Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Novel ☑️ Recommended
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No, I haven’t seen the movie. Yes, I know that it is pretty good, from what I’ve heard anyway. The book is good as well, for a young adult novel anyway. I see these girls all the time; the ones who have low self-esteem even though they present themselves as over confident, rebellious, and dramatic. Oops, I think I just described myself! But seriously sometimes it’s the loud ones that have the lowest opinion of themselves, which seems to the case in this novel.
Anyway, Lola, whose real name is Mary Elizabeth is an attention seeker. She needs to be in the spotlight and does whatever it takes to get there. She manufactures a history for herself, creates a new persona to fit with her new school and consequently gets herself into some trouble when her plots, stories and plans all start to unravel. It is a funny little story that you can really see happening. Some girl, trying to one up the popular chick in school gets caught in a web of lies that she just doesn’t want to fess up to. In this case Lola lies about getting tickets to a concert and an invite to the band’s after party.
In the end she is triumphant while at the same times learns a valuable lesson. It is satisfying to see because even though she is a liar she isn’t a jerk. The nasty popular girl gets put in her place and the attention starved drama queen gets some time in the spotlight in a positive way. It seems well deserved and doesn’t come across as Lola being rewarded for being evil.
It’s cute and fun and I will watch the movie some day so that I can compare. Isn’t Lindsay Lohan in it or something?
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Summary
Mary Elizabeth Cep (or Lola, as she prefers to be called) longs to be in the spotlight. But when she moves to New Jersey with her family and becomes a student at Dellwood "Deadwood" High, Lola discovers that the role of resident drama queen is already filled--by the Born-to-Win, Born-to-Run-Everything Carla Santini. Carla has always gotten everything she wants-that is, until Lola comes along and snags the lead in the school play. Can Lola survive Carla's attempts at retaliation? Will Lola and her best friend, Ella, find a way to crash their favorite band's concert hall and farewell party in New York City - to which Carla has already gained entrance? And once the curtain goes up on the school play, which drama queen will take center stage?
ISBN-10 0763628271
ISBN-13 978-0763628277
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Release Date: August 10, 2010
272 pages
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