Indie Girl [Paperback]

Kavita Daswani (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 9, 2007

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD INDIE KONKIPUDDI HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF BECOMING A FASHION REPORTER. She'd do anything to land an internship with glamorous Celebrity Style magazine -- even babysit publisher Aaralyn Taylor's two-year-old son. Indie's neurosurgeon dad can't understand why Indie would want to spend her weekends picking Play-Doh off of someone else's Persian carpets, and pretty soon she starts asking herself the same thing.

Then Indie finds out that (1) Celebrity Style is in trouble, and (2) Hollywood's hottest star is having her wedding dress made in a village in India. Indie's sure she's scored the juiciest gossip in town -- the kind of story that will put the magazine back on the map and finally land her the internship! But when things don't pan out exactly as planned, Indie wonders -- will Aaralyn ever see her as anything more than just the hired help?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse; Original edition (October 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416948929
• ISBN-13: 978-1416948926
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,486,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Issues > Babysitting

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lovely, fun, but thoughtful story., April 1, 2008

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This review is from: Indie Girl (Paperback)

I very much enjoyed Indie Girl, and found the simple story of a girl who wanted to win a summer apprenticeship to a "West Coast Anna Wintour" had a surprising depth. Indira soon finds that Aarylin, her glamourous magazine editor boss, is only using her, and she must find the strength to deal with the loss of a hero, and the realization that hard work and talent don't always lead to success- that sometimes, life is unfair. Indie was a delightful heroine.

4.0 out of 5 stars A simple which Keeps u going !!, February 12, 2012

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Vidz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indie Girl (Paperback)

Recently finished reading this novel. It was gr8 to read the story of a girl who knew very early in life what she was interested in and who never lost her focus on that. And then how achieves her dream of making it to the biggest mag in fashion. The story is written in a manner where one wishes to get to the end of the story asap :) Inspirational story which also teaches that you should not just wait for the reward , keep doing ur duties truthfully and it will come to u on its time.

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy & fun read!, March 2, 2009

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dreamgirl "YM" (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indie Girl (Paperback)

Its an easy and fun read as well as pretty engrossing too. The author has portrayed the characters pretty well. I myself am an Indian girl, now living in America, so I could relate with a lot of the things.