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Sweet 16

by Kate Brian
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Overview

• ELITE GUEST LIST

• VERA WANG GOWN W/MATCHING JIMMY CHOOS

• CHARMING TUXEDO-CLAD BOYFRIEND

• VELVET ROPE

Teagan Phillips's sweet sixteen is the event of the season. Other parties have been chill, sure, but no one at Rosewood Prep throws a bash as extravagant, exclusive, or over-the-top expensive as Teagan. No one is as obnoxious, either. But that doesn't stop everyone from wanting to see and be seen at her birthday.

Luckily, Teagan's in for a rude (and rather ungraceful) awakening. On the big night she falls stilettos-over-tiara into the country club wine cellar and blacks out. When she comes to, there is a strange woman standing at the foot of the stairs.

No, Teagan, this mystery woman is not one of "the help." She is here to take you on a ride, to bring you back through time and show you some very unpretty realities. And if you're lucky, she just might put the sweet back in sixteen....

Synopsis

• ELITE GUEST LIST

• VERA WANG GOWN W/MATCHING JIMMY CHOOS

• CHARMING TUXEDO-CLAD BOYFRIEND

• VELVET ROPE

Teagan Phillips's sweet sixteen is the event of the season. Other parties have been chill, sure, but no one at Rosewood Prep throws a bash as extravagant, exclusive, or over-the-top expensive as Teagan. No one is as obnoxious, either. But that doesn't stop everyone from wanting to see and be seen at her birthday.

Luckily, Teagan's in for a rude (and rather ungraceful) awakening. On the big night she falls stilettos-over-tiara into the country club wine cellar and blacks out. When she comes to, there is a strange woman standing at the foot of the stairs.

No, Teagan, this mystery woman is not one of "the help." She is here to take you on a ride, to bring you back through time and show you some very unpretty realities. And if you're lucky, she just might put the sweet back in sixteen....

Children's Literature

Teagan Phillips is a spoiled rich girl who wants everything her way and her way only. She makes fun of others who are not like her. Her attitude toward her own father is deplorable. In simple terms, she is not a nice person and has few friends, except those she can buy. As her sixteenth birthday is approaching, she has planned the biggest bash anyone will ever see. Everything has to be perfect, including her extremely expensive dress. When the party is in full swing, Teagan gets upset at her dad because he cancelled her order for alcohol at the party. Claiming he has ruined her party, she wanders off at the country club hoping to find some spirits to liven up the party. What she finds instead, however, is a shocking surprise—another kind of spirit. She meets someone who gives her a "tour" of her life. This ghostly person tries to get her to see what kind of person she really is and how she needs to change. Readers will be intrigued at the events that happen and will stay glued to the book to see the surprising outcome. (Note: This book contains language that may not be suitable for some and may be offensive). Reviewer: Cathi I. White

About the Author, Kate Brian

Kate Brian is the author of the NY Times and USA Today best-selling Private series and it's spin-off series, Privilege. She has also written many other books for teens including Sweet 16 and Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys.

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Editorials

Children's Literature - Cathi I. White

Teagan Phillips is a spoiled rich girl who wants everything her way and her way only. She makes fun of others who are not like her. Her attitude toward her own father is deplorable. In simple terms, she is not a nice person and has few friends, except those she can buy. As her sixteenth birthday is approaching, she has planned the biggest bash anyone will ever see. Everything has to be perfect, including her extremely expensive dress. When the party is in full swing, Teagan gets upset at her dad because he cancelled her order for alcohol at the party. Claiming he has ruined her party, she wanders off at the country club hoping to find some spirits to liven up the party. What she finds instead, however, is a shocking surprise—another kind of spirit. She meets someone who gives her a "tour" of her life. This ghostly person tries to get her to see what kind of person she really is and how she needs to change. Readers will be intrigued at the events that happen and will stay glued to the book to see the surprising outcome. (Note: This book contains language that may not be suitable for some and may be offensive). Reviewer: Cathi I. White

School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up-Teagan Phillips is throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars into a "Sweet 16" party that she has been planning for a year. When she falls down the cellar stairs in search of some wine after she learns that her father canceled the open bar, she appears to have died. She is witness to her present, past, and future, but instead of three ghosts la A Christmas Carol, Teagan has just one enigmatic female guide. She sees herself dispose of her relationship with Dad after her mother's death. She sees the plight of the waitress she fired. She also learns that her best friend and her boyfriend are secretly seeing one another. The figure in white turns out to be the future Teagan, who has died alone and unloved after obsessively repeated cosmetic surgery. In the inevitable reversal, she gets another chance; and, like Scrooge bestowing gifts on Bob Cratchit's family, she gives away her birthday loot to the poor. She bridges the gap with her father and reunites with the childhood friend whom she had dropped. Like a morality play, this one's all message and stock characters. This haute-couture name-dropping, prep-school princess makes for a totally unlikable character who alienates discerning readers too much for her redemption to work.-Suzanne Gordon, Richards Middle School, Lawrenceville, GA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Book Details

Published
December 1, 2007
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781416900337

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