a great book, i would say thought with a really frusrating and incomplete ending.

A list... Because I am in a listy mood.

1) Plot in a sentence: Megan’s parents get a job overseas, she refuses to go, they let her stay with the McGowan’s, the McGowan’s are a family of 9, no girls (except the mom) all boys, Megan makes friends (and more than friends) and has an interesting experience altogether. Boy, that was a long sentence.



2) What I thought of the plot: 8/10. I thought it was an interesting idea, and in the end, I do think the author pulled it off.



3) Writing: 4/10. Okay, read More...

I was in the mood for a light rom/com style book and this one fit the bill nicely. The plotline initially caught my attention because it reminded me of those 70's movies about large catholic families (Your, Mine and Ours, With Six you get Eggroll, etc)

In this case only child, Megan Meade is an army brat who's lived around the globe with her military parents but Korea is just "One Bridge Too Far." She rebels and her parents agree to let her stay in the States if she'll stay with friends of her f More...

Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com

Megan has always moved around a lot, but this time her living situation has changed even more drastically than usual. When she refused to pack up and move to South Korea with her parents, both in the army, they proposed another option: spending her last two years of high school living in Boston with the McGowans. John McGowan is an old friend of her father's. What makes this so different? The fact that the McGowans have seven sons. Megan is an only More...

"There were purple marks all over the front of her favorite white t-shirt. She picked it up and unfolded it. Drawn right on the front were two huge circles each with a dot in it's center. Breasts."
One day you're living alone with parents, next thing you know, out pop the seven dwarfs. Megan is staying with seven brothers for two years, until her parents come back from South Korea. The last time she's seen them, they were eating dirt out of the backyard. Now they've turned into Abercrombie gods More...

This is a total girl fantasy novel. Take a girl, make her a bright, shy, athletic type, and have her live in a house with 7 boys (not relatives) who have "been blessed by the Abercrombie Gods." Since she has to live there with these family friends while her parents are posted to S. Korea (career Army), Megan decides to make the best of it, and begins sending all her findings about the strange world of boys she now inhabits. Over the course of the first couple of weeks in her new home, she learns More...

I liked this. While it was predicatable, it was still interesting and more importantly, it didn't try to be something other than an entertaining book about raging high school hormones and the usual "does he or doesn't he like me" teenage drama. Teenage girl goes to live with her parent's close friends to finish her last two years of high school rather than move again with her military parents and finds herself living with five hot boys that she is supposed to treat like brothers... Like I said, More...

OMG.This book was fun to read. Megan is stupid though so that kinda put a damper on things.
The McGowan boys (all 7 of them) kinda made up for her stupidity and ignorance though.
I have a question. Why do all heroines have to be stupid and ignorant. Especially when it concerns boys. Megan only figured out that Finn liked her when he was friggin' sucking her face! I figured it out when he ditched his date to pick her up. He arrived in 8 minutes! Can you say obvious? Then he quits drawing his crush, More...

Cute,funny and charming. it's like the staple food for a romcom hungry heart.

Megan Meade, an army brat, is given two choices-either leave with her parents to Korea or move in with their family friends the McGowans,the only problem is that Megan who has yet to have a proper conversation with a guy will have to live with seven of their species! Leaving behind her best friend Tracy, her soccer team and her long-time crush, Megan arrives in the world of the McGowan boys, a new school and a whole lo More...

hahaha loved this book. It had spunk and fun and a whole load of 'in your face' near the end.

Megan Meade is an "army brat", so every few years she moves from place to place as her parents get reassigned to somewhere else, this time though the move will take the Meade Family to South Korea but Megan isn't keen on going so she's left with one other option. Living with the McGowan Family which consists of 7 boys.

From being a single child to living with 7 boys is a change but Megan makes the most o More...

Title: Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys
Author: Kate Brian
Year: 2005
Publisher: Simnon Pulse
# of pages: 267
Genre: Non-fiction
Interest Level: ages 11 and up
Potential Hot Lava:
sex, drinking, cursing, vandalism, and fighting

General Response:
I generally liked this book. It took me reading about fifty pages before I became interested in the story line, but overall I felt that this book tryly demonstrated how life really is for a sixteen year old girl and her struggles with boys.

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That book was awesome. A typical, yet interesting teenage story. I was just glad she didn't end up with (view spoiler)[Evan (hide spoiler)], becouse he was so so so annoying in the book. But Finn, uh oh ah :D I loved Finn! Soo, this was really funny story and I loved reading it :))

Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Erin, this is worse than me putting you through LOTR....

The plot is interesting. About a girl that has to live with 7 boys because her parents was shipped to South Korea, and so, she has to learn to bond with these 7 boys.
Megan's character is fun, and caring, and she is determined. Very determined. She's always trying her best to find something that will help her be closer to these boys, but sometimes, you might be annoyed with her determination... if that makes sense. Her bonding, with Evan especially, causes the most trouble. But she doesn't reali More...

I was in the mood for a light, girly read. This book definitely satisfied that and really it's just that kind of book.
The boys were a little cliche because each of their personalities were so single sided you know? Yes they each had a soft side but seriously you could describe them all in one word. Doug - gangster. Sean - bad boy. Evan - popular. Finn - artsy. (Not that I didn't love Finn, I did. I LOVED him.)
But still despite this I really liked them :)
I felt like Megan was a bit annoying an More...

