Pulling Princes (Calypso Chronicles) [Hardcover]

Tyne O'Connell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Calypso Chronicles | Publication Date: September 23, 2004

When Calypso returns from Los Angeles to her English boarding school for the summer term, she is determined to fit in with the popular crowd. Her plan is to pretend her mother's gay assistant back home is her boyfriend. And to her surprise, the trick works...at least at first. She makes a whole batch of new friends, and even finds herself winning the unwritten contest to woo the prince at the boys' school next door. But one girl, Honey, undermines all her efforts. When Calypso and Prince Freddy end up in the tabloids and everything seems set to go down the drain, it's Calypso's parents and sense of humor that save her from utter humiliation.
A fast-paced, laugh-out-loud-funny look at fitting in while still standing out...

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7-10–Calypso, an LA teenager with movie-industry parents, attends a posh British boarding school. Having no title and no landed-gentry relatives, she has a hard time fitting in. So when she pretends that her mother's gay personal assistant is her new boyfriend, her popularity improves. Not only do the other girls make a fuss over her new guy, but the teen also gains self-confidence and the prince's attention during a fencing match. He starts calling her cell phone and they begin a budding romance. One big problem–Honey, one of the most popular girls in school, also has her eye on him, and she starts to make life truly miserable for Calypso. The story is jam-packed with posh toffs, true friends, late-night sneak outs for vodka drinking, silly fads, English slang, and plenty of boarding-school antics. Budding Anglophiles can add "pulling fit boys" (a phrase that basically translates to "making out with hot guys") to their lexicon, and will soak up the flood of upper-class British culture in this book. The story is milder than Louise Rennison's stories about Georgia Nicolson (HarperCollins) but similar in tone and style; fans of Cecily von Ziegesar's "Gossip Girl" series and Zoey Dean's "A-List" series (both Little, Brown) should enjoy it.–Angela J. Reynolds, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, Hillsboro, OR
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About the Author

Tyne O'Connell is the author of several successful romance novels, articles, and screenplays. This is her first novel for young readers. She and her teenage daughter live in London.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books; First Edition edition (September 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582349576
• ISBN-13: 978-1582349572
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,770,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"Bridget Jones on speed. She's funnier, sharper, and there's no way she's going to end up with anyone called Darcy"
THE GUARDIAN
"Lightening Fast Comic twists" ELLE UK
"Funny exposé of It-girlschool life." ELLE GIRL UK
"Briget Jones for the early teen set."- WASHINGTON POST USA
"A wickedly funny, bitchy, romp set at the heart of the trendy London art scene.
(Publishing News)
"Lightening Fast Comic twists" ELLE UK
"Outrageously funny and a serious contender for the teen chick-lit throne."
- Claudia Mody, The Bookseller

British author Tyne O'Connell, is an international bestselling author of thirteen books - eight contemporary fiction and five YA titles including A ROYAL MATCH and A ROYAL MESS. Her stories are inhabited by British eccentrics and aritos at large. She has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and most UK broadsheets. Cassandra Jardine hailed her as "A modern day Elinor Glyn - the original It Girl" and "The Queen Bee Incarnate". She has contributed stories to the Girl's Night In, Kid's Night In and the Travel Goddess series.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pull off the shelf!, February 22, 2005

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kittycat "KC" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pulling Princes (Calypso Chronicles) (Hardcover)

This was such a great book. Calypso Kelly is one of the few Americans at the posh british boarding school she attends. She has few friends: everyone loves to make fun of her accent. On top of all that, she is one of the few fencers, and she has no experience "pulling", or kissing, boys. Calypso takes things into her own hands, pretending that "gay Jay", her mom's PA, is her boyfriend in the States. This gives her an in with the most popular girls, and she is getting along quite nicely. She even attracts the attention of Prince Freddie, a royal! When the others discover this, one of the girls goes on the warpath, seeking to destroy Calypso's budding relationship. When she ends up in the tabloids, kissing Prince Freddie, her life gets even more crazy. Will Calypso be able to maintain her new friendships, defeat the evil girl, and win her prince?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE END, July 9, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Pulling Princes (Calypso Chronicles) (Hardcover)

this book was great! though many reviews have said, "its a bit confusing". i say "who says it shouldn't be?" when is the life of a teenager not "a little bit confusing"? it isn't very realistic, but that's what's fun about it. as nice as it is 2 read about realistic events, it's always fun 2 read something funny and "out there" once and a while.

after I read AND loved it, i recommended it 2 several of my friends. they all loved too. but in the end, it had us saying,
"WE WANT MORE!! THAT CAN'T BE THE END!!" and it isn't. it's just the beginning of a series that will b great. the other books are called, 'STEALING PRINCES' and 'DUELING PRINCES'. so b sure to check those out as well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Calypso Kelly, December 28, 2004

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Bianca (Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pulling Princes (Calypso Chronicles) (Hardcover)

This book is a very good read, a read one might call a beach read. It is centered around Calypso Kelly, the average teenage girl who desires to fit in and believes a good boyfriend will help her. It is light reading and perfect for anyone who is a pre-teen or teenager. It is filled with the normal teenage scenarios, royalty and of course, very strange names. Calypso? Arabella? Poppy? I believe this book is very good and I could not put it down! It was definitely one of my top 20 books I've ever read!