Princess of Gossip

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Princess of Gossip
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AuthorSabrina Bryan, Julia DeVillers
Cover artistLaywan Kwan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung Adult
PublisherMTV, Simon and Schuster
Publication date
October 8, 2008
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages384
ISBN 1-4165-7065-9
OCLC 209701117
LC Class PZ7.B8295 Pr 2008

Princess of Gossip is a young adult novel by Sabrina Bryan (The Cheetah Girls, Dancing with the Stars) and Julia DeVillers (How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller). The book, published by MTV/Simon & Schuster was released on October 7 and sold out on Amazon.com on the first day.

Contents

Plot

Princess of Gossip tells the story of Avery Johnson, a fourteen-year-old high school freshman who just moved from Ohio to Southern California. While on MySpace, she is mistaken as a rising pop star's assistant. She scores an invite to a Hollywood Party and snaps a photo of a young starlet and her secret new beau. Finding this information too juicy to keep to herself, she starts a blog, the Princess of Gossip, and posts the story.

Overnight, she becomes the newest go-to girl for gossip. Designers are sending her priceless dresses, and she's getting the inside scoop on all things celebrity. When Avery shows up at school in her exclusive fashion swag, even Cecilia, the most popular girl in their class, takes notice. She begins to get jealous.

Then celebutante playboy Beckett Howard sees Avery wearing one of his father's designs and asks her out. The Princess of Gossip's true identity is still a secret, but when the paparazzi catch Avery and Beckett on a date, Cecilia gets even more jealous. There's only room for only one it girl at school. Can the Princess of Gossip hold onto her crown? [1]

Official Site

The official website, PrincessOfGossip.Ning.com, launched on September 8, 2008. Built on the Ning platform, the site is also a social network which allows users to create their own page and interact with other users. Perhaps the most innovative feature of the website is the character profiles. Visitors can interact with 8 characters from the book and the two co-authors through their own personal pages, the site chat room and through each character's blog entry. Each character has their own online "life" complete with Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts. [2]

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References

  1. "Summary of Princess of Gossip". SimonSays.com. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  2. "Princess of Gossip Official Site". princessofgossip.ning.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-09-08.