It's A Mall World After All

by Janette Rallison

Book Overview

If they gave out diplomas for what you learn at the mall, Charlotte could graduate with honors. Ever since she got a job as a perfume spritzer, she's become an expert on all things shopping... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545012902
• ISBN13: 9780545012904
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Super Engaging!

The way this story is written is in a way that captures the attention of the reader! It just keeps on going! It makes you want to know what Charlotte does next! As a young adult myself, these things happen in real life. Only reading about it seems much more preferable!

The Best Book I've Ever Read

It's a Mall World After All is a page turner that you can't put down. Charlotte's mishaps are not only hilarous, but very true. Her mission to prove that her best friend's boyfriend if a fake, tring to keep Colton on her side, and eating centerpieces is only a few things she must do throughout this wonderful book. I recommend it for 7-12 grade, do to content.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

If you like witty and hilarious page-turners that keep you interested and laughing all the way through, then IT'S A MALL WORLD AFTER ALL by Janette Rallison is the book for you! This is the kind of book that keeps you wondering what hilarious twist is coming next. Charlotte is a girl who works in a mall, spraying perfume on unsuspecting costumers. She's a high school student, has red hair, she's taller than normal, and she has a strict policy against dating guys from her school. Charlotte never understood why anyone would buy those perfumes at the mall. She could never figure out how anyone could believe those advertisements that say the perfume will make you irresistible or if you wear it, or that the guys will be all over you. When Charlotte sees her best friend, Brianna's, boyfriend, Bryant, at the mall with another girl, she is faced with the tough choice of whether to tell Brianna or to not say anything and hope it was all just a misunderstanding. When she asks Bryant's best friend (and also her study buddy), Colton, about what she saw at the mall, will Colton stick up for Bryant and deny it or agree with Charlotte? Is Bryant deceiving Colton as well as Brianna? Is Charlotte the only one who knows the truth? What happens when Charlotte goes to great lengths to prove Bryant's lying to Brianna? Will Charlotte get pinned for everything? And will Charlotte's friendship with Brianna survive through all the lies and rumors? And why does Charlotte have a policy against dating guys at her school, anyway? What happens if she breaks the policy? There are so many unanswered questions. But don't fret--all you have to do to answer them and have a lot of great laughs along the way is to read this book. I can tell you one thing, it has a great ending. Reviewed by: Cayla Carhart

Provides the twists and turns of romance and shopping

Janette Rallison's IT'S A MALL WORLD AFTER ALL provides the twists and turns of romance and shopping as it tells of best friends, evil boyfriends, and a teen who develops savvy about boys and malls alike.

The Mall Can Be An Educational Place

Charlotte's miserable job of spraying perfume on women doing their Christmas shopping at the mall lets her observe people and learn a lot about human nature. For example, she learns that her best friend's boyfriend is cheating on her, but nobody will believe her, because she has never forgiven Bryant for putting live spiders in her desk two years ago. She gets into all sorts of trouble just trying to get proof of Bryant's infidelity, including inviting herself to a swank party at the Country Club where she eats...the table decorations. She gradually falls in love with Bryant's best friend, and the two of them attract more trouble while dressed as Santa and his Elf at the mall. However, if you want to know if she ever gets the goods on Bryant, and whether or not her friend ever believes her...you'll have to read the book. Janette Rallison is one of my favorite authors, and one of only four whom I would recommend finding, buying, begging, whatever it takes to get a complete set of her works.

...will certainly make you think twice about the mall - and the drama that accompanies it

While many girls are discovered by modeling-scouts while shopping in the mall, Charlotte was scouted for something much different: to be a perfume-lady at Bloomingdale's. Her job? Spritzing unsuspecting passersby with the fragrance of the day, and praying that they purchase a bottle of the over-priced, oft-times funky smelling stuff. It being the holiday season, of course, Charlotte quickly takes the job, and spends each and every day after school doing one of the easiest things on Earth, while scoping out her surroundings, in an attempt to be ready for the doctoral thesis she plans on writing someday entitled "It's A Mall World After All." But when she spies her best friend Brianna's boyfriend, Bryant Anderson, and his best friend, Colton Taft, browsing through the mall, two Leland Prep girls on their arms, Charlotte believes that it's time to inform her best friend about her boyfriend's two-timing ways. When Brianna refuses to listen, however, Charlotte decides to launch plan two: catching the cheater on film. Sadly, this proves harder than it seems, as Bryant always has the illustrious Colton watching his back. Now Charlotte just has to wiggle her way into his heart to get to the truth. As if that weren't enough, by working at the mall, she's encountered two poor kids named Reese and T.J. who just want new clothes for Christmas. So she proposes an idea to her National Honor Society group, intending to provide these kids with a great Christmas. But to do so, she'll have to practically sell her soul to Colton. Something she never thought she would even consider...until now. I will admit it, Janette Rallison had me from the title - IT'S A MALL WORLD AFTER ALL. After all, it's hard for me to resist anything that reminds me of the Disneyland ride It's A Small World. Luckily, however, the title was not the only thing that held my interest, for I was pleasantly surprised to open the novel up to an endearing character, whose cynicism and sarcastic wit was refreshing; as was her ability to make a mess out of almost every situation she was placed in. Charlotte's outlook and thoughts regarding shoppers, and the various things that happen within the mall, were hilarious - from break-ups to make-ups; and verbal fights to full-on brawls. Charlotte's interactions with the hunky, yet oft-times conceited Colton were pleasantly adorable; while the chemistry that shined through between these two characters from page one was utterly hard-to-resist. The fact that IT'S A MALL WORLD AFTER ALL revolves around the holiday shopping season gives it that extra-oomph. However, the Christmastime setting never overshadows the plot-line. A sugar-coated addition to the teen fiction genre that will certainly make you think twice about the mall - and the drama that accompanies it. Erika Sorocco Freelance Reviewer