the quest for popularity, and destructive behavior in the guise of fun. Chelsea is a typical teenage girl, flattered out of her mind when the school's head honchoette, Ashley, includes her in the golden inner circle. Ashley's golden boyfriend, Craig, is a youngster dying on the inside for some guidelines in his life and receiving none from his parents or peers. He's in charge and he's a drunk. Chelsea gets in over her head when the golden duo make plans that end in tragedy. Peck's book is a good read and a true-to-life story of what lengths high school kids will go to be cool. No, it's deeper than that. They're desperately trying to be accepted.

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Summary: Almost without flaws
Review: A very powerful, true-to-life book about the world teenagers live in. This is such a good read. It's insightful, thought-provoking, humorous, grim, and well-written. One book for adolescents that should definitely not be overlooked. I'm glad I discovered it when I was still in my teens.

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Summary: Princess Ashley was one of the best books I've ever read
Review: I thought that Peck did a fantastic job keeping humor in his work, even though it had such grim moments. His characters were easy to identify with (as usual), and very realistic.

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Summary: Pleased Princess
Review: Princess Ashley is an amazing book. I chose to read this book because I thought it would be an easy book to relate to, and it is. This book follows a young girl who moves to a new place and begins highscool. She becomes into the popular group with Ashley. My favorite charater is Chelsea because she is just a normal girl trying to fit in. I think that the best part of Princess Ashley was when Chelsea and her boyfriend, Pod, dress up as hippies and go to a party. I would reccomend this book to any tennager because you can really relate.

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Summary: Portrays teenagers very well and is easy to relate to!
Review: Princess Ashley was a very good book. It gave realistic views on teenagers. Most everything in the book was very believable. There was only one thing that was hard to believe in the book. I realize some people have hard times in their lives, but everything bad that could possibly happen to a teenager happened to Chelsea, the main character. However, the book got a strong message across and I encourage young people especially to read Princess Ashley by Richard Peck.

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Summary: Very Realistic
Review: This is one of only a few books about high school kids that I really related to when I was in high school myself. The characters are so real and multidimensional. You see how shallow and immature golden girl Ashley really is, yet you also realize she has problems that make you just a little more sympathetic, and you're even drawn by her seeming worldiness and sophistication just enough to understand narrator Chelsea's admiration for her. Didn't we all wish at one time or another that we could be part of the In Crowd? Chelsea herself is a wonderfully realistic teenager, and her character is extremely well developed as we follow her through high school. Her relationship with her mother is very true to life, and progresses believably as Chelsea matures. And Pod is probably the most loveable, interesting high school boy I've ever come across in young adult fiction. This is one of those books that I've saved since I was a teenager and re-read once a year or so. This book in particular is a real blast from my past as it was published when I was in high school and makes references to things that were big then (Molly Ringwald, Sheila E singing "The Glamourous Life"). Though those things may make it a bit dated, the storyline and characters are sure to appeal to young adults today.