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Airhead (Airhead #1)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
Meg Cabot expands her huge fan base with this slightly darker, more mysterious novel - without losing any of her signature heart and humor.
EM WATTS IS GONE.
Emerson Watts didn’t even want to go to the new SoHo Stark Megastore grand opening. But someone needed to look out for her sister, Frida, whose crush, British heartthrob Gabriel Luna, would be singing and signing autogr...more
EM WATTS IS GONE.
Emerson Watts didn’t even want to go to the new SoHo Stark Megastore grand opening. But someone needed to look out for her sister, Frida, whose crush, British heartthrob Gabriel Luna, would be singing and signing autogr...more
Hardcover, 337 pages
Published
June 1st 2008
by Point
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I am NOT happy with this book. First off, it's part one of a series so the story is incomplete. Second of all, I didn't realize what I was getting in for when I picked it up. Nowhere in the blurb on the inside front cover did it tell me that we were talking about a brain transplant! A boring teenager dies and has her living brain transplanted into the body of a brain dead teenage supermodel. Horrid concept for a book. It was written okay, but the premise of the book is just way too out there. An...more
Okay, so I was having the absolute best time reading my ARC copy of this newest Meg Cabot that doesn't come out until June. I was loving it!!! The smart tomboy's brain gets transplanted into a supermodel's body and chaos ensues. What's not to love? But then, everything started coming together way too easily and things that should have taken a long time to explain or dawn on the characters were blithely wrapped up in just a couple of paragraphs and I was hurtling towards the end of the book with...more
Em Watts is not herself. Literally.
She never wanted to go to the grand opening of the new Stark Megastore store. That was her sister Frida’s idea. But that day changed her life. In an attempt to save her sister Frida from certain harm, Em tries to push Frida out of the way, getting crushed by a falling television screen in the process.
When Em wakes up in the hospital, she has no idea what happened. She can only recall bits of what happened that day, such as a certain gorgeous British singer and...more
She never wanted to go to the grand opening of the new Stark Megastore store. That was her sister Frida’s idea. But that day changed her life. In an attempt to save her sister Frida from certain harm, Em tries to push Frida out of the way, getting crushed by a falling television screen in the process.
When Em wakes up in the hospital, she has no idea what happened. She can only recall bits of what happened that day, such as a certain gorgeous British singer and...more
Cute little book. There seems to be a trend in Teen books of the plain Jane somehow ends up famous. This time it is via brain transplant. Unbelievable, I know, but still fun. Emerson (named by her lit. professor father) is invisible in school, while Nikki Howard is THE supermodel of the Teen genre. A freak accident later and Em's brain is in Nikki's body, which brings with it the responsibilty of all of Nikki's contracts. A spying, controlling company and the boy Em loved and left behind all mak...more
Okay, so Meg Cabot is the Queen of YA literature. I have this image of her in my head sat on a throne of books, all of her own of course, because she has written plenty!! A gaggle of YA authors are sat around her; some feeding her little chocolate cupcakes with raspberry icing, some wafting her with giant bamboo leaves. Others are just sat around soaking in the glory of her presence, listening to the author who has the best accent regale them with stories the Queen herself has written. She also...more
YA Novel (3 part series)
Storyline: Emerson Watts, 16, likes living in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, but she can't tolerate most of the students at her private high school. She and her best friend (and secret crush), Christopher, escape their outcast status by immersing themselves in online video games. Even Emersons sister thinks she's lame, especially the way she dresses.
But then Emerson's bland world shatters when she attends the opening of a new Stark Megastore, that was her sister Frid...more
Storyline: Emerson Watts, 16, likes living in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, but she can't tolerate most of the students at her private high school. She and her best friend (and secret crush), Christopher, escape their outcast status by immersing themselves in online video games. Even Emersons sister thinks she's lame, especially the way she dresses.
But then Emerson's bland world shatters when she attends the opening of a new Stark Megastore, that was her sister Frid...more
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December 21, 2008
Models. Airheads. Same thing.
By SITI HAJAR MOHD. KHAIRI 901
Airhead
By Meg Cabot
337 pages
2008 New York, NY
Point/Scholastic
Hardcover $16.99
ISBN-10: 0-545-04052-3
(Ages 12 and up)
Models. Airheads. Whatever. They are perfect, fake and live “The Dream” all girls drool about -- to be famous, loaded with cash, and, of course, striking. Airhead by Meg Cabot zooms a little into the future and gives insight on how technology is improving. What if one day you find that you can b...more
December 21, 2008
Models. Airheads. Same thing.
