Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood

Abby McDonald gives L.A. the Jane Austen treatment in this contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility.

Hallie and Grace Weston have never exactly seen life eye to eye. So when their father dies and leaves everything to his new wife, forcing the girls to pack up and leave San Francisco for a relative's house in shiny Beverly Hills, the two sisters take to their changing lot in typically different styles. Shy, responsible Grace manages to make friends with an upbeat, enterprising girl named Palmer but still yearns for her old life -- and the maybe-almost-crush she left behind. Meanwhile, drama queen Hallie is throwing herself headlong into life -- and love -- in L.A., spending every second with gorgeous musician Dakota and warding off the attention of brooding vet Brandon. But is Hallie blinded by the stars in her eyes? And is Grace doomed to forever hug the sidelines?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 04/23/2013
ISBN: 9780763655082
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 03/11/2013
School Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 166
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2013 pg. 520
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 122 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 184552 / Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 10