Meg Cabot Books

I love the whole series and I recommend it for anyone ages 11 and up. Meg Cabot is my favorite author and this book WOW'd me more than any other book I've read by her! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

THIS WAS THE BEST OF THE FIRST 4 BOOKS!! Seriously, my favorite!! From the beginning to the end is amazing and very surprising. I didn't want to stop reading. Im a girl of 13 years old and I seriously recomend the series to grade 7 to up.

My daughter got me hooked on this series and I was surprised at the great writing.

I love this book , and I love the character Jesse. This book is nothing but nonstop action and thrills , and some parts are so sad , and how Suze does to get Jesse back is certainly is unexpected. Although the new character Paul is very intriguing and I like his character , I can't wait to read the next book to find out about him.And I love the ending . Meg cabot really undone herself this time!

The fourth book of the series The Mediator did not fail to deliver a great and wonderful thrill. Susannah is still trying to live a normal teenage life without any ghosts interfering, besides Jesse her ghost friend that haunts her room. Susannah soon finds out its going to be harder than she thought, when she discovers a young boy who is a mediator just like herself. Things also get worse when she discovers that the young kid's brother Paul has a crush on Susannah.
While she is trying to deal with all this stuff, her stepbrothers accidentally dig up Jesse's dead body in their backyard. Since Jesse's body was discovered Jesse has no reason to stick around in the real world and gets sent to the ghost world. Now Susannah wants to bring Jesse back to the real world, but when Susannah finds out that Jesse was killed by his girlfriend many years ago, Jesse's girlfriend comes back from the dead to try to stop Susannah from finding out anything else. How is Susannah going to get Jesse back and deal with everything that's going on at the same time? Read the book to find out
I loved this book this was the best book of the series so far, because it added new enemies that Susannah has to worry about. I liked this book and would recommend it to anyone who likes mystery and action books. I would also tell them to read the whole series first because they are all good books.

I love the mediator books so much and I want them to go to book seven maybe even ten. I've gotten addicted to them and I don't want them to end at 6.

The story line continues and this book is just as exciting and exhiliarating as the rest in this series. I would highly recommend this book and the previous in this series. Excellent read!!!!

This series is a lot of fun to read, but I did feel that the ending was a little too perfect. Everything tied up in a perfect bow. Throughout the book, I felt that the story was lacking a good central plot to work around. From the beginning, we knew Paul was up to something, and shortly after, we knew what it was, but for some reason, Suze couldn't figure out the obvious. Suze was just confused and unsure and shallow most of this book which is very unlike her character. However, the ending was just what the reader would wnat and I am very glad I read the book. I liked the series so much I had to read all of it in one week. Read it, but it isn't the best in the series, but you'll be happy with the ending. I am left wanting to understand Paul better, but maybe that is for another series. :)

I thought the sixth and final book in the mediator books was an awesome book. It solved all the questions I had about what was going to happen in the end, and it answered them in a very unexpected and extremely pleasing way. I totally recommend this book, but I recommend reading the first five Mediator books before reading this one so you have a better idea of what is going on.

This is one of my all-time favorite books! I LOVE Meg Cabot and ALL of her books! I highly recommend reading this! But make sure you read the 5 before this one or it'll be ruined! Really read this book! It's great!

Short novella about Mia's 16th birthday, her grandmere's attempts to film it for MTV, her best friend's craziness, and issues with her boyfriend. Just another day for Mia. Short, sweet, fluff book that reminds me why this series continues to be a guilty pleasure. Grade: B+

This is a very short story about Mia's 16th birthday. It is very cute and filled with lots of moments between Michael and Mia that make you feel warm and fuzzy. Very Cute!!

I'm not going to go over the plot with you,I'm just here to tell you what I like and dislike. What I like? That's easy. Meg Cabot has once again outdone herself with this novel. Like I said, I'm not going to go over the plot, so you will have to read it or wonder for the rest of your life(okay, exaggeration). Dislikes: Just one. IT IS NINETY-SIX PAGES! I know, I know. Book 4 1/2 was fifty pages. What is the problem here? I'll tell you: This isn't a in-between book. It is supposed to be equivalent to 150 page novels previously written by Meg Cabot. Not to mention the fact that 4 1/2 had pretty much NO plot, whereas this one has a real setting, story, and more than ten characters.
That is all I have to say. Oh, yeah, one more thing:
READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book was great! Meg Cabot really outdid herself. However, I wish it were longer. There is certainly enough plot, but only 96 pages? Really.
All in all, I would say it is a great book. You would be best getting it at a public library, because for $9, you only get 96 pages[hardcover].

