Plan B [Kindle Edition]

Jenny O'Connell (Author)

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Product Description

Coast through senior year. Graduate. Travel around Europe. Join boyfriend out East for college.

That's the plan. Then the phone rings.

Vanessa has the next year of her life pretty much figured out. Sure, there's some parental convincing to do but she and her celebrity-obsessed gal pal Taylor pretty much think their plan is airtight.

Then Vanessa's parents get a mysterious phone call and drop a bombshell on her that she never could have imagined. She has a half brother. And he's coming to live with them.

If that wasn't bad enough, this half brother is none other than Hollywood bad boy Reed Vaughn. He's famous. He's going to be a senior, too. And he's going to ruin Vanessa's life for sure....

About the Author

Jenny O'Connell is the national bestselling author of Plan B. She lives outside Boston. Visit her website at www.jennyoconnell.com.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 404 KB
• Print Length: 288 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1416520333
• Publisher: MTV Books (March 7, 2006)
• Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000FCKRW4
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,301 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great teen book!, March 7, 2006

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Little D (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plan B (Paperback)

I've read Jennifer O'Connell's chick lit books ('Off the Record' and 'Dress Rehearsal') and really enjoyed them so I knew I'd have to read 'Plan B' her latest book.

It was everything I expected and more. Vanessa and Reed, half brother and sister only 3 months apart, find out about each other. Reed is the son of a Hollywood celebrity and has gotten into trouble so his mother sends him away to live with his birth father's family. Vanessa is shook up about all this and has to get used to life with a famous star for a brother.

Any fan of O'Connell's writing or fans of teen chick lit will enjoy this book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great, June 15, 2006

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Cindys "Soon to be YA librarian" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plan B (Paperback)

Vanessa receives a shock one day when the phone rings and she finds out she has an older brother. There is another catch though not only does she have a brother she never know about but he is a Hollywood it boy. She has to also deal with her Hollywood obsessed best friend and a boyfriend who is away at Yale while she is stuck in Chicago. I thought the brother and sister angle was very entertaining but I also thought what happened between her and her boyfriend was very predictable. That is why I am giving it four out of five but I look forward to more books by Jenny O'Connell in the Young Adult field.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Change of Plans, August 29, 2006

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Little Willow (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plan B (Paperback)

Plan B by Jenny O'Connell features Vanessa, a high school student who has always been a do-gooder and a planner. In other words, she has a few itsy bitsy neurotic tendencies and the need for order. When her parents tell her that she has a half-brother close to her age, she is surprised. When she is told he is Reed, a television actor who is popular with her peers, she is shocked. When she discovers that he's coming to live with her family and attend her high school, her entire world turns upside down.

In the past year, there have been many novels that feature a hip, famous teenage actor trying to live a "normal" life. Plan B by Jenny O'Connell could have been just another of those stories - been there, read that - but thanks to a storyline that was more about family than fame, it is memorable and meaningful. Put this book in your plans!