Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10703 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

Review
Cabot (the Princess Diaries series) dishes up all the story ingredients her fans have come to know and love romance, humor, believable teen dialogue and even a fantastical twist. This last bit requires a major suspension of disbelief, but willing readers will love it. Emerson Watts, 16, likes living in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, but she can't tolerate most of the students at her private high school. She and her best friend (and secret crush), Christopher, escape their outcast status by immersing themselves in online video games. But Emerson's bland world shatters when she attends the opening of a new Stark Megastore and suffers a terrible accident. She wakes up in the hospital one month later in someone else's body and not just anyone else's, but that of superhot teen model Nikki Howard. Cabot's portrayal of Emerson is brilliant. She's a too-cool-for-school independent chick, but she doesn't grow annoying, because the author makes it clear her sarcasm stems from not fitting in. Once she's Nikki Howard, however, she has to rethink her positions on the social order. Pure fun, this first series installment will leave readers clamoring for the next. Ages 12 up. (June) --Publishers Weekly:

Unlike her starry-eyed sister, down-to-earth Em Watts isn t thrilled to be at Stark Megastore s star-studded opening, especially since her best friend and secret crush, Christopher, can t stop drooling over teen modeling sensation and Stark representative, Nikki Howard. Just as Em wonders how Nikki can captivate people so, she suffers an accident that sends her to a Manhattan hospital with life-altering injuries that intimately intertwine both women forever her brain has been surgically transplanted into Nikki s body. This bizarre new relationship with Nikki forces Em, a self-identifying feminist, to reevaluate her life views and slowly to accept Nikki as more than just an airhead. Although quick to set up the accident and its repercussions, the text slows down to an even pace, introducing many juicy issues to be explored in the upcoming sequel, especially with respect to nefarious corporate activities. Although it relies on a somewhat far-fetched premise, the text s abundant references to current pop culture and Em s witty character keep this read both grounded and fun. (Fiction. YA) --Kirkus

About the Author
MEG CABOT is the author of the New York Times bestselling series The Princess Diaries, which was made into two wildly popular Disney films of the same name. Other books by Meg include Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, All-American Girl, Ready or Not, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, and the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You series. Meg divides her time between New York City and Key West, Florida, and can be visited online at www.megcabot.com.

Customer Reviews

I'm speechless.
I'm back. I adored this book. It was amazing. The only problem is that I can't find the SEQUEL! It ends right when things seem to be getting really interesting, and the sequel isn't out?? I am disappointed about the sequel, but I loved the book.

a great teen chick lit book
This is a great book. meg cabot has out done herself again. Great Chick lit. Light and Fluffy.

Another great Meg Cabot
I really liked this book. The plot wasn't completely original, but it had it's own twist. It was very worth reading and I am really excited about the sequel.