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Rating: Summary: A good read! Review: "The Princess and The Pauper" is a modern-day fairy tale and a fun, easy, and light read. Carina, the crown princess of Vineland, has never experienced a normal teenage life. Instead, she feels like a caged bird living in a large palace where she must deal with the ongoing pressures of being a royal. To make matters worse, Carina's family wants her to go out with another royal she doesn't even like, Markus. When Carina meets a guy online named Ribbit and lead singer of a popular band, Carina realizes that her upcoming trip to Los Angeles would give her the chance to meet him and experience what it would be like to live like a regular teen for once. Meanwhile, instead of worrying about meeting guys, Julia Johnson is too busy worrying about how to keep a roof over her and her mothers' heads. They lived in a run-down apartment unsuitable for living in and were in danger of being evicted from their home if Julia's mother could not pay the rent that she had owed for the past several months. So when Carina comes to Los Angeles and gives a speech at Julia's school, Carina realizes that they looked exactly alike and she could use Julia to meet Ribbit. When Carina offers Julia ten-thousand dollars to switch, Julia can't say no. After all, she and her mother really needed the money. What happens when they switch? Lots of unexpected twists and turns, events, and surprises, even a happy ending! This is a great book for Meg Cabot fans or fans of teen fiction novels.
Rating: Summary: Best book ever Review: 'The Princess and the Pauper' is one of the best books I've ever read. I read it 4 times.
'The Princess and the Pauper' is a modern day twist on the story 'The Prince and the Pauper'. Carina is the 16 year old princess of a country called Vineland. On a tour in California, she meets her American look-alike, Julia. For $10,000, Julia agrees to switch places with Carina for one day in order for Carina to go to a rock concert and meet her online boyfriend Ribbit. Everything went perfectly, until Carina finds herself on a bus halfway to Arizona, and Julia finds herself being jetted off to Vineland.
Once you read this book you'll understand why I read it 4 times. It's extremely well written and you won't be able to pull your eyes away from it until you finish. So go to your local library or bookstore and get the book... you won't regret it!
Rating: Summary: Horrible Review: Absolutely horrible. I was expecting something akin to The Princess Diaries, but this author just doesn't know how to write. If incorrect grammar and wordiness don't both you, then you might enjoy this novel. However, the plot is unoriginal and slow. This book could have been written using half as many pages- that's how many extra words there are. And forget funny. Again, very unoriginal: characters and events are cliché; author relies on decription of being a princess rather than being a teenager as the Diaries do. Uninteresting. Couldn't wait to give it away.
Rating: Summary: You just cant put it down! Review: I thought The Princess and the Pauper was an OK book, however, it was a bit predictable in that way. Of COURSE they both find gorgeous guys, of COURSE everything turns out alright in the end, of COURSE they find out that being a princess/normal isn't as easy as it looks. It was a bit TOO predictable actually, because I was expecting more substance in this book; maybe something that was a bit more original. Perhaps I thought this because I had seen a movie recently with pretty mcuh the same storyline, and also it was too much like The Princess Diaries, which was, by the way, good, but it was also one of the first big princess stories. The Princess and the Pauper seemed to me a bit of a "wanabe" Princess Diaries.
Rating: Summary: Cute Addition to the Teen Fiction Genre Review: Sixteen-year-old Carina, the much-loved, and very well-known Princess of Vineland, has never experienced anything teenage-like. Instead, she is trapped in the Palace learning about her country, visiting hospitals, and being forced to attend balls where she has to dance with boring Markus. So when she meets a rock star named Ribbit online, Carina decides that she just has to meet him in person during her upcoming trip to the City of Angels. That's where Julia comes in. Sixteen-year-old Julia is a near twin to Carina, but as opposed to being royalty, or even to being rich, Julia is a pauper. Sure she goes to a posh private school, but on scholarship. She doesn't have to worry about things like attending balls, but she does have to worry about how she and her Mother will be able to scrape the rent together for their rat-hole of an apartment, before they're evicted. So when Carina approaches her with the idea to switch places for a day, and offers Julia $10,000 to do it, she jumps at the chance. How hard can being a Princess actually be? As a fan of all things royal (i.e. THE PRINCESS DIARIES, ELLA ENCHANTED, etc.) I knew that I absolutely had to have THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER. What I got was a fun, and enchanting story that has been greatly updated to fit in with today's modern day society. Carina is a fun character, who definitely changes as she sees what it's like to be a non-royal for a few days. However, I found Julia to be much more relateable, as she was much less stuck-up, and was more down-to-earth. THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER really gives you a sneak peek into the lives of what a celebrity goes through everyday. With paparazzi, meetings, etc. Fans of the Disney Channel Original Movie MODEL BEHAVIOR will adore this book, as the plots are almost identical. Erika Sorocco
Rating: Summary: Is it the life you want it to be? Review: This book has great wonders. I love it and i could read it over and over again and not get bored. Being a Princess is not always fun. I wish i was a princess, but now this book explains that the life u have now is the best it can be.
Rating: Summary: Princess and the Pauper Review: This is a fun book for any girl who wishes she were someone else, just once, so all her problems would go away. Although the story is highly improbable it gives a glimpse of what it is lie to trade places. Carina is now free of her royal strictures and can do whatever she wants, but she comes to realize that she has to be responsible for herself. And Julia, she just needs the money so her mom and scruffy cat, Desperate, won't get evicted, but ends up falling in love with Carina's sort of boyfriend, who thinks she's Carina and... Oh, what a mess, but in the end, as each girl struggles with their new identity, and finding the things they seek, they learn to appreciate each other, and become friends. Even if they are a princess and a pauper.
Rating: Summary: The best book ever! Review: Well I liked this book because I found it different form other books but had the same themes as movies. Like you meet your long lost twin and you switch places for a day like that but still it wasn't bad reading about it.. again!
Well this book was about two girls.
Julia - The girl whose about to get thrown out of her apartment so she tries to get a job. She isn't exactly a mean girl but she is bitchy in some ways.
and
Carina - The princess of Vineland striving to be an average girl. She is in love with a sexy rockstar she met online and wants to meet him once she comes to America. She acts like a total snob but she can be nice if she wants to.
But Carina comes to Julia's school and they meet up and Carina's best friend Ingrid does a big switcheroo. Soon Julia is at a ball and Carina is at the rock concert and met her online boyfriend Ribbit as she planned. But some things go wrong and suddenly Carina is on her way to someplace in America and Julia is off to Vineland.
This book is filled with romance and bitchiness but it's a good book.. even though it's a bit long :P
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