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Book Review By Alexandra Kuykendall
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon

Teenage Drama Queen Mary (or Lola, as she prefers to be called) is forced by her mother to move from her native New York City to the small town of Dellwood in New Jersey. An aspiring actress, Lola greatly misses all of the opportunities and culture that New York had to offer. She does however, befriend a girl in her classes, Ella, and get the lead role in the school's production of Pygmalion. The most popular girl in school, Carla, wanted that role for herself, and decides to make Lola's life miserable by flaunting the fact that she has tickets to the big Sidhartha farwell concert and party. Sidhartha is Lola's favorite band, but her mother won't let her go all the way to New York alone. It seems that she has no hope of going, but Lola is intent on getting her and Ella into that concert to show Carla up.


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

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
City? Yes
City: - New York
Small town? Yes

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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