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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

by Dyan Sheldon

Series: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (1)

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its was better than the film but the film was good but book better
i think once you see film go read the book its probably ten times better ( )
  lilmizpixie09 | Apr 27, 2009 |
Many Young Adult novels follow a formula. In one, the main character gets into an impossible situation of his/her own doing, makes more mistakes and learns a lesson in the end. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen strays from this formula but not by much.

Mary Elizabeth Cep (who insists on being called Lola) is forced to move from New York city to Dellwood, New Jersey by her mother. Her mother and little sisters call her Drama Queen due to her propensity to always be in character. As the new girl at Dellwood High School, she tries to keep the other students guessing about her personality. She even lies to her best friend, Ella, to make herself more interesting.

When it’s time for the drama class to hold a production of Pygmalion, Lola is confident she will get the lead part. After all, she has perfected a Cockney accent. Carla Santini, the most popular girl in school, wants the same role. Most of the book is about the battle of Lola and Carla to be reigning queen of the drama department.

The ending offers resolutions to many of the storylines but is unsatisfying. In fact, I checked out another copy of the book from the library on the suspicion that the last five or six pages were missing from the first book. Nope. They both ended the same. ( )
  astults | Jan 18, 2009 |
For a young adult book I found it very enjoyable. A quick read but a lot of fun. Well written. ( )
  hockeycrew | Feb 1, 2007 |
An easy read about a girl who has moved to the suburbs and ends up in competition with Carla Santini, the school’s unofficial queen.
  peonygoat | Oct 15, 2006 |
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Mary Elizabeth, a.k.a. Lola, is accustomed to playing the starring role in the fascinating production that is her life. Her pottery-making single mom and bratty twin sisters are merely bit players in Lola's dramatic existence. But all this changes when she is forced to move from her beloved Manhattan to the boring suburbs of New Jersey. According to Lola, "living in the suburbs is like being dead, only with cable TV and pizza delivery." The worst part is that someone has already snagged the coveted Drama Queen of Suburbia title--and that someone is Carla Santini. Carla, who is "sophisticated, beautiful, and radiates confidence the way a towering inferno radiates heat," isn't about to let anyone take away her hard-earned crown. Undaunted, Lola tries out for and wins the lead in the school play, a role much desired by Carla. In retaliation, Carla makes the entire student body give Lola the silent treatment (and in addition scores tickets to a sold-out concert of Lola's favorite rock band). Can Lola crash the concert, crush Carla, and still have enough energy to wow everyone in the school production of Pygmalion? It's all in a day's work for Lola, Teenage Drama Queen.

With Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Dyan Sheldon has written a classic good girl vs. bad girl story and a rib-tickling romp through the petty kingdom (or in this case, queen-dom) of small-town high school popularity politics. The wide-open ending will have young drama-queens-in-training eagerly searching the shelves for the next installment of Lola's adventures. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert

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