Samantha Madison is just your average disenfranchised sophomore gal living in D.C. when, in an idle moment sandwiched between cookie-buying and CD-perusing, she puts a stop to an attempt on the life of the president. Before she can say “MTV2” she’s appointed Teen Ambassador to the U.N. and has caught the eye of the very cute First Son.
Available: August 1, 2002
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Samantha Madison is just your average disenfranchised sophomore gal living in D.C. when, in an idle moment sandwiched between cookie-buying and CD-perusing, she puts a stop to an attempt on the life of the president. Before she can say “MTV2” she’s appointed Teen Ambassador to the U.N. and has caught the eye of the very cute First Son.
Available: July 1, 2005
Read The ExcerptReady or Not: An All-American Girl Novel
| 10. | Spending Thanksgiving at Camp David |
| 9. | With her boyfriend, the president’s son |
| 8. | Who appears to want to take their relationship to the Next Level |
| 7. | Which Sam inadvertently and shockingly announces live on MTV |
| 6. | While appearing to support the president’s dubious policies on families, morals, and yes, sex |
| 5. | Juggling her new after-school job at Potomac Video |
| 4. | Even though she already has a job as teen ambassador to the UN (that she doesn’t get paid for) |
| 3. | Riding the Metro and getting accosted because she’s “the redheaded girl who saved the president’s life,” in spite of her new, semipermanent Midnight Ebony tresses |
| 2. | Experiencing total role reversal with her popular sister Lucy, who for once can’t get the guy she wants |
| and the number-one thing Sam isn’t ready for? | |
| 1. | Finding out the hard way that in art class, “life drawing” means “naked people.” |
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“Cabot’s strength is her heroine’s funny, authentic voice. Great fun.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Absurdly far-fetched? Absolutely, but that’s exactly why this is so much fun.”
—ALA Booklist