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Book Review By Lauren S.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is about a bit over dramatic teen girl named Lola, who longs to be an actress someday and thrives in the city of New York. However, when her mother announces she is moving to the suburbs, Lola is distraght. They move to Dellwood (or as Lola calls it, Deadwood), New Jersey. Lola meets Ella and decides she is her "soul mate". Lola immediatly trys to be the spotlight of the Dellwood but realises the spot has already been filled by Carla Santini. When her favorite band Sidhartha breaks up she is detemined to get Ella and her into the concert and to the party at the lead singer's house after. Although, Lola may have to lie and twist her story a lot she somehow (BARELY) makes it. Still, Carla is detemined to lie in order to stop becoming the center of the school. It all has to be detemined by seeing which drama queen can lead the local school play, Pygmalion, Lola Cep or Carla Santini ?


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
City? Yes
City: - New York
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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