In the book Queen Of Cool by Cecile Castellucci. Libby Brin is the queen of the school, her life isnt very interesting until and she decides to change that by doing the unexpected.The book shows how many high schools deal with drugs, sex and drama. Libby's life begins to change when she signs up for an internship. Her partners are not what she expected but she soon realizes there not as bad as she thought.Her friends don't approve of her new vision in life. They use the queen bee of the school and made her into someone that she never expected to be. This book is full of real life situations, there is romance in the story but not enough to make the book categorized romance. The book was okay, honestly at first I thought the beginning of the book was stupid but after a couple of pages I realized that the book was nothing compared to the others I've read. The book is honestly boring at some parts because there's not enough drama or actions happening, her decisions are really retarded and it pisses me off! I just want to scream at her for being so stupid. Maybe if this book had a big romance scenes then it would be more interesting but the book is short and just gets straight to the point. The writer starts off with giving a small demonstration of her everyday life then throughout the book the author starts to write about how this cool girl becomes a loser. I'm like what ?! But it portrays a change in society of how your social status does not make you, you. I like having mysteries in my mind but this book doesn't make you have that. This book could have had more description in the setting, the plot could have also been better because it wasn’t interesting. The plot rarely had mysteries and when it did I already knew how the answer it was too predictable!!!! If your into a cliche or that sorta thing, then this is a book for you. But if you're not I would not recommend this book for you it was too predictable by the first page I already knew the ending because of the blurb. You shouldn't waste your time reading this book I would give it 3 stars because of how the characters are different and and have personalities you can relate to but other then that this book was not that good.
THE CHRISTMAS WEEK FAMILY READContinuing my completist reading of Cecil Castellucci's novels. The Queen of Cool is her second after Boy Proof.I didn't love this one as much but it has highlights. Libby Brin is #1 popular girl at school. She is spoiled at home: even when she rarely gets grounded, she gets out of it. She has her own car, a huge wardrobe, and all the requisite toys. Her boyfriend's mind resides in a lower body organ than his brain or heart.She lives in Los Angeles and (highlight) stumbles into an internship at the LA Zoo. I admit, I always enjoy books set in LA since I live here. At the zoo she has to work with Tiny, a "Little Person" and Sheldon, a science geek, two people at the extreme bottom of the coolness rating.Naturally her eyes are opened to the shallowness of her existence. I have nothing against midgets or geeks but the message that they are people too was a bit off-putting in its preachiness.I did enjoy watching a female teen realize that life includes more than clothes, parties, cars, and gossip. The biggest highlight was a novel for teens that admits to the amount of drinking, drug use, and sex going on in high school.
What do You think about The Queen Of Cool (2006)?
"The Queen of Cool" by Cecil Castellucci is a fantastic story about a popular teen named Libby who signs up for an internship at the zoo when she signed her name because she was bored.So she decided to look for something to do. Until she did, she couldn't believe it. Only two names were on the list and one of them were hers and another teen called Tina also known as Tiny because she is very short and small. Compared to Tiny Libby was a very popular girl until when they were posted together as a group for the internship at the zoo. Libby starts to like Tiny more but she doesn't want her friends to know that she's friends with a "unpopular" girl. So until the end Libby and Tiny were friends and she didn't care if her friends knew it or not.
—Zhen
Libby is one of the popular kids at school, but she's dissatisfied, bored of everything including her popular friends and her own popularity. On a whim, she signs up for an internship at the zoo, where she is mortified to be working with an astronomy nerd (who wants to be an exobiologist) and a little person, Tina ("Tiny"), who her group has always mocked. This book has what I love from Cecil Castellucci: the conviction that teenagers can be awesome people when they have goals and useful things to do, the conviction that creativity and art and science and craftsmanship and hard work are at least as important and interesting as who is kissing who, the sharp observation of human nature and social situations. Libby's makeover isn't too fast or too dramatic; she wanders around for much of the book bored and restless and sick of herself, as annoyed with the cool people as the uncool people and with no idea what to do about it. But in comparison with Castellucci's other books, I thought this one was a little thin and shallow. A weak(er) Castellucci book is still nothing to sneeze at. Absorbing and enjoyable.
—Emily
The Queen of Cool is a realistic fiction novel. Libby Brin. She is the most popular girl, the best clothes, the hottest boyfriend , and the hippest friends. Even though Libby has the most easygoing parents. She is dying of boredom. Then, one day she surprises everyone, including herself. She signs up for a internship at the Los Angles Zoo. Her friends start to think she is becoming a loser because Libby becomes friends with Tina (aka "Tiny"), and Sheldon. Libby realizes that the Zoo is more fun then her real friends. How will she stay queen of cool and be friends with the most popular friends she had? The books strengths are how the characters react to how the story is placed out like when Kenji and Perla jumps over the fence of a exhibit that is not in use. They say "Come on,Libby." I know the feeling of should I go or should I stay. I know the feeling of I did the wrong idea or I did the right thing. I know the feeling of the wondering, thinking, and the butterflies in your stomach. I like the author's writing style because it keeps me on my edge of my seat the whole time. Overall I like this book and I would recommend this book to a lot of people!
—Emma (eem3)
