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Parents' Guide to

Airhead

By Terreece Clarke, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

Freaky life-swap tale with fashion and flair.

Book Meg Cabot Contemporary Fiction 2008
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age 11+

Based on 2 parent reviews

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swimgirl2405 Adult
June 22, 2009
age 12+

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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cabbe Parent of 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 16-year-old
May 16, 2009
age 10+

Great Book About Finding Yourself!

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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?

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This book is a fun ride, made more entertaining by the model-in-the-making herself. 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. 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.

Talk to Your Kids 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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