I won't delve into the plot, since many other reviewers have already done so. Instead, I'll say that Mia is progressively coming into her own, as this installment proves. She may be nervous addressing parents and school officials, but finally she has learned to emphatically lay down the law with her friends, something she certainly had trouble with at the beginning of this series. However, I found it frustrating that the book was over so quickly, especially at full cover price. I highly suggest you purchase a used copy if you don't have lots of money to burn.

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I also wonder if this book is setting up a possible future romance between Mia and another guy...

Rules..... rules.... rules. What do you think of when you here that word, be quiet in the library or always wash your hands before dinner. Not to Allie Finkle, to her, rules are really exciting, in fact she actually writes rules in a book.
Allie Finkle has a lot of stuff hanging over her head like, having a best friend who cries a lot, two annoying little brothers, promises to keep with her Uncle Jay and possibly MOVING into a HAUNTED house! Some of her rules are kind of funny like "don't stick a spatula down your best friends throat", if that's not funny then I don't know what is. Allie has a HUGE imagination(as you can see). This book has a ton of cliff- hanging chapters.
My favorite part in this book is when Allie saves the Lung Chung turtle, Wang Ba from getting eaten! Allie has to be really smart about hiding because a waitress, her dad, her mom and her Uncle Jay are chasing her. But when her Uncle Jay finds her he doesn't make Allie give the turtle back, he makes a deal with her! I love this part in the book because I am an animal lover and I love to see people stick up for animals.
These are only a few of the characters in Allie Finkle's rules for girls:

Brittany Hauser-the meanest girl in Mrs.Myers class
Mary Kay- Allie's "best friend"
Courtney Wilcox- Brittany Hauser's "best friend"
Uncle Jay-Allie's awesome uncle
Erica- the girl who lives next to the HAUNTED house

Out of all of the details in this book I would probably pick, "Lady Serena Archibald was beautiful. She had long, silky gray fur and big blue eyes. And when I went over to pet her, Lady Serena Archibald turned those big blue eyes up to look at me and she opened her tiny mouth, mrow in the cutest way you could possibly imagine." I think that is funny because it's nothing like the rest of the lines in the book.
I would definitely recommend this book to girls who like realistic-fiction or just a great book!

Never be a catcher when Brittany Hauser is up to bat, you can't let your guests starve, and don't stick a spatula down you best friend's throat are three out of the many rules from the book Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls.
Allie Finkle is a spunky nine-year old girl who collects geodes, writes rules, and loves animals. Her life is going pretty well until her parents drop the big news on her. She's moving! Even with the promise from her parents to get a new kitten and there is neighbors with a nice girl her age she is still not convinced. But one thing she is convinced about is that there is a zombie hand living in her new houses attic. Once her parents tell her she is moving her life starts going down hill. Her so called "best friend" Mary Kay is no longer her best friend and when Brittany Hauser tries to get them to be friends again she ends up making it even worse then it already is. Will Allie ever be happy? Will she actually move into the "haunted house" ?
My favorite part of the book is when Allie saves a turtle at the Lung Chung restaurant from being made into turtle soup. Allie hides in the back of a car while people including the staff at the Lung Chung restaurant and her own family runs around looking for her.
I like that part the best because I love animals and if I were Allie I would probably do the same thing. Also because it was really funny.
There is only one part in the book that I didn't like. It was when Brittany played lady business executive and shoved her mother's fancy show cat into a suitcase and ran around while swinging it.
Some of the characters from this book are:

Brittany Hauser- a spoiled brat that abuses animals and throws bats.

Mary Kay Shiner- Allie's "best friend" that cries when things don't go her way.

Courtney Wilcox- a nice girl that's gets dumped by her best friend for somebody else.

Scott Stampley- A annoying boy in Allie's class that ruined her friendship with Mary Kay.

Erica Harrington- Allie's could be new best friend.

