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Who's Your Daddy?

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Sixteen-year-old Lila Moreno, and her two best friends Caressa Thibodoux and Meryl Morgenstern, are utter mutans in the high school social scene. And it's not because of something any of them have done. No, that's not the case. It's more of who their Fathers are that scares guys away. You see, Lila's Dad is the chief-of-police, Caressa's Dad is this uber-famous musician, and Meryl's Father is not only the driver's ed teacher, and the football coach, but also the dean of discipline at school. Due to their Fathers' chosen careers, all guys are utterly terrified to even step one toe near any of the girls. Hence, they have never had a date, and at this rate, they never will. Until the three friends decide to take matters into their own hands, and hold a Dumb Supper - a Celtic ritual that can show girls who their soulmates are - on the night of the homecoming dance. Now their Dumb Supper has backfired, and is pointing all of them in the wrong directions, and making a complete mockery of their dating lives.

Following in the footsteps of such teen fiction writers as Meg Cabot, and Louise Rennison, Lynda Sandoval has created an enjoyable novel that entwines the crazy lives of three likable characters, into one quick read. Each girl possesses her very own, unique traits that will be enjoyed by female readers young and old; while the crazy situations each girl gets herself into will have readers rolling on the floor laughing. An enjoyable new read for fans of teen fiction, in general.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

I usually have a hard time answering the question, "What Is Your Favorite Book?". But now, this book (along with another book called "Getting Near To Baby" by Audrey Couloumbis) is my answer! I admit, this book was sort of unreal at the end, but you can't help loving it. It's about 3 girls, Lila, Meryl, and Caressa who are social pariahs thanks to their freaky fathers. They do a dumb supper ritual that is supposed to make the first boy you see after the dumb supper date you. The dumb supper does not go as planned, but yet....it does. You will see what I mean if you read this book! It's so good, I can't bear to give away any good parts!

I am sorry, but this last review is totally uncalled for. There is absolutely nothing in this story that is insulting.  Considering the fact that Ms. Sandoval is herself a former police officer who left the Force to pursue her writing career, I can assure you that she has nothing but the highest regard for officers of the law.

I found this book absolutely WONDERFUL (I am 43)....My 16 year old Son and my 11 year old daughter both read this book and they loved it.

I did not find it to be in any way trite, boring or offensive. NOT AT ALL. For the life of me I cannot fathom what the heck the last reviewer was so insulted about.  Has this world come to a point where "Political Correctness" has gone too far?  Nobody can say anything any more least they offend someone. 


 


This last reviewer comes across to me as a person with a huge chip on their shoulder.  All I can say is "Lighten Up and Enjoy Life and Good Books."


 


My family found "Who's Your Daddy?" to be LAUGH OUT LOUD funny and we HIGHLY recommend it to EVERYONE of all ages.


 

This is the best Young Adult book I have read in a long long time. Lynda really makes you feel for the characters all the while making you laugh out loud at their crazy antics and sarcastic comments. I absolutely loved it!! Watch out Meg Cabot, Lynda is on your heels.

There is only one word for WHO'S YOUR DADDY?--laugh-out-loud hilarious. Wait, I think that might actually count as four words. Or if you take into account the hyphens, at least two. Anyway, you catch my drift. I laughed through the entire three-hundred plus pages of this book, and now have only one request. Please, please, please make this book into a movie!

Meet three best friends unlike (or very much like) anyone you've ever known. There's Lila Moreno, whose dad happens to be not only a hottie widower sought after by all the town's women, but the police chief of White Peaks, Colorado. Then there's Meryl Morgenstern, who although she was named after Meryl Streep, is totally anti-pop culture, including television. Her dad is also the Vice President of discipline, the driver's ed teacher, and the assistant football coach at the high school they attend. And then there's Caressa Thibodoux, who has a very famous retired blues musician for a father, and also happens to live in a log cabin house that can only be described as a mansion. When you're sixteen, having the types of fathers these girls have does not put you high up on the popularity list. You're either too pretty and rich (Caressa), too weird (Meryl, who doesn't even know who Buffy is), or way, way off the instant-dateability list (Lila, whose dad is, you remember, the Chief of Police).

So what are three girls to do? Especially three girls who are desperate to gain dates to the homecoming dance? Well, the only thing three pretty, intelligent, intimidating girls can do. They stage a Dumb Supper, hoping that between the supernatural energy of having a meal entirely backwards combined with the helping-hand of the ghost of Lila's mother will help them in their search for a date. All they have to do is write down their wish, and after the Supper the first guy they see will be their one-true-love. At least that's how it's supposed to work, but in the lives of Lila and her friends, few things rarely ever go as planned.

The first guy Lila runs into is Dylan Sebring, lieutenant of the junior narcotics squad, otherwise known as the Police Explorers. If there's anything Lila doesn't need in her life, it's another cop. Her father and brother are enough, thank you very much. The first guy Meryl meets is Ismet, previously known only as That Bosnian Guy. Meryl's pretty sure things are looking up, until she realizes that the only type of girl Ismet wants is a typical, fully-submerged-in-American-culture teen, which Meryl most certainly is not. And as for Caressa? Her bright idea is to get musician Bobby Slade to ask her to the dance, which ends up with, you guessed it, some humiliating results.

