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Author:	Kaavya Viswanathan	Format:	Hardcover
Publisher:	Little Brown & Co	Edition:	1
ISBN-10:	0316059889	ISBN-13:	9780316059886
Subject:	Humor	Publication Year:	2006
Topic:	--	Special Attributes:	--
Language:	English	Condition:	Acceptable

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Synopsis
The frenzy of college admissions and the high pressure that parents, particularly Indian parents, put on their children to succeed, fuel this humorous chick-lit novel from a Harvard sophomore. Opal Mehta's parents have micromanaged her entire life from childhood so that she would be the perfect applicant to Harvard, using charts to ensure that she's taken the requisite advanced placement classes and has just the right extracurricular activities. But then her interviewer says that in order to fit into the community, a Harvard candidate should have a social life, too, and suggests that Opal should get one before applying. When Opal delivers the dreadful news to her parents, the Mehtas apply the same focus on transforming their daughter into a popular, fun-loving girl. Kaayva Viswanathan first made headlines for selling the book, which she started writing in high-school, in a six-figure deal to Little, Brown. Shortly after the book was published in 2006 accusations were made that Viswanathan had plagiarized from Megan McCafferty, a popular writer of young-adult books. Later reports also found striking similarities between Viswanathan's debut and books by Salmon Rushdie, Meg Cabot's THE PRINCESS DIARIES, and others. With mounting criticism, Little, Brown recalled and shredded the massive print run, and DreamWorks discontinued its development of the film based on the book. Viswanathan has continued to claim that these inclusions were unconscious. Meanwhile, the few available remaining copies of the book have sold for high prices on the internet.
Size
Length:	315 pages
Height:	9.0 in.
Width:	6.3 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	15.2 oz.

Publisher's Note
Offered a second chance at getting into Harvard when the dean urges her to prove she is capable of having fun as well as overachieving academically, Opal, assisted by her equally determined parents, takes calculated measures to establish her place in the popular crowd. A first novel.
Industry reviews
"It's LEGALLY BLOND in reverse....[I]t's a lot of fun, and Viswanathan's eye-rolling intelligence shines through on every page." (03/13/2006)

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