Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It (Gossip Girl, 4)
Brand: Poppy
Categories: Books, Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction



Grade level: 10 and up
Dimensions: 5.25 x 0.65 x 8 inches
Reading age: 15 years and up
ISBN-13: 978-0316909686
ISBN-10: 9780316909686
Publisher: Poppy
Print length: 208 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2003
Lexile measure: 950L
Language: English
subtitle: Paperback – October 1, 2003
author: Visit Amazon's Cecily von Ziegesar Page search results Cecily von Ziegesar
review: Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up--All the regular cast is present in this fourth installment in the series. Situations and alliances have shifted, but these are still beautiful, rich kids whose lives are the stuff of fantasy, and whose achievements seem effortless. Almost by accident, Dan gets a poem published in the New Yorker. Vanessa's film New York is used as a backdrop for an important fashion show. Serena lands a modeling job just by entering a clothing store. However, there is also a darker side to the characters' lives. Neglected and unloved by their self-centered parents, these teens are dying to be noticed. Nate gets busted for drug use. Within hours of meeting a new girl in group counseling, he ends up saving her life when she overdoses. Things don't go well for Blair, either. She's still trying to get into Yale after botching her interview in a previous book. In this installment, she's about to fall for the older man helping her repair the damage of her first interview--until she discovers that he's not separated from his wife and that his daughter is a freshman at her school. Soap operalike, the trials and joys of these kids continue. Teens interested in reading about the lives of Manhattan prep-schoolers are sure to devour this book.--Catherine Ensley, Latah County Free Library District, Moscow, ID Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review "Deliciously catty and immediately engrossing, this is the ultimate beach read for teenage girls." "Readers who have always wished Danielle Steel and Judith Krantz would write about teenagers are in for a superficial, nasty, guilty pleasure. The book has the effect of gossip itself-once you enter, it's hard to extract yourself; teens will devour this whole." "Sure to fill the city's seemingly insatiable appetite for news from the rarefied world of private schools." About the Author Cecily von Ziegesar is the creator of the #1 bestselling Gossip Girl and #1 bestselling It Girl novels. She has always lived in New York City. Read more