Después de un mal libro y otro un tanto trágico, necesitaba una lectura refrescante, sencilla y rápida; busque y termine optando por este libro, no me arrepiento... me encanto, no se realmente por que, pero me encanto.

" Megan Meade es una chica que toda su vida por cuestiones de trabajo de su padre, ha vivido de un lado para otro, sin poder establecerse realmente en algún lugar. Cuando su padre es transferido -de nuevo- hacia Corea, Megan decide que ya es tiempo de establecerse en algún lugar, a More...

I thought the book was amazing! It was like your typical american teenage story but it's not. I don't know what I'm saying. I couldn't even put the book down. I loved the characteristics of each characters in the book. Especially Finn! I didn't really notice him much, but he really stood out later then. I love how strong Megan is and how she dealt with her problems in a mature way. I can see her development without her parents by her side and how she could now stand up for herself independently. More...

First thing's first: I really enjoyed this book! It has the perfect combination of teenage angst, high school drama (we've all been there), subtle humor, love (both familial and otherwise...), and fun characters. As a reader I was particularly taken with Megan, the main character as she tries to come to terms with the 7 boys that become her new housemates (a feat in and of itself since she's an only child) AND at the same time learning to stand up for herself in a completely new high school with More...

I'd give it a three point five. But before I start this review, can someone answer some of my questions?

1. Why did she refuse to go to lovely cultural South Korea again? I thought she wanted to stay with her friends in Texas since she's got so much going for her there already.

2. Why is she living with the McGowan's? Her friends and her life aren't in Boston.

I'd appreciate if someone could clear that up for me since I don't think they mentioned that in the book. Or maybe it was in the parts I ski More...

So far this is the book I often come back to when I want a good read without tormenting my mind.
It doesn't have an original plot, and doesn't need one. It's written for teenage girls who want to dream, to have a good time reading a nice and sweet story.

The characters aren't difficult to follow, their reactions are quite predictable and so are their thoughts, but again you don't read this book if you do want to be surprised. There isn't any false promise either with its cover or summary. You kno More...

Megan Meade is an Army brat whose parents are being reassigned to South Korea. Having had enough of moving around, and having no desire to live in the Far East, Megan is sent to live with her father's college friend, his wife and their 7 boys, elementary-age through high school. Of course, Megan finds herself attracted to not one, but two of the McGowan boys. What is a girl, stranded alone in a family with a bunch of boys, to do?

It turns out Megan would have been far better off going to Korea wi More...

Why I picked it up: I thought the idea of a teenage girl and only child suddenly living with a family of 7 boys was interesting.

High School junior Megan has 2 parents in the military so she’s used to moving a lot. But when her parents are assigned to South Korea, Megan refuses to go. Her parents agree to let her stay in the US with a friend of her father’s. Only thing is, he has seven sons. Megan remembers them all as popsicle-covered sticky kids, because that’s the last time she saw the McGowa More...

MEGAN MEADE'S GUIDE IS POSSIBLY THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ.
I seriously think Megan Meade's is a must read. I read this book in one night. It was impossible to put down! i love megan's realness in the situation of living with 7 boys. I mean, you are not always perfect. we all know that. She gets embarrased, gets angry, and is herself throughout the whole book. Though i really hate that she wasted her time on hot, flirty Evan when sweet, artistic, irresistable Finn. Doug i imagine as a little More...

I really liked this book. I liked Megan. I loved that she was not a girly-girl and I confess to being partial to a soccer-playing military brat. (Although having dual-military parents who are both suddenly going to Korea and have to leave in a few days is a bit far-fetched.) The only thing I really did not like was the presumption that sex is mainstream and everyone is doing it. While it was not in your face, I was not happy that sex was so casual. Aside from that, it was a really fun read and I More...

I’ve been meaning to read this one for awhile now because the concept just sounded like way too much fun. Being thrown from the world of an only child to living with seven boys ranging in ages from toddler to practically adult. What’s not to love? Well, the chaos for one and all those crazy boy antics, but overall a very fun situation that made for a very fun book.

Megan’s character was very relate-able. She’s shy, athletic and a decent person. Someone I could definitely be friends with. The othe More...

k so when i first read the description for this book, i was really excited to read about it :D i was like "this is gonna be so good" and "omg this gonna be cute!" yea well... :( my hopes weren`t fulfilled :( like the first time she sees Evan, she`s like swooning over him when she doesnt even know him. i would have been better if she spent a lot of her child hood with the boys then she came back and everything is like a shock. but nooooo, i had to be that she didn`t really know who they are. the More...

I went to Borders on Monday night hoping to find a fluffy chick-lit because I've been reading too much paranormal books. I searched each bookcase then I found a semi-beat up copy of Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys. At first, I was hesitant to purchase it because of the cover and was completely unsure if it will satisfy my dire need for a girly book. However, I went ahead and purchased it without any high expectations. Boy was I completely wrong. The story kept me up all night; I couldn't More...

This book is about a girl whose parents are in the army and her family moves alot and she decides she doesn't want to move any more so she moves in with her parents friends....who have seven sons. When she moves in the guys arn't used to living with a girl so she has a hard time adjusting so she decides to write a guide for the McGowan boys.One of the the rules for the guys is that Meagan is off limits. Meagan starts to like one of the sons Evan but he has a girlfriend who is hell bent on making More...