By SITI HAJAR MOHD. KHAIRI 901
Airhead
By Meg Cabot
337 pages
2008 New York, NY
Point/Scholastic
Hardcover $16.99
ISBN-10: 0-545-04052-3
(Ages 12 and up)
Models. Airheads. Whatever. They are perfect, fake and live “The Dream” all girls drool about -- to be famous, loaded with cash, and, of course, striking. Airhead by Meg Cabot zooms a little into the future and gives insight on how technology is improving. What if one day you find that you can b...more
Really, I should have seen it coming. Meg Cabot is obsessed with Star Wars, watches way too much TV and has already done the psychic thing, the princess thing, the paranormal thing and the historical fiction thing. And with the popularity of Stephenie Meyer's The Host, why shouldn't she jump on the body-snatcher bandwagon?
Emerson Watts loves to play video games, has never kissed a boy and refers to the popular crowed at her alternative college prep school in Manhattan as the Walking Dead. So w...more
Emerson Watts loves to play video games, has never kissed a boy and refers to the popular crowed at her alternative college prep school in Manhattan as the Walking Dead. So w...more
I picked this because I wanted to see what else the "Princess Diaries" author would write. The main character despises girls who care about looks and fashion, and then against her will, she kind of becomes one! It's kind of a far-fetched story, but it made me think. The style is geared to teenagers, but it was fun to read. Only bad part: I don't like beginnings of series that just end without wrapping things up, so you basically have to read the next book!
This, like Jinx, was very disappointing. I really didn't like the storyline or really anything else about this book. Except for the characters, this book is not worth even touching.
Ekkkhhh. I'm on the last disc, thank goodness. I have thoroughly enjoyed some of Meg Cabot's other books, but this one was written as if it were truly for airheads. (i.e. Simple elements in the plot are explained way too much.)
Let's just say that things were pretty implausible BEFORE we got to the brain transplant. And the writing was sloppy, and the plot barely held together, and yet . . . okay, I'll admit, I liked it. It was fun. I liked the main character, I liked the premise (normal girl wakes up in a super-models body). And maybe it's just where I am in my life right now, but I actually found some of the discussion re. relationships to be a little profound. I was surprised when the book ended abruptly with nothin...more
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For High school student Em Watts life couldn't be anymore of a disappointment, her little sister is a complete girly girl, which Em is not and her parents couldn't be any more of an annoyance.But the only thing or person for that matter that seems to make everything thing better is her long time friend and secret crush Christopher, he has always been there for her and she has always wanted to tell him how she feels about him.But she is afraid that she will never get the chance especially...more
For High school student Em Watts life couldn't be anymore of a disappointment, her little sister is a complete girly girl, which Em is not and her parents couldn't be any more of an annoyance.But the only thing or person for that matter that seems to make everything thing better is her long time friend and secret crush Christopher, he has always been there for her and she has always wanted to tell him how she feels about him.But she is afraid that she will never get the chance especially...more
Whhhhhhyyyyyy do I always get sucked in by Meg Cabot books?! I loved The Mediator series, and Avalon High, but this one and the last I read (Jinx) have left me regretting the hours I spent reading them. UGH...headdesk, headdesk, headdesk!! So obviously I didn't like it. The plot was interesting enough, teen dies in a freak accident and at the same time a teen supermodel falls dead from a brain anureysm. So, what are doctors to do? Brain transplant of course! (yes sarcasm...) Ok really though tha...more
Yep. It was a while since I last read a Meg Cabot book. Or at least openly.
And I have to say, no matter what the story is, she always writes in the most beautiful hypnotising way. My friends and I are planning on saving up to buy her 9-year-old's book (sue us, it's cute).
However, two things really bother me about this novel. One of them is that Emerson never EVER displays any sign of missing her old body, and - eventhough I'm not an ubber teenage model - I think every girl should be at least a B...more
And I have to say, no matter what the story is, she always writes in the most beautiful hypnotising way. My friends and I are planning on saving up to buy her 9-year-old's book (sue us, it's cute).
