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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" shes appointed Teen Ambassador to the UN and has caught the eye of the very cute First Son. Featuring Meg Cabots 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. Read more Continue reading Read less FROM THE BACK COVER TOP TEN REASONS SAMANTHA MADISON IS IN DEEP TROUBLE 10. Her big sister is the most popular girl in school 9. Her little sister is a certified genius 8. Shes in love with her big sisters boyfriend 7. She got caught selling celebrity portraits in school 6. And now shes being forced to take art classes 5. Shes just saved the president of the United Statesfrom an assassination attempt 4. So the whole world thinks she is a hero 3. Even though Sam knows she is far, far from being a hero 2. And now shes been appointed teen ambassador to the UN AND THE NUMBER-ONE REASON SAMS LIFE IS OVER? 1. The presidents son just might be in love with her ABOUT THE AUTHOR MEG CABOTs many books for both adults and teens have included numerous #1New York Timesbestsellers, with more than twenty-five million copies sold worldwide. Her Princess Diaries series was made into two hit films by Disney, with a third movie coming soon. Meg currently lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband and various cats. EXCERPT. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL-AMERICAN GIRL By Meg CabotHARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, INC. Copyright 2008 Meg Cabot All right reserved. ISBN: 9780061479892 Okay, here are the top ten reasons why I cant stand my sister Lucy: 10. I get all her hand-me-downs, even her bras. 9. When I refuse to wear her hand-me-downs, especially her bras, I get the big lecture about waste and the environment. Look, I am way concerned about the environment. But that does not mean I want to wear my sisters old bras. I told Mom I see no reason why I should even have to wear a bra, seeing as how its not like Ive got a lot to put in one, causing Lucy to remark that if I dont wear a bra now then if I ever do get anything up there, it will be all saggy like those tribal women we saw on the Discovery Channel. 8. This is another reason why I cant stand Lucy. Because she is always making these kind of remarks. What we should really do, if you ask me, is send Lucys old bras to those tribal women. 7. Her conversations on the phone go like this: "No way. . . . So what did he say? . . . Then what did she say? . . . No way. . . . That is so totally untrue. . . . I do not. I so do not. . . . Who said that? . . . Well, it isnt true. . . . No, I do not. . . . I do not like him. . . . Well, okay, maybe I do. Oh, gotta go, call-waiting." 6. She is a cheerleader. All right? A cheerleader. Like it isnt bad enough she spends all her time waving pom-poms at a bunch of Neanderthals as they thunder up and down a football field. No, she has to do it practically every night. And since Mom and Dad are fanatical about this mealtime-is-family-time thing, guess what we are usually doing at five thirty? And who is even hungry then? 5. All of my teachers go: "You know, Samantha, when I had your sister in this class two years ago, I never had to remind her to: a) double space b) carry the one c) capitalize her nouns in Deutsch d) remember her swimsuit e) take off her headphones during morning announcements f) stop drawing on her pants." 4. She has a boyfriend. And not just any boyfriend, either, but a nonjock boyfriend, something totally unheard-of in the social hierarchy of our school: a cheerleader going with a nonjock boyfriend. And it isnt even that hes not a jock. Oh, no, Jack also happens to be an urban rebel like me, only he really goes all out, you know, in the black army surplus trench coat and the Doc Martens and the straight Ds and all. Plus he wears an earring that hangs. But even though he is not "book smart," Jack is very talented and creative artistically. For instance, he is always getting his paintings of disenfranchised American youths hung up in the caf. And nobody even graffitis them, the way they would if they were mine. Jacks paintings, I mean. As if that is not cool enough, Mom and Dad completely hate him because of his not working up to his potential and getting suspended for his anti-authoritarianism and calling them Carol and Richard to their faces instead of Mr. and Mrs. Madison. It is totally unfair that Lucy should not only have a cool boyfriend but a boyfriend our parents cant stand, something I have been praying for my entire life, practically. Although actually at this point any kind of boyfriend would be acceptable. 3. In spite of the fact that she is dating an artistic rebel type instead of a jock, Lucy remains one of the most popular girls in school, routinely getting invited to parties and dances every weekend, so many that she could not possibly attend them all, and often says things like, "Hey, Sam, why dont you and Catherine go as, like, my emissaries?" even though if Catherine and I ever stepped into a party like that we would be vilified as sophomore poseurs and thrown out onto the street. 2. She gets along with Mom and Dad -- except for the whole Jack thing -- and always has. She even gets along with our little sister, Rebecca, who goes to a special school for the intellectually gifted and is practically an idiot savant. But the number-one reason I cant stand my sister Lucy would have to be: 1. She told on me about the celebrity drawings. CHAPTER ONE She says she didnt mean to. She says she found them in my room, and they were so good she couldnt help showing them to Mom. Of course, it
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Librarian note: AKA (1-800-Where-R-You series) , AKA (historical romance novels) .Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses. She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based) , two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One) , a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned) , and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble. Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011. Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta) , various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
