Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Written by Dyan Sheldon
Narrated by Fiona Gallagher
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION POPULAR PAPERBACK FOR YOUNG ADULTS! Now a major motion picture! Melodramatic, yet lovable Lola vies with her archrival for the chance to stand center stage at Dellwood High (ages 12 and up).
Mary Elizabeth Cep (or Lola, as she prefers to be called) longs to be in the spotlight. But when she moves to New Jersey with her family and becomes a student at Dellwood "Deadwood" High, Lola finds the role of resident drama queen already filled, by the Born-to-Win, Born-to-Run-Everything Carla Santini. Carla has always gotten everything she wants -- until Lola comes along and snags the lead in the school play. Can Lola survive Carla's attempts at retaliation? Once the curtain goes up on the school play, which drama queen will take center stage?
Dyan Sheldon
Dyan Sheldon is the author of many books for young people. American by birth, she now lives in North London.
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Reviews for Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Drama queen Lola and her new best friend Ella (the girl who does everything she's told) go on a madcap adventure through the city trying to get the attention of a celebrity in order for Lola to save face after she tells a spur-of-the-moment lie.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I did not like this book. The movie was excellent but the book was both unrealistic and boring. I recommend not reading it. Ever...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5its was better than the film but the film was good but book betteri think once you see film go read the book its probably ten times better
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For a young adult book I found it very enjoyable. A quick read but a lot of fun. Well written.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a pretty standard 'surviving high school' kind of book. Despite the length, I found it to be a quick read, because it is so simple yet engaging. Good character development, although highly stereotyped. Captivating story. I enjoyed the book much more than I did the movie adaptation.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A fun read. Lola is beyond the edge!! I loved it more than the movie!!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Many Young Adult novels follow a formula. In one, the main character gets into an impossible situation of his/her own doing, makes more mistakes and learns a lesson in the end. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen strays from this formula but not by much.Mary Elizabeth Cep (who insists on being called Lola) is forced to move from New York city to Dellwood, New Jersey by her mother. Her mother and little sisters call her Drama Queen due to her propensity to always be in character. As the new girl at Dellwood High School, she tries to keep the other students guessing about her personality. She even lies to her best friend, Ella, to make herself more interesting. When it’s time for the drama class to hold a production of Pygmalion, Lola is confident she will get the lead part. After all, she has perfected a Cockney accent. Carla Santini, the most popular girl in school, wants the same role. Most of the book is about the battle of Lola and Carla to be reigning queen of the drama department. The ending offers resolutions to many of the storylines but is unsatisfying. In fact, I checked out another copy of the book from the library on the suspicion that the last five or six pages were missing from the first book. Nope. They both ended the same.