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From this review "Nothing I dictate in this review can start justice to master storyteller Cecily Von Ziegesar, whose research comes from her own life as an upper eastside, New York City teen. She has a reality-based knack for bringing cigarette-and-pot smoking overflowing kids into three-dimensional color. As naughty as these characters seem on every page, they are revealed to be real kids deficient to fit into accepted, meaningful lives as some(prenominal) as sleek clothes.. Rich girl Blair Waldorf is about to discover what its like to not get her way. Almost seventeen, she has careful plans to lose her virginity to steady boyfriend Nate and get into Yale. But life has alternate designs. Her mom is marrying a bald-headed dweeb and his dreadlocked son and slobbery dog are moving in. While her mom plans her union on the day of Blairs birthday, Nate starts dodging her instant messages. Blairs worse fears are coming true Nate is losing interest. Then she has a total breakd own at her Yale interview, resorting to tears and cheek-kissing humiliating herself and blowing any chance of getting in.In the meantime, Blairs ex best friend, perfect-girl Serena is mixing with artsy West-siders, competing with Blair and others in their all-girl school for a prestigious take on award. But Serena has her own problems. She is casually dating a West-sider named Dan, who is becoming obsessed. Can his sulky love poems win her heart?Nothing I say in this review can bring justice to master storyteller Cecily Von Ziegesar, whose research comes from her own life as an upper eastside, New York City teen. She has a reality-based knack for bringing cigarette-and-pot smoking rich kids into three-dimensional color. As naughty as these characters seem on every page, they are revealed to be real kids wanting to fit into accepted, meaningful lives as much as sleek clothes. This second GOSSIP female child book in the New York Times Bestselling GOSSIP GIRL series is an edgy page- turner. *Fun Notes In the book, Gossip Girl is an anonymous online character who reports on the latest events in the lives of New York Citys richest teens at her site www.