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    All-American Girl
    All-American Girl
    All-American Girl
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    All-American Girl

    By Meg Cabot

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    The New York Times bestselling hit from Meg Cabot

    Samantha Madison is just your average sophomore gal living in DC when, in an inadvertent moment sandwiched between cookie-buying and CD-perusing, she puts a stop to an attempt on the life of the president. Before she can say “MTV2” she’s appointed Teen Ambassador to the UN and has caught the eye of the very cute First Son.

    Featuring Meg Cabot’s delightful sense of humor and signature romance that made The Princess Diaries such a hit, this New York Times bestselling standalone novel is sure to please fans and new readers alike.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperTeen
    Release dateOct 6, 2009
    ISBN9780061971822
    All-American Girl
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    Meg Cabot

    Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to writing adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fiction series The Princess Diaries. She lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband. www.megcabot.com

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    • 2/5
      I know teenage girls love Meg Cabot, but if this book is an indication of her other books, she is not for me. I found the protagonist absolutely irritating and the storyline insubstantial. Too light and fluffy for my liking.
    • 3/5
      A great turn around novel for Meg Cabot. The others I have read lately have been a little young for me. However this one was cute. Sam Madison was the average teenager until she saves the life of the President of the United States. She then learns that life isn't everything it is supposed to be. This book contains comedy, love, and excitement. I wish it could have been a little more adultish but it was a good young adult book so I can't complain. It got a rating of 3 out of 5. A good read for the 12-15 year old range.
    • 4/5
      Samantha Madison is a typical misfit teenager until the day she inadvertently saves the President of the United States from an assassination attempt. Then her life changes in more ways than she could have imagined.I thought the characters were well-developed and realistic. Samantha especially was genuine and likeable. All American Girl is a fluffy, funny teenage romance that was great to listen to in the car.
    • 3/5
      This is the first Meg Cabot novel I have read - I've been aware of her success for a while, especially the Princess Diaries stories.I thought this was sweet and funny, it has a positive message about being true to yourself and having your own opinions, without using a large hammer to bang it in.I wonder how well the pop culture messages will date - I had to put on Gwen Stefani while reading (grin)
    • 4/5
      All-American Girl is told from Sam’s point of view, and teens will enjoy her voice: a little ironic, a little snarky, a little self-depreciating. All-American Girl is a light, enjoyable read. Even though the ending is predictable, there are quite a few satisfying surprises thrown in along the way.
    • 4/5
      aww! this was such a cute little book. i really liked it.
    • 4/5
      Well written book with an interesting plot and very uncommon characters, it was good though a little mature when it comes to the follow up called 'Ready or Not'
    • 3/5
      I thought it was a really cute story with cute main characters.. I love the way Meg Cabot writes, but I'm feeling like I should think about reading less young adult books with this one lol.. I didn't feel like I was relating to the main character that well (even though I found her to be cute and fun) and it ended up making me feel a bit on the old side! ;)
    • 4/5
      I just finished this book recently and am currently reading its sequel. I thought it was a really cute story. It wasn't very realistic, but few of Meg Cabot's books actually are. That's one of the many reasons why they are so much fun to read. This particular story is about an average girl, artistic and rebellious, who one day happens to save the life of the President of the United States. Her life is completely changed by this - she is suddenly popular, has reporters stalking her and her family, and she is given a position as "teen ambassador to the UN." Perhaps the biggest change in her life is when the President's son falls for her and she realizes that she has fallen for him, too. The story is not without any seriousness, either; it discusses, somewhat, freedom of speech and the some of the toughest issues we face in our world today. Nonetheless, this book is a good, light-hearted read and can easily be finished in one sitting. Sit back, relax, and enjoy it.
    • 5/5
      Very good book about a girl who saves the presidents life.
    • 4/5
      All-American Girl is the story of Samantha Madison, a student in Washington D.C., who is nothing like her popular sister: she has red wiry hair, dyed all her clothes black, and is being forced by her parents to take an art classes. All that changes when she saves the life of the the president.Then she is suddenly forced into the public eye . . . and the into the realization that the president's son may like her.I really liked this book - it's an interesting storyline with characters that I cared about. There are a lot of funny, interesting details from the names of the presidents' children engraved on a windowsill, to the French lady who sells her delicious baguettes. I also really loved the descriptions of the art lessons and how they tie in with truths about Samantha herself.A good read.
    • 4/5
      The last thing sophomore, Samantha Madison expected for herself was to become a celebrity, but it did when she accidentally saves the President’s life waiting for a ride after school. Soon, Samantha is a star at school, is named the teen ambassador to the U.N. and even gets invited to dinner at the White House. With all of this publicity, Samantha is still not set; all she wants is a date with her sister’s boyfriend. Through plans that backfire and an entertaining plot, the reader experiences the teenager’s relationship with her family, sister, and friend. Historical presidential tidbits are also thrown into the text that make the read more interesting than ever and the reader is able to see Samantha grow and find herself. This young adult novel is a perfect edition to include in a middle school and high school library. It is a fun and entertaining book with a good message for anyone that reads it.
    • 4/5
      This one of my favorite Cabot books. Samantha is someone you can really relate to and you find yourself laugh once within ten pages. What's great is that if anyone else had written a book with this plot line, it would've been totally unbelievable- but Cabot forces you to believe that it can happen. I love the lists that appear between chapters- they bring Samantha to life and they're really funny. I find myself flipping through the pages just to read the lists.