However, two things really bother me about this novel. One of them is that Emerson never EVER displays any sign of missing her old body, and - eventhough I'm not an ubber teenage model - I think every girl should be at least a B...more
I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book to girls because I don't think guys would really like a book about a super model that switched bodies with a geek. I don't know why the book is called "Airhead", if I would have written the book I probably would have titled it "Switched" or "The Switch". I don't think "Airhead" makes a lot of since except that the super model , Nikki Howard, is really obnoxious and crazy confident. I liked this book a lot it is about an ordinary 11th grader...more
I choose this book because the cover really got me interested in the book. I am not a big fan of girly books but this book really catched my eye and wanted me to know what this book was about. This book is basically about a girl named Emerson Watts and she never had those "tea parties" that her "friends" or her aged girls had. Emerson just had her life changed forever because of one accident. My favorite quote in this book was when her parents bought her a pink laptop and she was really shocked....more
Airhead is a very well-written book full of suspense and thrills to keep you guessing through the entire book. The main character, Emerson Watts is annoyed with her little sister, Frida, when she is turning into one of the "walking dead." Frida is begging for Em, and her best friend, Christopher, to take her to the grand-opening of the new Stark Enterprises. Of course Frida got their mother on her side, so they are forced into taking her. When famous heart-throb singer, Gabriel Luna shows up, ev...more
This is a book by Meg Cabot, whoever follow her Princess Diaries will be interested to this book. Air Head it's about Emerson Watts, a tomboy-super brain who doesn't give a damn about her appearance. You know, she wears whatever she wants, and so unlike her sister, Frida who's so girly, love make up and dress up and love Nikki Howard (a super model) and hot boys. One day, Emerson is forced to accompany her sister to meet her favourite hot singer, Gabriel in a new shopping mall. At the same time,...more
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Meg Cabot, put simply, is wonderful. I've been a fan of her for years and have been going into bookish depression when I reach the last book of The Princess Diaries knowing that I can't read any more about Michael. While there isn't a Michael in this book, there is an Em. Or Nikki, I should say.
Em is a video game playing, feminist teenager. She has one friend, Chris, who she's had a crush on since about seventh grade. Of course, does...more
Meg Cabot, put simply, is wonderful. I've been a fan of her for years and have been going into bookish depression when I reach the last book of The Princess Diaries knowing that I can't read any more about Michael. While there isn't a Michael in this book, there is an Em. Or Nikki, I should say.
Em is a video game playing, feminist teenager. She has one friend, Chris, who she's had a crush on since about seventh grade. Of course, does...more
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This is a very different Meg Cabot book. Perhaps it's because of the darker tone the series takes, it's not everyday your brain gets put into a different body, but it doesn't come off as light and fluffy as some of Meg's other series. Be that as it may, Meg does know how to write a good mystery. The second book in this trilogy is probably the strongest since there is a lot of plot exploration in the book. While the trilogy had a s...more
This is a very different Meg Cabot book. Perhaps it's because of the darker tone the series takes, it's not everyday your brain gets put into a different body, but it doesn't come off as light and fluffy as some of Meg's other series. Be that as it may, Meg does know how to write a good mystery. The second book in this trilogy is probably the strongest since there is a lot of plot exploration in the book. While the trilogy had a s...more
I like Meg Cabot's writing style. I've enjoyed several of her novels. I decided to give one of her YA books a try. I know how to suspend my disbelief and enjoy far-fetched notions. I've recently been able to enjoy a book about someone getting a blood transfusion and suddenly having memories from the person whose blood she received, and I love the show Drop Dead Diva about a model/actress who died but whose soul returned to the body of a plus-size lawyer. But I just couldn't ever settle into this...more
The first in the lame-o trilogy that I have finished and now I backpedaled and read the first book. I think I liked this book the most because it set everything up and while books like that are generally unpopular because the are light on "mythology" I like lame and little facts that set up a bigger story. I know I read these books in totally the wrong order, but like I have said before with Cabot books, it doesn't really matter too much. It probably would have enhanced the stories more, but I d...more
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Two worlds collide when super-gorgeous celebrity Nikki and tomboy brainiac Em find themselves thrown together – literally. he book is about a teenage girl whose life is forever changed by the tragic accident that leaves her taking the identity of a supermodel, Nikki Howard.
Thrown into a completely unfamiliar world, she's forced to hide her old identity in order to personify her current one.
An orignal idea as Meg Cabot combines two world of normal and celebrity life together as Em Watts tries to...more
Thrown into a completely unfamiliar world, she's forced to hide her old identity in order to personify her current one.
An orignal idea as Meg Cabot combines two world of normal and celebrity life together as Em Watts tries to...more
Meg Cabot is back with her new book Airhead- her first teen book with Scholastic and it's definitely a change from previous novels. While it's not exactly supernatural, you could say the book is a new age science fiction mixed with chick lit. In Airhead, Emerson Watts- Em for short- is forced by her mother to take her fourteen year old sister Frida to the new Stark Megastore opening so she could meet new hit singer-songwriter Gabriel Luna. But disaster hits- literally- and Emerson wakes up to fi...more
First I have to say, that Meg Cabot is one special lady. With an impressive ability to weave supernatural aspects into her stories about romance, comedy, and even drama-based teen fiction, I have yet to read a book of hers I haven't enjoyed. Sadly, I am one of the few who hasn't had a chance to read the princess series yet. Working on that, I swear.
