The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life | 
| Author: Lauren Myracle
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 81007
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0142407178
EAN: 9780142407172
ASIN: 0142407178
Publication Date: January 10, 2008
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"Out of all the people in the world, why do I have to be the freak who went to school on the very first day of the year with a pair of PANTIES stuck by static cling to the leg of my pants?!!!" Seventh grade was supposed to be Allis breakout yearonly her big debut ends up being a big disaster. Then queen bee Rachel Delaney takes Alli under her wing, and Alli finds herself in the inner circle of seventh-grade cool. But the inner circle is nothing like Alli expected, and theres ugliness lurking behind the prettiest faces. Can Alli figure out where she fits in, or will she get caught up in the glamour of running with the in crowd?
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 A Review on the book "The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life" December 7, 2008
This book is about a 7th grader named Alli that goes to school on the first day with a pair of her mom's underwear stuck to her pants by a static cling. She experiences a lot of humiliation, and gets made fun of by other people in her class. The book is like a diary with what goes on in her life, and describes her personal feelings. I liked this book because it was fun to read, and you could clearly see the main character's feelings, and you could visualize what was going on. Some things that I didn't like about this book were that some things were a little inappropriate and silly. Some of these things could have been left out. You should probably be at least 10, 11, or 12 (depending on how mature you are) before reading this book. This book is very funny, and you will enjoy it if you like funny things. Overall a satisfactory-to good book.
 It is funny but bad. August 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The beginning is VERY funny, but then it starts swearing and talking about kissing, and worse. I stopped reading at chapter 3. I do NOT recommend this for middle-schoolers maybe for adults, but by then you will be to old for,"The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life."
Wow, I'm so out of the loop. June 12, 2008
I haven't been in seventh grade for a while, but are you sure this is what the majority of seventh graders are up to these days? My personal experience with kids tells me twelve-year-olds are more innocent and less malicious than the characters in the books are. I didn't really pay attention to any sexual references or bad words, but it did surprise me that a book for middle school kids would actually contain phrases like "Oh my God" and "for God's sake." I am by no means religious or offended, but I know authors for middle school kids had to stick with "Oh my gosh" and "for Pete's sake" when I was in seventh grade. The time it's a-changin'.br /br /The writing itself is not bad. In fact, I picked up this book because I thought Lauren Myracle knew how to write for young readers (for disappointed parents, I would recommend her other book Eleven, which I thought was cute and more age-appropriate than this one). I had to skip all the IM conversations, though. I thought I could escape chatspeak when I'm not using the Internet, but apparently I was wrong. My main complaint is that the ending is a cliffhanger. See, that might work if you were writing the eighth book in the whole dear-diary series and you already have your loyal fans eagerly waiting for the next book, but it would probably be a wiser move to make the story more conclusive if you're only writing the first book.br /br /All-in-all, something I would read for fun that I definitely wouldn't recommend to actual seventh-graders. I agree with the reviewer who said that kids may get mixed messages if they read this book. There should be more real consequences to every action that we know is bad and shouldn't do that we all do anyway.
 Nice February 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is pretty good. Not the best, but has a unique plot line, well-written story, and interesting characters with unique personalities. It's about a girl entering seventh grade with her mom's panties on her pants. The most popular girl (Rachel) in the grade defends her to everyone's surprise, and although the main character, Alli, realizes how unkind Rachel is in the end, Alli forgives all of the mistakes that Rachel makes throughout the book. The unique twist is that Alli's unpopular friend who has stuck with her thick and thin is exactly like Rachel, except she is unpopular. A fun read.
A Wonderful Read November 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Fashion Disaster that Changed My Lifebr /br /Are you looking for a book that has lots of realistic action? Stop right here! The book The Fashion Disaster That Changed my Life by, Lauren Myracle just might be the book for you! The main character, Alli has a fashion disaster on the first day of seventh grade. From that disaster comes people that claim to be her friends, but can she hold on to her old friends?! Well, I hope that you have the chance to find out by reading the book The Fashion Disaster that Changed My Life!br /br /
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