American Beauty

by Zoey Dean

Book Overview

It's graduation time for the A-List crew. That means lavish yacht parties, designer caps and gowns, and saying bye-bye to high school for good.

Despite the festivities, Anna isn't in a partying mood. Ben's been acting distant and she is worried. Maybe her father's hot tattooed intern, Caine Manning, will help cheer Anna up Ever since her illicit kiss with Parker, Sam has been Eduardo-less and heartbroken. But hopefully Sam will use...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316010944
• ISBN13: 9780316010948
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Poppy Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 15 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Only Book in this series not available on Kindle

I love this series. I just can't believe that #7 is not available on the Kindle. I bought every single one (at once!) for my kindle except this one. The publishing company needs to fire whomever screwed this up. It's just so stupid to be able to get almost the whole series minus 1 book on the Kindle

Zoey Keeps It Going!

Zoey Dean keeps her story of the A- list going in American Beauty. In this book, the seniors on the A-list are graduating and that means hanging out with friends, and going to parties. Anna is in a car crash and her dad sends his new intern Caine to come help her. Anna becomes good friends with Caine. Also things with Ben aren't doing that well, and they get into a fight at a party. Cammie tries to find out more about her moms death and Sam helps her by meeting up with her mom from North Carolina. Sam finally gets Eduardo back and they agree never to kiss anyone again, other than those two. Everyone goes to a girl from another school, Stefanie, and they set her up to get revenge, for what she said about Sam in the past. In the end they graduate and Anna chooses to hang out with Caine instead of Ben. Zoey really keeps her readers interested in this series.

The A-list, the guiltiest of guilty pleasures!!

I have read the A-list from the beginning and there is one main reason why it became one of my favorite guilty pleasures. Two Words: Sam Sharpe. This is my favorite character, I just love they way she developed, her approach to things, her cynicism that hides a very emotionally troubled young woman. She is the less cliched of all the four main characters (Anna...classy, prim and proper Hampton girl, yawn..., Cammie the uberbitch always on the verge of redeeming herself and Dee the real LosAngelino character, with all her ingenuity, incense sticks and sojourns in the loony bin). These stories, developments and characters are totally unreal, but hey people, this is FICTION! And meant to be FUN! The characters won't cover their heads in ashes, donate their money to the poor and join Mother Teresa's nuns...It is so exaggerated that it is fascinating for a European like yours truly... Only CAVEAT: I would actually NOT recommend this book to teens, because many of them could mistake it for reality, or set their goals way over the top.

Totally Awesome

This book was totally awesome! It was definitely my favorite book of the series! I loved how Anna, Cammie, Sam and Dee come up with such a fabulous plan to get revenge on their enemies. You find out some more details about Cammie's mom's death, but I won't tell you what happens. I definitely recommend anyone to buy this book if they want a good and juicy story.

Good Book Through and Through

In American Beauty, Anna's boyfriend, Ben started acting all weird on her for a reason that Anna couldn't understand. Anna then started to hang out with her father's new and tattooed intern, Caine Manning who is just a friend. Sam concocts a shocking yet funny to snag Eduardo back and succeeds, but with a little help from Parker. Cammie confronts her dad in his Hermosa Beach office embarrassing him in front of his entire crew. She finds out more about her mother's death after asking her father by visiting Sam's mom. While this was going on, the BHH a-list attended a party held by their enemies, Pashima and Stephanie. Cammie, Sam, Dee, and Anna devised a plan for revenge. All in all, the seventh a list is an enthralling book with tons of suspense. (You don't really find out about Cammie's mom's death until near the end of the book)