Reading Faking 19

On the surface, 17-year-old Alex has it made; she is beautiful and smart. Plus, she's best friends with M., the absolute most popular girl in school. Feeling bored with their fancy Orange County suburban town, Alex and M. decide to check out L.A.'s glitzy nightlife scene.

Pretending to be 19, Alex and M. meet Trevor and Connor, two rich older guys. At first, Alex can't believe her luck--she gets to hang out at hip Hollywood houseparties and downtown L.A. clubs. These weekend trips into the city become the perfect distraction for Alex, who is secretly struggling with her failing senior year grades, her absentee father, and her clueless mom.

But, after the initial fun wears off for Alex, she is forced to reevaluate her friendship with M., who is hiding some secrets beneath her perfect Burberry-clad exterior...

Del School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up–By the time Alex is a senior, she is in danger of not graduating high school, something that no one could have foreseen a couple of years earlier. Her father is gone, her best friend, M., dabbles in drugs, and the teen wonders why she should care about anything. Every weekend, M. and Alex head down to L.A. to party at the hip clubs, pretending to be 19 in order to fit in. The initial fun soon wears off, though, when Alex realizes that she can't escape who she is. She must take a step back and reevaluate her friendship with M. as well as figure out what she wants to do after high school; clothes, music, and hanging out–her top three what I'm good at choices–aren't going to provide real prospects. Writing, the one thing that she's exceptionally good at, has always been her outlet and escape, but is it enough for her to start her future? Does she have the power to control her own life? Noël's debut novel is realistic and convincing. Alex and M. are fresh and endearing, and anything but superficial. First-person narration and situations dealing with sex, drugs, and alcohol make this a compelling look at one teen's broken life and how she fixes it. Readers will relate to both characters and their lives. –Erin Dennington, Fairfax County Public Library, Chantilly, VA
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Críticas

"Deliciously funny and irreverent. I couldn't put this down!"
- Niki Burnham, author of Royally Jacked

"I loved Faking 19...A totally convincing look at one teenager's broken world, and how she reaches inside herself to fix it."
- Joe Weisberg, author of 10th Grade

"Gloriously, outrageously funny. . ."
- Jackie Fischer, author of An Egg on Three Sticks

"Alex and M., despite their foolish mistakes, are fresh and endearing characters."
- teenreads.com

Biografía del autor

Debut novelist Alyson Noel lives with her husband in Laguna Beach, CA . When she isn't writing, Alyson is a flight attendant for Delta Airlines.