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Grade 9 Up–Samantha Madison is back. She is still a semi-celebrity for saving the president's life and she is still dating his son. She is faced with a huge dilemma when it appears that she not only condemns the president's new Return to Family policy, but also implies that she has slept with David. The ensuing consequences and Samantha's conflicted feelings about sex provide drama. A subplot involves Lucy, Samantha's older sister, falling for her nerdy math tutor, who does not return her feelings. This is a surprisingly political book with a positive attitude about sex. The themes are more mature than those of The Princess Diaries series. Samantha writes frequent top-10 lists, such as Top ten things that suck about being the sister of the most popular girl in school. Teen sexuality and honesty about protection, awkwardness, and masturbation are handled in a humorous and sensitive manner. The characters are real, witty, and relatable, and the author has an ear for teen dialogue. Some more conservative areas and school libraries might give pause, but the book is funny, smart, well paced, and honest.–Amy Patrick, New York Public Library
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Gr. 9-12. In this lively follow-up to All-American Girl (2002), in which 15-year-old Samantha Madison not only saved the president's life but also nabbed the First Son as her boyfriend, narrator Samantha tries to cope with various challenges, some of which are not unusual for a 16-year-old, There's an annoying Queen Bee at school and worries about whether she's ready to have sex with her boyfriend, and her trials as a national celebrity, followed and photographed at inopportune moments. Cabot has fashioned an appealing heroine, opinionated but willing to change her mind, self-centered but increasingly engaged by the rest of the world. There are no assassination attempts to thwart here, but Cabot does throw Samantha into the prickly politics--both personal and national--of premarital sex. Sense of humor intact, the teen emerges triumphant, with a stronger sense of herself and of "family values." Fans of Samantha's previous adventure will be happy to find more of her top-10 lists here, including the sobering "Top ten reasons it rules to be a teen in the United States (as opposed to elsewhere)." Abby Nolan
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Product Details

  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTeen; First Edition edition (July 26, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060724501
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060724504
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #314,644 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun For All!, August 2, 2005
By Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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Samantha "Sam" Madison, the girl who is known across the country for saving the President's life from assassination, is now 16-years-old, a Junior in high school, and ready to stop being the goody-two-shoes girl next-door. Hence, she does something drastic: she dies her hair black. But that's not all. Sam is also working at Potomac Video, where she hangs out with protest radicals all day - okay, so just one protest radical, but still, it's someone. She's now taking a life drawing class with her boyfriend - who also happens to be the President's son - David, and she's discussing the possibility of having sex with her boyfriend. However, from day one, things don't go as planned. Who knew that life drawing meant that a naked guy would stand in front of you as you draw a picture of him? And why did Sam have to open her big mouth and admit that she had said yes to sex on national television, when she hadn't actually said yes - at least not yet? Obviously, Sam's life is about to get a bit crazier.

I adored the book ALL-AMERICAN GIRL, and was first on line to purchase it when it was released a few years ago. Hence, you can imagine the joy I felt when I heard that READY OR NOT was being released. The growing up that Sam - and even her older sister, Lucy - have succumbed to is amazing. They are like two totally different people, and it's nice to see that they are finally getting along. The subject matter - as many people have commented on already - is probably more suitable for teenagers, just as PRINCESS IN TRAINING was, as both books deal with sex. A lot. Overall, this was a fabulous new look into the life of Sam Madison, that will be eaten up by readers of all ages. Great fun for all!

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Why Meg Cabot Isn't Ready... (contains spoilers, guys!), March 23, 2007
I am so glad I borrowed this book from the library instead of shelling out my precious dollars for it. What was wrong? Glad you asked.
Reasons Cabot was NOT ready (and should have spent a LOT more time writing):
10) Sam thinks her life stinks again. Really. I thought we had fixed that in the last book.
9) No character development. We get nifty new characters, or they could be nifty. We don't know. She didn't tell us!
8) 250 pages of: Should I have sex or not? Gets really boring really fast.
7) View of sex is one-sided. Sex changes nothing. As long as you use birth control it's okay. All for readers who haven't hit the legal age of consent (remember, it's aimed at 14/15 year olds, too).
6) The faucet discussion. (Those of you who've read it know what I'm talking about; those of you who haven't: be grateful!)
5) A cafeteria full of teens screaming "I'm a slut!" Not real. Wouldn't happen. In any high school. Ever.
4) A girl who wasn't ready for sex decides she's ready. On a whim. Spur of the moment. Without any explanation why. Yep.
3) Completely slams our current administration. Again- yep. Are high schoolers even that political?
2) Sam stresses over what people think about her. For pages. Not even the same girl from the last book.
And the number one reason why Meg Cabot isn't ready:
1) Three words: Sex and Naked Men. That's the heart of this novel.

Do yourself a favor and don't ruin your love for Sam. Stick to the first book. If you must read about sexuality among teens, check out the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. It's handled MUCH better there and it's not the WHOLE PLOT!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Character Inconsistiencies, June 6, 2006
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The thing that bothered me most of all about this book was the character inconsistiency at the end. I did not read the first book so I can't say how Sam changed from one book to the next but the whole problem Sam had through this whole book was the fact that she wasn't ready for sex and she THOUGHT her boyfriend was. Despite the fact that she asked about birth control, she still consistiently indicated that she wasn't ready. She even avoided David because she was so distressed about going away for the weekend with him. She didn't even want to go!!! To make this a really good book, Sam would have asked David what he meant about 'playing Parchisi'. She would have told him what she was feeling. They would have discussed the whole issue. THAT would have been Sam making a MATURE decision. Poor David didn't even have a clue what was going on in her mind and appeared to be shocked by the idea when she finally springs it on him. Because of this, the ending was very disappointing. It was almost like "Oh well, we're alone, I have contraceptives, we might as well do it even if I wasn't ready and you don't look like you're very ready either."
There is one other thing I didn't like about the book: the white trash reference...very biggoted



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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too
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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Is this book controversial? You bet! Is it funny! No doubt about it. Is it appropriate reading material for all ages? Depends on what you deem appropriate. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for young adults, not children
If you're trying to decide what age this book is appropriate for, here's my thoughts on it... In the book Sam is 16 and (SPOILER ALERT) decides to have sex with her boyfriend of... Read more
Published 5 months ago by ShoeGirl

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and entertaining (spoilers-maybe)
I loved this book, it had me cracking up throughout most of it. I also think it teaches good values, for example - if you're going to have sex then you should take precautions... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars A Fairly Disappointing Sequel
I was VERY excited to learn that there was a sequel to All-American Girl and pounced on it as soon as it arrived in the mail. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this American Girl
I have been reading some reviews here and it made me want to write my own, cause i loved this book.

I will say that yes if parents have an issue with their teens... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Cozy

1.0 out of 5 stars This book should be entitled "Why it's Okay for Teens to have Sex"
I was very disappointed in this book. Meg Cabot's largest audience is teen girls, and the message of this book could not be worse. Read more
Published 11 months ago by R. Bolton

1.0 out of 5 stars please don't let daughter's read
i just finished reading 'pants on fire' which was a really cute book. i was excited to see what else meg cabot has done. i read this book and skimmed the whole thing. Read more
Published 12 months ago by schatz

1.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment
Once again, I enjoyed a Cabot book ("All American Girl") only to be disappointed in the sequel. The Sam and David in this book were markedly different from the first book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Crazy2Read

1.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment
Once again, I enjoyed a Cabot book ("All American Girl") only to be disappointed in the sequel. The Sam and David in this book were markedly different from the first book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Crazy2Read

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