Jenny O'Connell's Plan B tells the story of how high school senior Vanessa Carlisle's life is unexpectedly turned upside down. After discovering that the very famous teen heartthrob, Reed Vaughn, is in fact her half brother, Vanessa's plans begin to unravel. Not only does she learn this, but also Reed will be coming to live with her immediately to get away from the spotlight. At first Reed moving into her home seems like a curse, with her best friend having a not-so-secret obsession with the star and everyone else in town and at school being quite nosey. However, Vanessa and Reed's relationship grows and he ultimately brings new perspectives into Vanessa's strictly planned lifestyle. While Vanessa learns to let go of her controlling ways, Reed learns to tame it down. In Plan B we watch Vanessa overcome her control issues, deal with boys, relationships, and even choosing a college. However her most significant lesson is coming to accept her new and unconventional family life.
In most of these books that we are reading a constant theme in them seems to be teens learning how to cope with their crazy lives and "not-so-conventional" lifestyles...but this story appears to take the cake! how many teen girls do we hear about who have famous siblings that deicide to move back home!? Sounds like a great story!
ReplyDeleteI like this title because I expected the book to be about teen pregnancy and I'm surprised to hear it has nothing to do with that! Catching titles are always the best!
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