I would recommend this book to girls about the ages of 11-14. It was really good and I could not put it down. I know others would feel the same way if they read this book and maybe be able to relate to Allie like I did!

Don't stick a spatula down your best friend's throat. You also can't let your guests starve. Those are two of the rules featured in Meg Cabot's wonderful book, Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day.
This book is about a forth grade girl named Allie Finkle, who just found out she might be moving into a creepy looking, old fashioned, Victorian house that could be haunted. Who would want to live in a haunted house? Allie is positive that her parents are making the biggest mistake of their lives. Just to move into a house like that is enough. Allie also has to give up her geode collection and be a new kid at a school that looks as old as the house. But is moving worth getting an adorable kitten, living right across the street from Dairy Queen, and possibly getting a non- crying best friend? Will Allie Finkle make the move?
I enjoyed every part of this book, but my favorite part was when Allie "accidentally" started a food fight. How Allie made this huge mess, was by shoving a cupcake in bat thrower, Brittany Hauser's, face. But the class took this the wrong way and everybody started throwing cupcakes. I really liked this part because it was unexpected and it was one of the many laugh out loud parts in this book.
From secret telling Scott Stamphley all the way to cry baby Mary Kay, all the characters in Meg Cabot's book came alive. For example, the main character Allie Finkle is outgoing, loves animals, is funny, and ALWAYS keeps the book interesting. She also makes hilarious schemes throughout the book to do stuff like rescue turtles. She makes the book so much fun to read. One part of the book that made me laugh was when Allie rescued the turtle at the Lung Chung restaurant. When the hostess wasn't looking she grabbed the turtle from the pond and headed for the door, until the hostess and her Uncle Jay came back. She hurried herself up, and darted for the door with everyone following her. This concludes her next rule "When tour setting a turtle free and people are chasing you, the best thing to do is hide".
I would recommend this book to anyone in forth grade through eighth grade. It is funny and well written. All readers will fall in love with it!

It doesn't count if it doesn't hurt, If someone is yelling from excitement, the polite thing to do is to yell back. These rules are some of them are just an example of the many others that Allie Finkle, age 9, wrote in her rule book for girls.
This book is about a spirited girl named Allie Finkle and her book of rules. When her family moves into a scary "haunted house," she is not convinced that she wants to move. (One of her rules is "don't let your family move into a haunted house." Moving would mean that she would have to toss out her geode collection, say goodbye to her "best friend" Mary Kay, and go to a different school. But she cold get a kitten of her very own and would be living a block away from a Dairy Queen. She was thinking that life would be pretty nice until she saw her new house. . . .
The part of the book that I liked the most was when Allie makes a daring attempt to try and save a turtle at the Lung Chung restaurant so he wouldn't be made into turtle soup. Her family had gone to this restaurant to celebrate the big move. Allie had always wanted to rescue the turtle, but never got the chance to so she takes a chance and who knows? She might succeed.
I liked this part because it had a lot of hilarious action in it. It kept me turning the pages. It was almost like an energy boost to get you to the end of the book.
Some of the characters I loved in this book are Allie Finkle and Mary Kay Shiner. Allie is interesting o me in a funny way because she makes up all these crazy rules and actually follows them! Mary Kay Shiner is amusing because she is a crybaby, and will cry over almost anything.
Allie is a likable character because she has her own opinion about most things. She also (sometimes) has an upbeat and spunky attitude.
I would recommend this book to any girl or boy who loves to read a funny book and loves to laugh. This book is a good book for people about ages 10 and up. If you choose to read this book, I hope you will love it as much as I did!

Nine-year-old Allie Finkle is seriously contemplating dumping her current best friend, Mary Kay, after an incident involving sticking a spatula down the crybaby Mary Kay's throat - on accident - occurs. Instead, she decides to create a book full of rules that she'd like to find a way to abide by in her life. But just a few rules in, Allie finds out that she's moving away, and realizes that everything is going to change - and not for the better.