    • 5/5
      Funniest book I have ever read. Period.
    • 5/5
      This book is very exciting. It is romantic, exciting, and politic. I recommend it to everyone. I mean you don't read everyday about a go green girl saving the president's life.
    • 5/5
      This book made me more obsessed with burgers and drawing and making lists then anything I had ever read!! It was very cute and funny!
    • 4/5
      So far I am on the 3rd chapter and I already think it is very good and interesting
    • 5/5
      I'll admit - I'm a bit addicted to young adult chick lit, and by far my favorite author of this genre is Meg Cabot. With All American Girl, she's once again captured the essence of a young high school girl, who marches to the beat of her own drummer, and yet she's managed to avoid turning her into just another Mia Thermopolos, the lead character of Meg Cabot's extremely popular Princess Diaries series.
    • 5/5
      I love reading Meg Cabot books because they are so much fun and easy to read. This is a quirky love story complete with a multitude of top 10 lists. I just loved it!
    • 5/5
      Sophomore Samantha Madison is redheaded, a middle child, left-handed, and, in her opinion, one of the only teenage girls left who have not succumbed to the soul-sucking fashion trends of modern-day society. She's a wannabe radical: she dyed her wardrobe black, and she's in love with her popular older sister Lucy's boyfriend Jack, who's as "radical" as they get. Sam thinks it's the end of her already lousy world when, as a punishment for bad grades, her parents send her to art lessons at Susan Boone's. Sam's a good artist, but she doesn't take well to criticism, and so when on the first day Susan Boone accuses her of not drawing what she knows, Sam decides not to come back. Ever. Which turns out to be a good thing, because while she’s hiding from Susan Boone at the following lesson, she manages to stop an assassination attempt on the president. All of a sudden Sam is the “it” girl at her school, the US, and the whole world. The president awards her the position of teen ambassador to the UN, and his cute son David (who is also in Susan Boone's art class) thinks there's something special about Sam. Only Sam knows there's nothing very heroic about what she did. And she doesn't understand why David's being so nice to her, or why her heart skitters when he smiles at her, or why she feels so bad after David finds out she had used him to make Jack jealous at a party. Because she's totally in love with Jack. Right?What fun ALL-AMERICAN GIRL is! People of all ages will enjoy this book. Samantha is an amazing protagonist, and her narration will pull you along like nothing ever had. Highly recommended!
    • 4/5
      Meg Cabot is such a creative writer, that I could pick up any of her books and be completely satisfied. She writes as if she is your best friend, and her characters are so imperfect that it is so easy to relate to them somehow. This book features one of her typical, quirky teenaged girls. In this sarcastic novel, Sam, who is proclaimed a hero after saving the president from an assasination attempt, struggles with her family, school, love, and fame. This book is a nice break from serious novels, and will never fail to keep you amused. I strongly recommend this light read.
    • 4/5
      I loved this book. But the sequel "Ready or Not" was pretty bad, IMO.
    • 5/5
      Sam Madison prides herself on being a teenage rebel. She's in love with her big sister's boyfriend Jack who is a rebel artist just like herself. But everything changes when, on her way home from an art class, Sam foils an assasination attempt on the president of the United States. Suddenly she finds herself followed by press, forced into nice dresses for dinner at the White House, and appointed as a teen ambassador to the United Nations. She also meets the adorkable son of the president and is surprised to find that her heart seems to flip over every time he enters the room. Sam has always prided herself on standing up for her views, but she's going to be tested: can she stand up to the pressure?A fun, girly read.
    • 3/5
      If there is one essential part to Meg Cabot’s books, it is fun. Frothy, I need something entertaining, humorous fun. And this delivers. Sam is definitely one of her stronger characters, not in just her action of saving the unnamed president, but in the way she deals with her situation and tries to grow from it. While the Top Ten lists tend to be a little too gimmicky, they are funny asides to the overall plot, and further exploration into the characters.
    • 2/5
      I had my reservations about teh first book, so it took me forever to actually pick it up. but I liked it. This one was an almost 'Why not' kind of pick, but I found it disappointing. It seemed like such an issue book. And then there was all this random stuff about movies. Uh... don't care. It felt weird, and didn't add anything to the story. The story itself was one giant angst-fest, then when the conflict finally gets resolved, it's very much in a 'yeah, it's okay now' sort of way. Very disappointing.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable tale about a girl that saves the life of the President's son from an assasin. I loved Sam's crazy sisters and her elder sister's boyfriend. By contrast, the passages between Sam and the President' son were handledwith care. Charming, funny and warm.
    • 4/5
      Sam is hilarious, one of the funniest books that I have read in a long time. I love funny books, especially ones with character. Sam is an artist who thinks herself misunderstood. When she is skipping an art lesson, she sees a guy with a gun. And the president. After jumping on the back of the guy's back (and breaking her arm), she is considered a national hero. But there's one little problem....she might be falling in love with the president's son. Light and funny read.
    • 4/5
      Unrealistic plot, I guess it could be called a modern fairy tale. Pretty trashy and a quick read, but it's entertaining and fairly interesting. Basically, some random wannabe goth girl saves the president's life and it's all about her life after becoming a media icon. It has the standard teen romance and coming of age thing going for it.
    • 4/5
      I personally thought this was an okay book. It would never be a favorite but I thought the story line was good. It had some boring parts but the ending was worth it.
    • 5/5
      In this book a fifteen-year-old artist named Samantha Madison saves the president from an assassination attempt. It is a relaxing and enjoyable read that leaves the reader feeling happy and satisfied at the end. Meg Cabot's style of writing is fantastic, and all readers will enjoy it, although the books are aimed at a young adult audience.

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