WHO'S YOUR DADDY? is a downright funny, entertaining read. You won't go wrong reading this book for many reasons, the least of which is the exercise to your smile muscles.

I really loved this book. The dialogue was very well written. I hope they turn this book into a movie! I would so want to be in it! I would want to play Lila, the main character, because we are like each other. Except I do not have 4 older brothers! We both have a humorous attitude. This book is funny and like a love story. I am telling all of my friends to read it. I read it in 1 day. I could not put the book down once I started reading it. I recommend this book to teenage girls. I know you will love it!

I am sorry, but the bad review below is totally uncalled for. While I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinion, this review was way off base. There is absolutely nothing in this story that is insulting. Considering the fact that Ms. Sandoval is herself a former police officer who left the Force to pursue her writing career, I can assure you that she has nothing but the highest regard for officers of the law.

I found this book absolutely WONDERFUL (I am 43)....My 16 year old Son and my 11 year old daughter both read this book and they loved it.

I did not find it to be in any way trite, boring or offensive. NOT AT ALL. For the life of me I cannot fathom what the heck this reviewer was so insulted about. Has this world come to a point where "Political Correctness" has gone too far? Nobody can say anything any more least they offend someone.

This reviewer comes across to me as a person with a huge chip on their shoulder. All I can say is "Lighten Up and Enjoy Life and Good Books."

My family found "Who's Your Daddy?" to be LAUGH OUT LOUD funny and we HIGHLY recommend it to EVERYONE of all ages.

There is only one word for WHO'S YOUR DADDY?--laugh-out-loud hilarious. Wait, I think that might actually count as four words. Or if you take into account the hyphens, at least two. Anyway, you catch my drift. I laughed through the entire three-hundred plus pages of this book, and now have only one request. Please, please, please make this book into a movie!

Meet three best friends unlike (or very much like) anyone you've ever known. There's Lila Moreno, whose dad happens to be not only a hottie widower sought after by all the town's women, but the police chief of White Peaks, Colorado. Then there's Meryl Morgenstern, who although she was named after Meryl Streep, is totally anti-pop culture, including television. Her dad is also the Vice President of discipline, the driver's ed teacher, and the assistant football coach at the high school they attend. And then there's Caressa Thibodoux, who has a very famous retired blues musician for a father, and also happens to live in a log cabin house that can only be described as a mansion. When you're sixteen, having the types of fathers these girls have does not put you high up on the popularity list. You're either too pretty and rich (Caressa), too weird (Meryl, who doesn't even know who Buffy is), or way, way off the instant-dateability list (Lila, whose dad is, you remember, the Chief of Police).

So what are three girls to do? Especially three girls who are desperate to gain dates to the homecoming dance? Well, the only thing three pretty, intelligent, intimidating girls can do. They stage a Dumb Supper, hoping that between the supernatural energy of having a meal entirely backwards combined with the helping-hand of the ghost of Lila's mother will help them in their search for a date. All they have to do is write down their wish, and after the Supper the first guy they see will be their one-true-love. At least that's how it's supposed to work, but in the lives of Lila and her friends, few things rarely ever go as planned.

The first guy Lila runs into is Dylan Sebring, lieutenant of the junior narcotics squad, otherwise known as the Police Explorers. If there's anything Lila doesn't need in her life, it's another cop. Her father and brother are enough, thank you very much. The first guy Meryl meets is Ismet, previously known only as That Bosnian Guy. Meryl's pretty sure things are looking up, until she realizes that the only type of girl Ismet wants is a typical, fully-submerged-in-American-culture teen, which Meryl most certainly is not. And as for Caressa? Her bright idea is to get musician Bobby Slade to ask her to the dance, which ends up with, you guessed it, some humiliating results.

WHO'S YOUR DADDY? is a downright funny, entertaining read. You won't go wrong reading this book for many reasons, the least of which is the exercise to your smile muscles.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

I really liked this book for middle school and high school girls. It is funny and imaginative. Three girls need dates for the prom and because they were left dateless for homecoming they hold a special ceremony to try to catch dates for the spring. Their fathers, because of their occuations, are date repellents, hence the title Who's Your Daddy. Cute book and I love the teen language.

This is a story about Lila Moreno, Meryl Morgenstern, and Caressa Thibodoux. Three highschool girls trying to get dates for the junior prom. Doesn't help that they are outcasts. Lila's dad is a cop (who wants to date a cop's daughter anyways?), Meryl is out in stone age (no TV), and Caressa looks like the way too beautiful I'm too good for you type (her dad is a famous musican). It all starts with a dumb supper (not DUMB as in stupid, it's a practice by greeks), a grounding, three hot unreachable guys, and big fat orange letters.

If you liked, 'Sloppy Firsts', 'Second Helpings', 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants', 'Someone Like You', 'Chasing Redbird', or any of the books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, then you would like this book too. Totally Recommended.