Allie Finkle's life is absolutely perfect. Sure, she doesn't have her own pet, and must share the family dog with four other people; but sharing is better than nothing. Besides, she has the best fourth grade teacher in the entire world - Ms. Myers - and even though she's forced to put up with Scott Stamphley, crybaby Mary Kay, and bat thrower Brittany Hauser on a daily basis, the mere presence of Ms. Myers sets her mind at ease. That is, until the day she learns that she's moving to a spooky old Victorian, forcing her to leave her current classroom - and bedroom - and take up residence in the haunted fixer upper. At this point, Allie is quite positive that her parents have lost their minds. Just because her family suddenly has more money - thanks to her mom's new job and her father's new promotion - doesn't mean that you should be forced to pick up your stuff and relocate - even if it's just a few blocks away. Besides, by doing so she's allowing her family to break one of her cardinal rules - "you can't let your family move into a haunted house." The new house does have it's positives, living right around the corner from Dairy Queen being one of them; having a cool girl named Erica living right next door another; and getting a kitten of your very own just the perfect way to finish off the list. But the fact that she's forced to get rid of her geode collection is enough to burst anyone's bubble. Allie is convinced that she'll find a way to change her parent's minds before it's too late. But if she's not careful, she may just cause Ms. Myers' entire fourth grade class, and the annoying real estate agent, to hate her with a blood-boiling passion in the process.

Over the years, I have begun to look to Meg Cabot as a close, personal friend in the literature world. Her characters are always so relatable, and manage to get a reader through the toughest times in life. Now, after spending so much time in the young adult and adult genres, however, Cabot has set her sights on conquering the middle reader division, and proves that she's fully capable of doing so. Allie Finkle is your typical girl-next-door, with a little spunk mixed in. Her fiery passion for animal rights and liberation is humorous; while her honesty is downright respectable. The fact that she doesn't let anyone keep her, or her ideas, caged is empowering - as is her strong voice. From page one Allie's personality draws you in, and refuses to release you until the last page is turned. Much like Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume before her, Cabot has taken over the middle reader genre with a vengeance, leaving you craving more. Allie Finkle is the funniest fourth grader in children's lit!

Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer

When it comes to Meg Cabot's work, I tend to like her series the best -- way more, actually, than her stand-alones. For example, The Princess Diaries, The Mediator, and 1-800-Where-R-You as opposed to Jinx and How to Be Popular. The series are longer and there're more pages for the characters to develop and everything to be fleshed out. They aren't as rushed. So naturally, I was super excited when I heard that Cabot was coming out with a new paranormal series.

I've been following this book prior to its release on Cabot's blog and in various review sites around the net. The plot has been strictly kept mum, and much buzz has been generated from Cabot's husband's reaction: "Meg Cabot, this time you go too far." We were just told that Em Watts -- our clever heroine and a math, science, and video game lover -- suffers an accident that wildly (unbelievably, crazily, far-fetchedly, tragically, impossibly, etc.) connects her life to that of Nikki Howard's -- a famous teen supermodel. After reading hints on Cabot's blog and being a few chapters into the book, I figured out what this super-secret thing was that meshed the two characters' lives together. Before the big reveal later in the book, I mean. It's pretty huge. It's actually really sad... but in a gloriously painful emotionally wrenching way!

In short, I loved the book -- and if you're a fan of Cabot's other paranormal series, you will, too. Airhead was a complete book, but it felt like only the first few chapters in the entire story. It leaves a lot to be desired completion wise. Which is good it's a SERIES! (But the wait is going to be so long, guh!)

In fact, all my complaints center around the length -- which is actually flattering, I guess. I wish we could have seen more of Christopher, who along with Em is going to make this series, I predict, much like Mia-and-Michael, Suze-and-Jesse, and Jess-and-Rob did for their respective series. Now we have Em-and-Christopher, and their chemistry is cracklin'! Even without seeing them together hardly at all! And I also wish we could have seen Christopher's father, "The Commander", who sounds hilarious and was only mentioned. Excepting Lulu and Katerina, who seem very promising, all of Nikki's friends and handlers are much more flat -- like Brandon Stark, Jasonsomthing, and some people whose names I forgot -- telling -- and Gabriel Luna. The people of Em's "old life" are way more interesting, and I hope we get to see them more in the series, as they sadly got very little page time in Airhead.

Wonderful beginning! I expect the next installment, "Being Nikki", will be out next year, or so. Excuse me now. I'm going to go re-read every part with Em-and-Christopher.

(THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE)

Airhead by Meg Cabot

Emerson Watts is a high school junior, she is sneered at by the popular crowd and is in love with her best friend Christopher, whom doesn't seem to realize she is in fact a girl. It couldn't get much worse could it. It sure could, like getting stuck taking your little sister to the grand opening of some superstore to see her latest boy band crush. Luckily for Emerson, Christopher tags along. He even says she looks fine, as in okay. And Em is totally excited about her new "fine" status (maybe he does know she is a girl), until Christopher sees super model Nikki Howard. Emerson can't help but notice Christopher's stare and wonders if he would look at her that way if she were a super model. If only. She knows he will only every see her as a video -game playing tomboy, right?

I'm sorry but I left out a huge part of the story in my summary. I just can't make myself tell you what happens! You need to read it and discover it for yourself, because I know you are going to freak out, just like I did. What can I say, Cabot did it again , the lady is a freaggin literary genius. I mean how many books has she written, seriously. I know that this is going to be one of my new favorite series. You are going to love it, as well as fall in love with Emerson. She is my new best friend and she doesn't even know it! I cannot wait to read more about her. If you haven't already decided to get this book, you really should!

Although I am not a typical fan of girly-girl type books, especially ones with hearts on the cover, this series captured my attention, mostly because of the Disney movie made from them.
I was happily surprised when I opened these tales. We meet Mia, a surprisingly relate-able teen, who has discovered that she's the sole heir to the minuscule European province of Genovia. Aside from "Princess In Waiting", the books in this series pay less attention to the fact that Mia is, indeed, a royal, but more to her everyday triumphs and tribulations. At times, the princess-thing seems like a gimmick to attract readers, but, Ms. Cabot, you don't need it. These books are comical fun for any teen girl who just wants a light and fun read.

I recieved this book set for Christmas and I have started reading the first one. It is amazing! Meg Cabot described situations so clearly, that even though not every teen goes through being a princess, Mia's words makes you feel like you really know what she is going through. I can't wait to finish the whole series! Bye!

Then you'll LOVE this!! Sixteen year old Susannah Simon moves from New York to California joining her recently remarried mom and her three new stepbrothers. Ever since she was little, she's had the ability to not only see ghosts-ALL of them, but also is able to touch them-because some can get nasty, and Suze needs to be able to kick [...]. She's a Mediator-one who talks to ghosts that are still lingering about and helps them find peace or finish their unfinished business so that they can move on. There's also some romance with a dead guy on the cards-ahhh...so very Buffy...I'm guessing the author is such a BTVS fan, this is like an homage to her.
It's realistic, it's intense, it's well written and it's the first of six so far. There is some mild swearing, and Meg avoids stronger language in much the same way as JK Rowling. There are also some pop cult references that younger readers (I'm about the author's age) might not get, but this in no way detracts or distracts from the prose, and for the most part the main character is totally hip and up to date and believable.
The writing style is easy breezy conversational, and the action gets thrilling in places.
This particular version is the UK cover with a different title-which I like, so I'm getting that AND it's original counterpart, Shadowland.

I love this version of Pride and Prejudice, including the foreward by Meg Cabot. I am a huge fan of The Princess Diaries series, and Meg's witty introduction makes you so excited to read this novel. I just love how she talks about the book to movie adaptations, and how so much is left out or changed in the movies-so you have to read the book! Pride and Prejudice is just an amazing story and absolutely timeless. Jane Austen is fantastic.

This engagement calendar is like your very own diary, but, of course, it is by dates. So this is like a agenda, which you can keep track of the stuff that you have to do during the course of the year. Plus, it contains every character of the Princess Diaries series birthday! So now you can check out if anyone of your friends have the same birthday as one of the characters or maybe Princess Mia has the same birthday as you do (May 1)!

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My review is on the Princess in the spotlight. This book was very interesting becuase it had so many conflicts. For example, Mia was getting letters from a secret admirer, and she couldn't figure out who it was. At the end, she found out it was Kenny, her biology partner, instead of her crush. Mia also has to deal with her mother getting pregnant and marrying her algebra teacher. While all of this is going on, Mia is still taking princess lessons and dealing with her royal grandmother. All of these conflicts are what make up the plot and are all going on at one time. This book ends very well because all the conflicts work themselves out.This book takes place in california, but Mia's grandmother and father are in from the small european country of Genovia, so this is how some of the problems pop up. I think this book was very interesting, I gave it five stars.