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Gr. 5-9. Fourteen-year-old Jamie is tired of feeling insecure: at home she's barraged with media images of physically flawless young women; at school, she's hassled by a gang of catty, manicured classmates. Venting her frustrations in her diary, she chronicles the adventures of invented superhero Isabella (IS) who, with her signature wrist flick, sends "positivity rays" that destroy her nemesis, Myrna, and her "evil clique of Populars." Through a wild chain of events, Jamie's IS stories become a published best-seller, and Jamie becomes a teen celebrity. DeVillers' frothy, humorous first novel is a giddy fairy tale, written in a combination of diary excerpts, instant messages, and Jamie's spot-on narration. Readers may wish that the novel contained more of the actual IS story that inspires such uproar, but they'll enjoy joining Jamie as she experiences both highs and lows, copes with fame and fortune, and tries to maintain her IS-like sense of self-empowerment. Recommend this to Meg Cabot fans, as well as aspiring authors, who might also enjoy Andrew Clements' The School Story (2001). Gillian Engberg
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Hardcover: 192 pages
ISBN-10: 0525472835
ASIN: B0009HARKW
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces

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4.0 out of 5 stars fun, fast read, with an empowering message, November 19, 2005

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This review is from: How My Private Personal Journal Became a Bestseller (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book, it was fun, fast read, with an empowering message. I think this book will resonate with young female teens. I particularly liked Jamie's personal growth and how even though she could write a bestseller at fourteen she still had a lot to learn about friendship and self courage. I also enjoyed how dimensional the characters were, with the exception of the two villains, Devillers did an excellent job characterization. I also liked the story within the story. This was an excellent choice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Imagination, Revelation, and Inspiration, December 20, 2004

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This was the best book I have ever read! I absolutely loved it! It was about a girl named Jamie who wrote a personal journal entry on her friend's computer, making up a story about a good girl winning against the popular girls. The story is based on Jamie's life, reflecting the personalities of her archenemy, Sawyer. She was also assigned an English essay. Her friend was going to print the essay for Jamie, but she accidentally prints the journal entry and hands it it to Jamie's English teacher. Jamie's teacher is so impressed by the journal entry, and she reads it out loud to the class. Jamie's English teacher knows a literary agent and she sends it to her friend. Jamie's novel becomes a number one bestseller, her face known byu girls everywhere. Jamie goes overnight from being a no body to being the most known teen novelist. She is still bombarded with normal teenage problems, not letting the celebrity status go to her head. She is faced with normal problems that all girls are faced with, so any teenager can relate to her. I really loved this book, and it is great inspiration to young writers. I loved this book. If you don't like to write, than this book probably isn't for you, but I love to write, and this book is number one on my list. I would recommend this book to anybody that likes to read about others' problems. The writing part is an added plus. Five Stars!
-Carrie T. Age:12

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5.0 out of 5 stars How this book sparked me and left me wanting more..., June 27, 2006

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Turning into a Disney Channel movie renamed Read it and Weep, this truly is one of my favorite books. This book DOES leave you with a message, "Just to be yourself". This book is a fun read and brings you into the "High School World". This book also gives you an example of handling your anger, just to write a story and write about fantasy mixed in with real life. Like writing in the book and saying someone (that you hate) disappered and never bothered you again. I wish life was like that, but it's not unfortunatly, but in this book it is. This author writes it with so much depth that it makes me want to read it over and over again. Even though this was a quick read, I highly enjoyed it and read it about 6 times in the last month. If you wish to leave your troubles at middle school and enter a world where things can just happen, pick up this book and start to read through its pages. I hope the disney channel movie, starring the Pannabaker sisters, will be enjoyable and like the book. But you should read this before the movie comes out on disney, so you have a clear glimpse of how the plot is like. Read this one folks, You won't be disappointed!

Hope you enjoy!

Jordan
Overall grade* A to an A+

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