Airhead

From School Library Journal Grade 79Cabot delivers yet another fun and frothy piece of escapism in this far-fetched but rousing roller-coaster ride of a novel. The plot centers on a freak accident at the new Stark Megastore. Emma Watts has a huge plasma TV land on her just as Nikki Howard, supermodel and the Face of Stark, enters the store and suffers a brain aneurism. Stark, determined to keep their moneymaking "face" alive, embarks on a risky venture that they have been doing for years, unbeknownst to anyone else. Now Emma's brain is in Nikki's body and her life will never be the same. If Emma tells anyone, her family will be slapped with millions in medical bills. Cabot pulls readers in and makes them care about Emma, her family, her best friend, and her secret crush. No one in the cast is completely fleshed out but there is some character development. This book is sure to fly off the shelves and leave readers breathlessly awaiting the promised sequel._Shari Fesko, Southfield Public Library, MI_ Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Em is considerably more interested in playing computer games with her friend Christopher than in befriending the A-list girls who rule her high school. A freak accident mortally injures Em and leaves superstar model Nikki brain dead. After a transplant operation, Em wakes up in Nikkis body and learns that she must keep her identity a secret and live her life as Nikki. Readers who arewilling to swallow the brain transplant idea will find that the rest of the story goes down easily enough; theres plenty to entertain readers with stars in their eyes as well as those who disdain the pop-culture glamour of Nikkis life. Besides the juxtaposition of Ems world with Nikkis, there are elements of humor and glimmers of compassion for the rich and famous in this first-person story. Toward the novels end, Nikki enrolls in Ems old school. Can the girl inside that too-perfect body reconnect with the boy she secretly loves? Stay tuned. Grades 7-10. --Carolyn Phelan Airhead is the first in a brilliant, funny and thought-provoking trilogy from Meg Cabot, the author of the million-selling The Princess Diaries . Two worlds collide when super-gorgeous celebutante Nikki and tomboy brainiac Em find themselves thrown together – literally. Forced to live the life of a glamorous supermodel, will Em be able to keep her old life, and those she cares about, a secret?