The Popular One (Love Stories) [Mass Market Paperback]

Elizabeth Skurnick (Author)

Book Description

Series: Love Stories | Publication Date: October 9, 2001

From Ebony’s journal:

My identical twin sister and I are total opposites. Meaning, I’m way popular and she’s so not. How is this possible? I’m friendly, flirty, and don’t spend every second buried in a textbook. She’s Miss Mathematics (and Miss Headband–hello?–of Hughley High). But here’s what’s really weird: I’m sweating Mr. Mathematics (he’s new). So if I could just borrow her identity and headband for a few days. . . .

Editorial Reviews

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From Ebony?s journal:

My identical twin sister and I are total opposites. Meaning, I?m way popular and she?s so not. How is this possible? I?m friendly, flirty, and don?t spend every second buried in a textbook. She?s Miss Mathematics (and Miss Headband?hello??of Hughley High). But here?s what?s really weird: I?m sweating Mr. Mathematics (he?s new). So if I could just borrow her identity and headband for a few days. . . .

About the Author

Lizzie Skurnick is one of the authors of the Love Stories title The Dance.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers (October 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553493744
• ISBN-13: 978-0553493740
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,733,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lizzie Skurnick is the columnist for Jezebel.com's Fine Lines and the author of ten teen books in the Sweet Valley High, Love Stories and Alias series. Her memoir of teen reading, Shelf Discovery, was dubbed "wildly entertaining" by Publishers Weekly and has been featured in Readers Digest, Time magazine and on Talk of the Nation. Her literary blog, Old Hag, is a Forbes Best of the Web pick. Skurnick is on the board of the National Book Critics Circle and has written on books and culture extensively for the New York Times Book Review, Times Sunday Styles, the LA Times, NPR.org, The Washington Post and many other publications. She lives in Jersey City.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Dumb and boring, July 4, 2002

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Aleisha (Lake Mary, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Popular One (Love Stories) (Mass Market Paperback)

No offense but this book should have never been published. Don't even waste your money. In it you have Ebony and Ivory(twins). Ebony is a popular girl and Ivory is a nerd. Anywayz Ebony starts to crush on a smart guy named Charles. So she asks her sister to switch places with her so she can get to know him better. This story could have been good but it was anything but that. The storyline was interesting enough but wasn't written well. It was boring and unexciting. Usually books transport me to another world. This one couldn't even hope to keep my attention for more than 2 minutes. All it did was leave me thinking you couldnt pay me to read this again

1.0 out of 5 stars The Un-Popular Book, December 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Popular One (Love Stories) (Mass Market Paperback)

Hey, when I first saw this book in the store, I thought it looked cool cause I usually look for books with black people on the cover and it had an interesting plot. Then, I read the reviews for this story, and they said the book was bad, but I didn't believe it. Now, I do. This book was horrible. The beginning was long and boring, the ending was short and chopped out, and I got lost in between. There were a lot of questions left unanswered...the Big Think issue..the school play..I mean, I don't even know for sure if these people hooked up in the end! Whatever you do, don't buy this book. This was the worst Love Stories I've ever read. If you wanna read a good one, read Snag Him! or Jake and Christy.

3.0 out of 5 stars It was ok, November 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Popular One (Love Stories) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Popular One was ok but not that good. The best love stories books were How To Kiss A Guy and Hard To Resist.