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| Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: HarperTeen
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 440055
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0060724501
EAN: 9780060724504
ASIN: 0060724501
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Top ten things Samantha Madison isn't ready for: 10. Spending Thanksgiving at Camp David 9. With her boyfriend, the president's son 8. Who appears to want to take their relationship to the Next Level 7. Which Sam inadvertently and shockingly announces live on MTV 6. While appearing to support the president's dubious policies on families, morals, and yes, sex 5. Juggling her new after-school job at Potomac Video 4. Even though she already has a job as teen ambassador to the UN (that she doesn't get paid for) 3. Riding the Metro and getting accosted because she's "the redheaded girl who saved the president's life," in spite of her new, semipermanent Midnight Ebony tresses 2. Experiencing total role reversal with her popular sister Lucy, who for once can't get the guy she wants and the number-one thing Sam isn't ready for? 1. Finding out the hard way that in art class, "life drawing" means "naked people."
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 What a disappointment November 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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. In spite of all the success Sam experiences in AAG, she whines and angsts through the entire book. Her self-confidence has markedly declined and she shows no growth in her world view. Sam's parents, as in all the Cabot books I've read, are caricatures of suburban adults. The whole sex thing, which is really just a vehicle for Cabot's left-wing agenda (can she write a book without preaching for the DNC?), is very annoying. I've left a comment to a 15 yo here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1F848OSC47CBZ/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0060724528&nodeID=#wasThisHelpful that sums up my thoughts about that aspect except I'd like to add one more observation. Sam's sister reveals that she is a virgin. In spite of being older and having dated Jake for 3+ years she thought about the consequences of having sex and chose not to do so. She has consistently thought about, planned, and lived her life in a conscious, adult manner. Sam, in contrast, reacts to events and adapts her behavior to appease people in an authentic teen manner. Sam has impulsive sex with David while Lucy recognized the problems with Jake and chose not to. Yet their parents are worried about Lucy taking bad decisions while they trust Sam to do the right thing. When has Sam ever given them the evidence that she would take a good decision? The end of the book speaks volumes for Cabot's motivations for writing which I think go far beyond telling stories into indoctrination. This is my last Cabot book.
ugh! January 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
yeah, ugh! is a generous response to this book. it was terrible! sooooo unlike the first one, and what's cabbot's obsesson with teen sex about? i mean, it's an issue that needs to be addressed, but not one to devote multiple books about! and certainly not one to resolve in the way she does! i was a big fan of all-american girl and the first few princess diaries books, but this? it's just too far. personally, i don't really think the book deserves even one star, but i had to put something
 Samantha's Really Changed... January 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought that Ready Or Not would be just like All American Girl. But I was wrong.
Samantha has really changed. What happened to that fun, innocent girl? I expected a lot more from Ready or Not after reading All American girl. Samantha has just plain changed.
All American girl was my first Meg Cabot book and I really liked her! When I read this I thought "I hope all her books are more like All American Girl, not Ready or Not."
I gave this book 2 stars because at the beginning it was ok but about 15 pages into this I thought, "Hey! Where's Samantha? What happened to her?" About 20 pages into this I thought. "Wow. She's REALLY different." It's hardly about her being a hero anymore! I liked the parts about David in All American Girl but now it's to far! (Read the other reviews to know why)
If you think "Hey! I liked All American Girl! So I'm going to read the sequel!" Stop for a minute. Think about what I said. Trust me. It's different well, she's different! Samantha isn't that fun, innocent girl any more.
Bottom Line: Bye-Bye innocent Samantha! Hello new Samantha!
I'm sorry if this review was a little mean. I personally think it was a little to harsh.
Liberal or conservative? January 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Meg Cabot's "Ready or Not" is not a neutral book. It is like a political race, either you are liberal and will probably love it, or conservative and cringe the whole way through. On the liberal side, it is a cute story for teenagers. Sam wonders if she should have sex with her boyfriend, which is the main theme of the book. Sam also learns to stand up for herself, and realizes that teens have just as much right to choose what is right for their lives as their parents do. Teens and parents are basically on the same level. On the conservative side, do we really need to say "Oh my God" like all the time? Abstinence is not such a bad thing, which was refuted in the book. Parents are not your friend, they are there to lovingly guide and direct you, and yes sometimes their choices for you let's say suck. I read this book because my daughter has liked some of Meg Cabots books, and I want to preview this before she read it. From a conservative, if my daughter never reads this book she won't be missing out.
 loved this book!! September 2, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is simply amazing! I loved it loved it loved it! If you even LIKE Meg Cabot you are going to fall in love with her writing in this one! It is simply amazing and just fantastic! I definitely did not expect it to be this great but it was!! Buy with confidence- you are going to love this book!!I've read it at least eight times! The sequel to All-American Girl; you will not be disappointed!
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