Art Geeks and Prom Queens
by Alyson Noel
by Alyson Noel
ART GEEKS AND PROM QUEENS by Alyson Noel
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 8/11/05
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Reviewed by: Taylor Rector
Rating: 5 Stars
Rio Jones is the new girl at her school. As if that isn’t hard enough, her mom is an ex almost-model and expects her
daughter to be pretty and popular, and she’s named after a Duran Duran song. Except that she is an art geek. On her
first day, she meets kids from her art class that take her off campus for lunch (which isn’t allowed). And she gets
detention for it, so her mom tells her that she can’t hang out with them anymore.
Rio is a geek, until she meets Kristi.
Kristi is a rich, beautiful, popular cheerleader. She and Rio become friends and in Kristi’s group there are rules. You
always have to smile even if you don’t mean it and be nice to everyone. Kristi is the only one in the group who thinks that
the rules don’t apply to her because she’s Kristi. Soon Rio becomes even more popular than Kristi is and, of course,
Kristi is jealous. Not that she would ever tell anyone that. But there is one rule that her friends left out -- don’t cross
paths with Kristi. Rio's life soon goes back to worse than it was before she met Kristi, since even her art friends won’t
talk to her.
I am obsessed with this author! She is SO funny and all of her books are so realistic! As expected, another must read
from Alyson Noel!
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 8/11/05
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Reviewed by: Taylor Rector
Rating: 5 Stars
Rio Jones is the new girl at her school. As if that isn’t hard enough, her mom is an ex almost-model and expects her
daughter to be pretty and popular, and she’s named after a Duran Duran song. Except that she is an art geek. On her
first day, she meets kids from her art class that take her off campus for lunch (which isn’t allowed). And she gets
detention for it, so her mom tells her that she can’t hang out with them anymore.
Rio is a geek, until she meets Kristi.
Kristi is a rich, beautiful, popular cheerleader. She and Rio become friends and in Kristi’s group there are rules. You
always have to smile even if you don’t mean it and be nice to everyone. Kristi is the only one in the group who thinks that
the rules don’t apply to her because she’s Kristi. Soon Rio becomes even more popular than Kristi is and, of course,
Kristi is jealous. Not that she would ever tell anyone that. But there is one rule that her friends left out -- don’t cross
paths with Kristi. Rio's life soon goes back to worse than it was before she met Kristi, since even her art friends won’t
talk to her.
I am obsessed with this author! She is SO funny and all of her books are so realistic! As expected, another must read
from Alyson Noel!