The princess and the pauperby Kate brian266pp USAChildren's publishing divisionISBN 9781416905202 This story is about two girls who have totally different lives or so they think but maybe their lives aren’t that different besides the matter that one is rich and one is not. Oh and I have to mention that they have same face. What else can these two do to get what they want read more and you'll find out. First I would like to introduce Princess Carina, like any normal princess spoiled and likes to get anything she wants and she can as long as her parents don't mind, so she can't get what she really wants to go she her fairytale prince she calls Rabbit. He is a singer in a band they have been sending emails to each other and Carina thinks he’s the best and wants so badly to meet him and her best friend, Ingrid is asked to help and she’s good with plans so once she sees the opportunity she tells Carina. This opportunity comes only when Princess Carina is sent to America while she is in Vineland representative. Ingrid spots Julia and Julia’s own life is in a mix her family is about to get kicked out because they don’t have enough money for they apartment and they need it quick. And the offer that was made by Princess Carina and Julia is that Julia has to learn how to act, talk dress like Carina and she has to pretend to be her for one day she will get ten thousand dollars. And this you think could happen without a flaw well there are plenty of flaws of their plan and as soon as they set it in motion they could see that things weren’t going to be great. My favorite part of this book is when in the end what happens with all the family s the mother of Carina and the mother of Julia get talking and things work out for the best an it makes it a happy ending and then a little later it makes it a really happy ending because the person Julia falls for from the palace has final decided what he wants to do so when you read the book you will find out what.
hmmm.....wow....where to begin. I quite expected to hate this book, and in a sense I certainly wasn't thrilled with it. But perhaps I did find some things of interest.Carina is the princess of Vinland, a small country somewhere in Europe, and has grown up with the best training "a country of two million can offer" or something like that. She is super spoiled, and finds a way to rebel against her parents (a caring, but exausted mom and a dad who is never there) by e-mailing with an American rock star named Ribbit. When a tour of America falls right at the same time as Ribbit's concert, she is determined to go, no matter what. Julia is an American girl who is struggling to keep her Mom and her from being evicted from their apartment. Trying to keep up a scholorship and find a job is enough to One is blond and the other brunette, but they look enough alike to switch places. Carina bribes Julia is pretending to be her for a day, just long enough for her to attend the concert. Things go radically wrong (of course) and Julia ends up on a plane to Vinland while Carina is stuck on a bus to Texas (the plot takes place in California)The plot is corny and the characters....well, Carina was plane spoiled and obnoxious, her from Ingrid almost as much, but Julia is likeable enough. There is a tug-of-war over Carina's "supposed" boyfriend, and Ribbit...probably the biggest loser and lamest character to ever disgrace the written word. This in mind xD The story did have some (if not several) points to reccomend it. The friendship and portrayal of life as a teenager is pretty good, and though I totally disagree with the pointless boyfriend/girlfriend thing society shoves at us, the ending is rather suprising. Would I reccomend it or ever re-read it? Probably not....though I certainly wouldn't say I utterly disliked it.
I’ve read Kate Brian before and I’ve heard of The Prince and the Pauper but this story was a tale all of its own.Even though it was a lot like The Prince and the Pauper, it was a good story and a nice twist of changing the gender and of course the time period. The plot was very fast and to me it seemed a bit too fast. I mean I wanted a little more to the story but as the two girls were only changing their identities for one day, it was perfect.The characters were quite believable but I just didn’t get how Julia could go to such a good school and live in shambles. But then again, this is a book and anything can happen.I was a little disappointed with Carina. I thought it was a good idea about the concert and the aftermath, but a little more detail or maybe extending those parts would have been a good idea.I recommend this book to those who want a little change (and twist) from the original story.
—Kailia
2004- Doesn't it always seem like the other side has it better? Carina, crown princess of Vineland, seems to think so. When she comes to LA to give a speech at her grandmother's old school, she plans to sneak away from her handler and meet up with Ribbit, a ""rock star"" she met on the internet. When Carina figures out this is impossible, she thinks all hope is gone, until she runs into Julia Johnson, who's at the swanky private school on scholarship. Except for differing hair colors, the girls look remarkably alike, and once Carina offers Julia $10,000 to swap places for one night, Julia figures she can use the money to play the rent on the apartment she shares with her mother. The only problem is, the next morning Carina ends up in Texas, and Julia finds out she's falling for Markus, Carina's beau. It's a cute story, with extra twists to make it stand out from the crowd.
—Tori
well-o , si putri dan si miskin . sesuai banget kok antara isi ama judul teenlit ini sendiri .dan yah boleh ngaku gak nih? gw muali suka ama teenlit terjemahan . yah gara2 di rentalan tinggal itu yg bsa gw pinjem hahahayah si putri yang bosen banget ama hdupnya yg penuh aturan dan tuntutan, padahal jiwa mudanya lagi seneng banget mengembara *elah* memutuskan bertukar peran dengan si jule (cewe NY yang yah bsa dibilang nggak popular gt, dan terlampau miskin untuk bsa bayar uang sewa apartmen yg ditinggali dia dan ibunya) rencana awal sih mreka cm bertukar peran sehari , tapi karna suatu hal yang tba2 aja terjadi si jule harus jadi putri Carina untuk waktu yang lebih lama . awalnya sih dr pihak kluarga kerajaan pada gak ngeh kalo si jule itu bukan Carina , karna well bokapnya Carina sendiri aja gak ngenalin anaknha saking sibuknya dia dan jarang banget ada di rumah. tapi well, karna ibunya semua itu akhirnya terbongkar juga . yah kayak kata pepatah sepandai2 menyimpan bangkai toh akan tercium juga baunya hehehe
—Nur Fadilla Octavianasari
