CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick Press
Fiction
ISBN: 0763618489
304 pages

Did you see the movie? If you have (or even if you haven't), you must check out this fun book!

Mary Cep wants to be called Lola, so she'll have something imaginative in her life as she dies a cultural death in the New Jersey suburbs after her family moves from New York. "In the suburbs, people get excited when they have their kitchens redone."

Her new high school in Dellwood --- Deadwood, as she calls it --- promises no excitement except possibly the starring role in the new school play. Fellow student Ella Gerard then develops into a kindred spirit despite her quiet demeanor, and Lola begins to feel some glimmers of hope. That is, until Miss Popularity, Carla Santini, does everything she can to thwart Lola and now Ella.

Lola does not sit down for this treatment from Carla, and her antics make this a hilarious book. After boasting in front of the entire school that she and Ella would indeed be at an important band's party in New York, they have to resort to nothing short of a trip to the police station to make it a reality. Lola certainly makes her life in New Jersey more exciting than she bargained for, and readers will enjoy the wild ride.

Characters have many interesting levels in this book, including Carla. Lots of surprises will also encourage readers to keep following the drama at Dellwood into the sequel.

   --- Reviewed by Amy Alessio

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