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Totally Crushed! (Lizzie McGuire, No. 2)

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In Totally Crushed there are 2 stories besides the title.

Totally Crushed is when Lizzie Mcguire finds out that the most unpopular boy in the whole entire world likes her. She thinks that she would rather die but after talking with her mom she decides to give it a chance. So she she goes on a date and actually likes it. You have to wait and see to find out what happens.
And in another story Lizzie and Kate's Excellent Adventure. Lizzie has to work with Kate Saunders her enemy on a Science project then she starts to find out they have alot in common will they become friends or what? You'll have to read the book to find out.

This book is about two episodes of Disney`s number 1 show, Lizzie Mcguire.
The first one is where Lizzie finds out that the biggest nerd or "dirk" in school, Larry Tudgeman likes her. She goes out with him and actually likes it.
The second one is where Lizzie gets paired up with her enemy, the most popular girl in school, Kate Suanders for a geography project. They work together and like it.
Lizzie Mcguire is my all-time favorite show so I LOVED this book. Any person who likes the show, or has never seen it and wants to learn about it should read this.

If you watch the show, you'll see that this book comes straight from the series. Nothing new here.

Its a quick and easy read for an adult (I did it in one hour). Its a clean, fun book for kids. I would say the development level for this is about a 3rd grade reading level although 4th and 5th graders would enjoy it, too.

Lizzie Mcguire is my favorite show so when I found out it had adapted into books I went right to the bookstore. This book cover two episodes. One is where Lizzie finds out that the biggest nerd in the world, Larry Tudgeman, has a crush on her. The second is where Lizzie gets paired up with her arch enemy, the most popular girl in school, Kate Sanders. I recomend this book to any Lizzie fan.

lizzie finds out that larry tudgeman has a crush on her and when kate finds out and tells the hwole school will lizzie dis larry or get back at kate and plus later in a socail studies project lizzie gets paired up with kate and they bring up old memories will lizzie and kate be friends again or will they still be sworn enimies for life dont miss this book

Lizzie Mcguire woke up one morning felling sick, and found out that she has to work with Kate Sanders on a school project, her worst enemy. But the weird thing is that they are having fun together. Now whenever in school ,Lizzie and Kate look at each other they smile
I recommend this book to girls because boys will not like it its too girlish .I think that you learn something because if you are having a fight read this book it should teach you a lesson. You should probably be over 2nd grade, its fiction. Read part two.
Thats what I am telling you about.

Lizzie is a normal girl(kind of a drama queen too). She has two friends named Gordo and Miranda. There is a smelly guy named Larry. He likes Lizzie and they go on a date to the science museum. Lizzie brings Larry to the lunch table and guess what happens, well read this book and find out if Lizzie and Larry break up and stay together.

Lizzie finds out Larry Tudgeman has a crush on her, and she doesn't like it! But she decides to give him a chance and she realizes that theres more to him then being a nerd and that hes not that bad once you get to know him. But should she follow her heart or the crowd?

This book is.......... well i don't know becasue i've never read it. but my friend has and she likes it so.... i recomend that you read it.

While the previous book in the Lizzie McGuire series ("When Moms Attack") suffered from stilted dialogue and a lack of explanation, it did get its facts straight at least. When one goes to read a novelization of a television series, besides expecting additional insights into the characters and situations presented, one also expects it to be factually accurate, in keeping correct references to the show's continuity. Sadly this is lacking in "Totally Crushed".

In fact, there are so many errors, some so blatant that one has to wonder how it ever got approved by Disney, that one can't help but wonder if the author, Kiki Thorpe, ever watched the episodes she was adapting. One gets the feeling that her information came by way of discarded drafts of the Shooting Scripts for the episodes featured in the book, which may account for SOME of the errors (but surely not all).

One of the most obvious blunders is presented to us on the very first page no less.

The two episodes adapted in this book are "Scarlet Larry" and "Lizzie and Kate's Big Adventure", both from the first season of the series. And as had been established (multiple times), Season One was the gang's 7th grade year. In the first season the kids are in the 7th grade. That point is clearly made.

Yet, for some reason beyond comprehension the author of this book lists them as being in the 8th grade. During the events of "Scarlet Larry" they are very clearly in 7th grade, yet the book puts them down as in the 8th. A major continuity mistake.

And it's not just that the mistake was made, it's that the fact is/was so widely known that it seems inconceivable that anyone could even make it. And to add insult to injury, the fact that the proofreaders at Disney Press didn't catch it either is deplorable. This is their *job*, quality control. When the most basic fact of all (that they are in the 7th grade) is overlooked one has to wonder who's asleep at the switch.

In addition to that, the author takes liberties with the show's characters and the way scenes were portrayed in the respective episodes.

A grievous example takes place on page two of all places. The author describes the character of Kate as having a `belly ring'. Yet it is plainly obvious to anyone who's watched the episode even once that Kate is wearing no such thing during the scene described. What's more, people familiar with Kate's character would know that such an accruement would go against the character's sense of fashion.

Again, one has to wonder what the people at Disney press were thinking.

Admittedly, this is a smaller mistake than the more basic blunder described above, but it just highlights how shoddy of a job the research of this undertaking was. A simple viewing of the episode would have remedied the case.

There is also the obligatory adding of gestures and movements the characters did not exhibit in the episode. But this goes with the territory of a novelization. And it is fully possible that if the author *did* work from a Shooting Draft of a script then these additional bits were originally included but never made it onto the aired episode.

This would apply to the added/changed dialogue as well.

But the most unpardonable action is the utterance of (mild) profanity. The show takes *scrupulous* efforts to avoid ANY profanity of ANY kind. It is strictly "G" rated (which this show should be). So the inclusion of this is unforgivable. Not only is the author to be blamed, but also a greater degree of blame should go to Disney Press, for it is THEIR responsibility to ensure that these publications meet the criteria demanded of them. They did not to their jobs in this case. That simple.

All that being said, one shouldn't come away with a totally negative view of the book. Kiki Thorpe's grasp of narrative here is much more natural sounding than that of "When Moms Attack". It flows better, and really fits the characters and situation involved. It's the right `voice' if you will, and well deserved of praise in that regard.

In reality the "bad parts" only make up a small part of the overall book. The problem arises in that these small parts are SO wrong that they tend to overshadow the rest of the book. It's not so much a matter of being mistake ridden, it's the fact that these mistakes were *easily* avoidable. Easily. And even more easily caught.

Disney Press can (and hopefully will) do much better in the future.

As for the stories themselves, part one is a novelization of the episode "Scarlet Larry", which is about Lizzie finding out that the "biggest nerd in school" has a crush on her. She then has to work through conflicted feelings on the subject. Does she turn him down and preserve her social status, or does she do the right thing and give him a shot?

The second story in this book is a novelization of the episode "Lizzie and Kate's Big Adventure". In it Lizzie and Kate, former best friends, are forced to work together on a school project and learn that, just perhaps, their friendship isn't as "dead" as it would seem.

Unlike the previous book in this series, there is no real unifying link between the two stories (unless you count Kate being in both of them as a "link").

At the end of the day, the stories are well written enough, but there are those fundamental flaws I mentioned before. If Disney Press had done its job in editing this would have been an even finer book. Buyer beware.