[.ca] Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (ISBN 0807216895)

From Amazon.com:
Mary Elizabeth, a.k.a. Lola, is accustomed to playing the starring role in the fascinating production that is her life. Her pottery-making single mom and bratty twin sisters are merely bit players in Lola's dramatic existence. But all this changes when she is forced to move from her beloved Manhattan to the boring suburbs of New Jersey. According to Lola, "living in the suburbs is like being dead, only with cable TV and pizza delivery." The worst part is that someone has already snagged the coveted Drama Queen of Suburbia title--and that someone is Carla Santini. Carla, who is "sophisticated, beautiful, and radiates confidence the way a towering inferno radiates heat," isn't about to let anyone take away her hard-earned crown. Undaunted, Lola tries out for and wins the lead in the school play, a role much desired by Carla. In retaliation, Carla makes the entire student body give Lola the silent treatment (and in addition scores tickets to a sold-out concert of Lola's favorite rock band). Can Lola crash the concert, crush Carla, and still have enough energy to wow everyone in the school production of Pygmalion? It's all in a day's work for Lola, Teenage Drama Queen. With Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Dyan Sheldon has written a classic good girl vs. bad girl story and a rib-tickling romp through the petty kingdom (or in this case, queen-dom) of small-town high school popularity politics. The wide-open ending will have young drama-queens-in-training eagerly searching the shelves for the next installment of Lola's adventures. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert

a wild ride:
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

The queen of Drama:
When I first started reading this book I was like ' How dull some freaky girl who is basically a as the title says Drama queen.' But as i got into the book I realised that Lola ( as she prefers to be called, is a lot more than that. Like any teenage girl of course. This story tell sabout a spontanious girl who isn't afraid to show how crazy she truly is.

Teenage Life:
This book is about a teenager who is dealing with hard things teenagers go through. I did like this book because this girl was confident in what she did and she handled things great. Yes, I recommend other people to read this book because it shows the difficulties teenagers go through and it enlightens you in a way where you understand har life. The dialogue was believable because that's the way teenagers are today. My favorite character was Mary because she was confident, bright, and cheerful. I did not like Carla because she was rude to people who were not popular. The author wrote in a way that I could picture what was happening.

Fluffy and hilarious:
I love this book, even though it is lighter than cotton candy and doesn't touch on any real issues very much. The sequel, "My Perfect Life", is more serious. Lola (Mary Elizabeth) is a wonderful, vivacious, flamboyant herione who quite frankly reminds me of me sometimes. She'll snare you from the openning paragraph, explaining how her parents named her the wrong, ordinary, boring name. She exaggerates constantly, bringing wit and charm to her descriptions of high school life. Oh, and she's a great liar. Don't be deterred by the dumb movie...read this book as soon as you can! (okay, that sounds like a lame ad)

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen:
This book is about a girl named Lola. She moves to Dellwood, New Jersey from exciting New York City. When she arrives at her new house she meets her new best friend Ella, who is one of the only people who doesn't follow around Carla. Carla is basically the queen of the school and she is now Lola's new enemy. It is because Lola draws attention to herself, which takes it away from Carla. Lola loves theater so when she hears about the school play she couldn't be more excited, except maybe for seeing her all time favortie band Sidharta. When she hears that Carla has always been the lead in every single school play Lola knows this will not end well. I thought this was a good book because it was interesting and was talking about a teenagers life. This book did exaderate the life of a teenage girl at highschool, but it still was a good read. The portrayal of Lola's life was really interesting because it showed the somewhat truth of how everyone wants to be in the popular group. This book was easy to relate to because of Lola's struggels and what she had to deal with. The ending was also something that you wouldn't expect.