In Cabot's novel Airhead, Emerson Watts has the same normal issues of any teen girl. She's a tomboy so the beautiful people (or the walking dead as...more
In Cabot's novel Airhead, Emerson Watts has the same normal issues of any teen girl. She's a tomboy so the beautiful people (or the walking dead as...more
Emerson Watts on tyttö, jota kiinnostaa opiskelu sekä netissä pelattavat tietokonepelit parhaan ystävänsä ja salaisen ihastuksensa, Christopherin, kanssa. Emerson ei ole mikään kaunotar eikä hän ole vielä 16 ikävuoteen asti suudellut ketään poikaa. Koulussa Emiä pidetään friikkinä ja hän saakin tuta sen nahoissaan.
Em joutuu vasten tahtoaan lapsenvahdiksi muotitietoiselle pikkusiskolleen Fridalle, kun uuden megamarketin avajaisissa esiintyy Fridan suosikkilaulaja ja julkkis Gabriel Luna. Paikall...more
Em joutuu vasten tahtoaan lapsenvahdiksi muotitietoiselle pikkusiskolleen Fridalle, kun uuden megamarketin avajaisissa esiintyy Fridan suosikkilaulaja ja julkkis Gabriel Luna. Paikall...more
Emerson Watts thought her life was perfect. Emerson Watts didn't want to go to the new Stark Megastore grand opening. But her mom wanted someone to look after her sister, Frida. Her celebrity crush, Gabriel Luna, would be singing and signing autographs there along with the new face of Stark, teen supermodel Nikki Howard. Em didn’t know that when she went there that her life would be changed forever. One second she was standing there and the next a plasma screen TV came crashing down on her. When...more
What do you expect when you read a book titled "Airhead"? Something light, a book which you can just breeze through without much complications. That's exactly what you get when you read "Airhead", a book more along the lines of a teen drama flick. In fact after reading this book that's exactly how I felt, I felt like I just finished watching a teen flick. The characters are all stereotypical, the popular girls posse, the not so popular girl who likes to play video games instead of trying on make...more
I was quite torn while trying to decide how to rate this one. When you read a Meg Cabot book it's the literary equivalent of McDonalds. You know exactly what it'll taste like and it won't be the most mentally nutritious thing out there. But sometimes your brain needs a greasy snack. And this book was just that.
Or it would have been. If it hadn't actually been "the first book" of atrilogy.
One of my biggest pet peeved with the publishing industry is how they are turning whole books into multiboo...more
Or it would have been. If it hadn't actually been "the first book" of atrilogy.
One of my biggest pet peeved with the publishing industry is how they are turning whole books into multiboo...more
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| Em vs Nikki | 9 | 29 | Feb 03, 2013 10:34am | |
| Meg Cabot Fan Club: Airhead - General | 1 | 4 | Dec 31, 2012 11:47am | |
| If this was a movie? | 7 | 34 | Oct 05, 2012 07:06pm | |
| Favorite Meg Cabot book? | 11 | 27 | Oct 05, 2012 07:02pm |
Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more
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Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more
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“Well," I said. "I could strip off my clothes and reveal to you that under my jeans and sweatshirt I'm actually wearing a tank top and short-shorts, much like Lara Croft from Tomb Raider... only mine are flame-retardant and covered in glow-in-the-dark dinosaur stickers."
No one stirred. Not even Christopher, who actually has a thing for Lara Croft.
"I know what you're thinking," I went on. "Glow-in-the-dark dinosaur stickers are SO last year. But I think they add a certain je ne sais quoi to the whole ensemble. It's true, short-shorts are uncomfortable under jeans and hard to get off in the ladies' room, but they make the twin thigh-holsters in which I hold my high-caliber pistols so easy to get to...."
The oven timer dinged.
"Thank you, Em," Mr. Greer said, yawning. "That was very persuasive.”
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No one stirred. Not even Christopher, who actually has a thing for Lara Croft.
"I know what you're thinking," I went on. "Glow-in-the-dark dinosaur stickers are SO last year. But I think they add a certain je ne sais quoi to the whole ensemble. It's true, short-shorts are uncomfortable under jeans and hard to get off in the ladies' room, but they make the twin thigh-holsters in which I hold my high-caliber pistols so easy to get to...."
The oven timer dinged.
"Thank you, Em," Mr. Greer said, yawning. "That was very persuasive.”
“Whoa. If high school was suppose to be the best years of my life - at least so far - I was truly destined to have a sucky adulthood.”
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