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Airhead
- By Meg Cabot
- Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Common Sense Media says
Freaky life-swap tale with fashion and flair.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this book covers some questionable medical procedures and discusses the question of when life actually ends. A teenager is thrust into a very adult world where there's little supervision, but plenty of money to purchase high-end goods. This is handled better than in many other teen books with a fashion focus.
What's the story?
Emerson Watts is trying to get her best friend Christopher to realize she's actually a girl, keep her little sister from becoming a clone of the popular kids, and maybe, just maybe, survive high school. When her mom makes her supervise her little sister's trip to the mega music store, an accident changes her forever -- into someone totally different and someone her best friend and the world will definitely notice.
Is it any good?
Meg Cabot, Princess Diaries author, brings teen readers yet another makeover story -- but here the fantasy twist is that a regular girl gets a model's life after an accident and some much more invasive procedures. It's a fun ride, made more entertaining by the model-in-the-making herself. Emerson Watts is witty, sensitive, and slightly offbeat -- and her humorous take on her new life keeps the usual fashion and high school cattiness and snobbery in check.
The downside of this teen fantasy is the stretch the author asks the readers to make -- the kind you would usually only make for mad-scientist horror movies. Adding a slight edge is an underlying mystery that feels just sinister enough to keep it from dissolving into a Scooby-Doo caper. A few intriguing loose ends set readers up for more in the series.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what it would be like to live another person's life. What do you think would be easy? What would be hard? Also, what do you think of the medical procedures Emerson endures? Are they ethical?
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Counting down until the second one.
I love this book - cant wait to gte the second one!!! A mature 10 year old could read this, and it would be enjoyable from that age upto about 15.
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A must read for all girls 12 and up
This book is another one of Meg Cabot's fantastic novels for teen girls. I read this book at age 12. It was fantastic. There really is nothing parent's should be worried about, except maybe a kiss or two, but come on, this book is brilliantly written.All girls 11 and up will adore this novel, I, a bookworm myself, guarantee it. I am personally a fan of Meg Cabot and have read many of her teen novels. This is one of her best, and I reccomend this book 100 percent.
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Love it!
I really like this book. The things these teens do are actually age appropriate, even though they're illegal.
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good book
i liked the book it a very short book hunting down the sequel menions clubbing,kissing and dying and wors like suck
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A-MA-ZING
i loved this book and couldnt wait until being nikki came out, its an amazing book
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Good moral
There's a positive message in this book telling us that Emerson is a smart, and nice girl that is picked on because of the way she dresses. Nikki is a beautiful but back stabbing friend and a total jerk. This book tells us not to judge people the way they look but instead learn who they really are. Looks can be deceiving.
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for teens
i liked the book. .it talks abt a girl who has A BRAIN TRANSPLANT and finds herself in a supermodel's body...
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awsome book
I love this book its great for teenage girls. Super funny and really good. I would strongly suggest this book to any girl 10 and older.
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Airhead moral reveiw
its a good book to make others realize the life of celebrities and be happy with their own lives in an interesting way
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| Author: | Meg Cabot |
| Book type: | Fiction |
| Genre: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Publisher: | Point |
| Publication date: | May 13, 2008 |
| Number of pages: | 352 |
| Hardcover price: | $16.99 |
| Publisher's recommended age(s): | 12 - 12 |
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