California Dreaming (The A-List Series #10) by Zoey Dean
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- Age Range: Young Adult
- Pub. Date: April 2008
- 304pp
- Sales Rank: 50,050
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2008
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Format: Paperback, 304pp
- Sales Rank: 50,050
- Age Range: Young Adult
- Series: A-List Series, #10
- ISBN-13: 9780316113533
- ISBN: 0316113530
Synopsis
The ninth novel, Beautiful Stranger, in the New York Times bestselling series takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati. Anna decides to take an end-of-summer getaway-to get away from her drama-filled LA life. So she packs her Louis Vuitton, grabs her close friend Sam, and heads to the Big Apple. Between trips to the Met and shopping at Bendel's, the girls are living the A-List life on Anna's home turf. But their trip isn't exactly a vacation. Sam is here to spy on Eduardo and decode his recent strange behavior. Will what she discovers send her hopping on the next private jet back to Beverly Hills? And who is the beautiful stranger who appears on Anna's Upper East Side doorstep? Anna begins to wonder whether she wants to head back west again-especially since Ben seems to have moved on ... with someone who isn't a stranger at all. When it comes to the A-List, there's drama coast to coast.
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Biography
Zoey Dean's A-List is a national bestselling series. She divides her time between Beverly Hills and several small islands in the Caribbean. Zoey's debut adult novel, How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, pubbed with Warner in July 2007.
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California Dreamingby Abbs2
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April 21, 2009: California Dreaming is the tenth novel in Zoey Dean's series, The A-List. All the same characters are back. Anna is still conservative and strongly blue-blooded. The only difference? She becomes a little more free spirited after meeting Logan in the previous book. The whole book has a theme of crazy on the spot thinking. Sam Sharpe, movie star, Jackson's daughter has been seeing Eduardo. Now she has to make a decision that will change her life forever and may tear her away from her life long dream of being an award winning film maker. Ever since recovering from her breakdown earlier in the series, Dee has channeled her negative energy into positive things,willing to assist Sam in her time of need. Cammie of course is still Cammie. Devious, stunning, and spontanious. Cammie has always secretly wanted what Anna Percy has had. Now she just might get her chance..... The is probably in my opinion the best book of the series. Its got everything every teenage girl loves to read about: fashion, drama, and money. I love Zoey Dean and the whole A-List series. It is an inside look into how the other side of the coast lives. The lives we all secretly wish we had we can read about. in a way, most girls can relate to how they live. There is always some sort of drama going on in the life of a high school girl. There may not be as much as in these books, but to say the least it is pretty close. I hope there is another book that comes out in the series. The A-List is a great book for any girl of all ages to read.
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October 27, 2008:
We left Anna Percy at the end of BEAUTIFUL STRANGER deciding if she should be spontaneous and follow Logan onto the plane and fly to Bali the week before she was due to head to freshman orientation at Yale.
Now, Anna has thrown all caution to the wind and has made a mad dash to the airport. With no luggage, and chucking her shoes that weren't equipped for sprints, she runs down the jet-way to board the awaiting plane. Anna is the last passenger to board, and she's not even sure that Logan is on-board the plane. For the last eight months while Anna has been living in California with her father, she has tried to shed the reserved exterior that everyone sees. She came to California in the hopes of reinventing herself and to quit thinking everything through before she acts.
Anna finds her seat and is relieved to find Logan ensconced in first class. He is pleased to see Anna, and the two sit back, ready to enjoy the impulsive flight to Bali. But things soon turn into a nightmare. The captain makes an announcement that the hydraulics for the landing gear have malfunctioned, and they have to return to LA and attempt to land on the belly of the plane. Anna immediately regrets her impulsiveness, knowing that her attempt to be carefree has caused the malfunction. Unable to contact her father, the only person Anna is able to reach is her dear friend, Sam.
Anna and Logan arrive in LA safely amid friends and family, all relieved to see their safe return. But the flight makes Anna start to reevaluate her future plans. Does she really want to spend the next four years locked into Yale? Does she want to try flying to Bali with Logan again in a few days? These are questions that plague Anna over the course of the next week, when her decision must be made.
On the other hand, we have Sam, who has also made an impulsive decision?she has accepted Eduardo's marriage proposal and they are to be wed in one week's time. Sam is an absolute wreck and her friend Dee has come to the rescue. Unknown to everyone, including Dee, Dee has a real knack for coordinating all the wedding plans and helps Sam bring everything together. But Sam is torn. Does she give up her dream of attending USC's infamous film school to follow Eduardo back to Paris?
All of these questions and others concerning Cammie, Dee, Ben, Adam, Jackson Sharpe, Sam's mom, Dina, and others come to a (tentative?) resolution. Ms. Dean seems to tie up everyone's future nicely by the end of the story. The action starts quickly and leaves the reader with a pounding heart, praying Anna and Logan come out safely from their flight. And Ms. Dean leaves the reader guessing up until the end what the wedding will entail. I enjoyed this story more than the last couple and am already eagerly waiting for her new era of A-List teens in HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY, due out in January 2009.
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