Bittersweet Sixteen

by Carrie Doyle Karasyov and Jill Kargman

Book Overview

Balloons and streamers? Carvel cake? Those might be standard fair for your average birthday party, but Whitney Blake and Sophie Mitchum are anything but average. I'm Laura Finnegan - thrift store... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006077844X
• ISBN13: 9780060778446
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

The Best Book I've read all SUMMER=]

This book was just really fun and amazing. I really got into the book and I felt like I could relate to the characters I even felt i was them especially when the tears whip out in the end. I felt like the emotion was real and the whole book made me mad to think I live in a state where there are no Prada stores or Armani Exchanges within 500 miles of me. This book made me wish i could have a sweetsixteen like this but i don't live in LA or NYC so this is unlikley. Still this book is a great read for any age, (no matter what the parents say) so if your into fashion and fun, and girls, and hot guys, and stuff like that, thn this is perfecto for you=]

Chick Lit at It's Finest

Take one part Cinderella and three parts "Mean Girls", stir until boiling and you get Bittersweet Sixteen. This sassy chick lit novel combines the stresses of birthdays, boys, and best friends in the high class society of Manhattan at one of the most exclusive private schools. Laura Finnegan's life was great until little Miss Sophie Mitchum enters her school. With this new friend the entire social standing of Tate Academy is completely turned upside-down. You will laugh, cry, and rejoice with Laura's terrors and triumphs. This is a great read for anyone.

Sure to keep you up all night reading!!

The story begins with Luara Finnegan, who is an average girl at a very high-end school, due to her scholorship and intelligence.The main characters are her best friend Whitney, and the new girl Sophie, but later on, other girls and boys get mixed in there too. All Laura's friends have a great deal of money and throughout the story major drama arises and spirals around the big sweet sixteen parties EVERYONE at this school has.The book starts out slow, so dont get discouraged, but then it gets very easy to get sucked into and boy is it juicy. If you're a girl who loves to dream of that perfect boy, feels out of place, loves drama, or even just enjoys the city of new york, fashion,or shopping, this is THE PERFECT book for you! I would read it again and again if i could just forget what happened so i could feel the suspense again!!!

AWESOME!

I myself love reading books for pleasure; all the books I read during the school year are for education purposes. Its nice to relax on the beach with a great fun teen book in hand. The first one I read this summer was Bittersweet sixteen. I LOVED it. I felt like I was inside these girls lives. I cant explain how much fun I was having reading it. Jill and Carrie's writing makes you feel as if you are apart of the characters lives..going along with them through their journey of having a sweet sixteen, and all the bits and pieces imbetween. If you want a really good, cute read..then pick up bittersweet sixteen! I PROMISE you will love it.

Have your cake and eat it, too!

Fifteen-year-old Laura Finnegan has never been one of the privileged girls. She's simply been an ordinary girl placed in a privileged world thanks to the scholarship to Tate - the top private, all-girls academy in New York City - she was given years ago. Her parents are not movie producers or models. Just ordinary, hard-working college professors. Laura aspires to be as humble as them, but it's not easy when you're around braggarts day in and day out, and you happen to be best friends with the most gorgeous girl at school - Whitney Blake. Whitney Blake is bound to have the most excellent Sweet Sixteen blowout New York has ever seen. She's done plenty of research, and attended enough parties to know that she - with Laura's help - will be the belle of the ball. But when a new girl moves to town from Hollywood named Sophie Mitchum, Laura isn't so sure how things are going to turn out. However, with a little mediating from Laura, Sophie and Whitney become great friends. But when a falling out threatens to ruin the birthday season for everyone, Laura gets caught in the middle of the catfight, and must dodge as many Prada bags as she possibly can as the battle for fame, fortune, boys, and a super Sweet Sixteen threaten to tear the entire population of Tate students in two forever. It is shocking to see how many novels about Sweet Sixteen's are being released ever since the popularity of MTV's MY SUPER SWEET SIXTEEN shot through the roof. However, having read many of these aptly written books, I find that each one gets better than the next. Carrie Karasyov & Jill Kargman's BITTERSWEET SIXTEEN is no exception. Combining three killer elements that make a young adult novel fabulous: money, popularity, and catfights; the two authors have woven a tale that is sure to put a smile on the lips of all readers - even if it is a devilish one. Laura is an enchanting character, whose kindness and "smarts" make her irresistible, while her interaction with Whitney and Sophie - among other characters - is well-thought out, and believable. With morals and life-lessons abound on each page, BITTERSWEET SIXTEEN most certainly takes the cake of being one of the more original Sweet Sixteen novels on the market today. So have your cake and eat it, too. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper