Fake Boyfriend
by Kate Brian

    FAKE BOYFRIEND by Kate Brian
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  12/26/07
    Publisher:  Simon & Schuster
    Reviewed by:  Jaglvr
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Everything goes perfectly for Isabelle Hunter. It always has. Until the day her on-again/off-again boyfriend,
    Shawn “Sluttig” Littig, breaks up with her. And just a few months away from her prom. Isabelle has been
    dreaming of the prom for years. She’s so obsessed with the prom she’s created a notebook that has every last
    detail of the dream night planned out.

    Her friends Lane and Vivi have never approved of Shawn and decide to do whatever they can to keep him out
    of Isabelle’s life permanently. They hatch a plan to create a fake boy on MySpace to divert Isabelle’s thoughts
    from Shawn. Isabelle shows interest in the fictitious Brandon, and so Vivi convinces her younger brother,
    Marshall, to start chatting with Isabelle on-line.

    Soon Isabelle thinks Brandon would be ideal to go to the prom with. The only problem is she doesn’t know he
    doesn’t exist! So Vivi and Lane have to come up with a real guy, and quick! The two girls go everywhere to
    meet the right guy, but to no avail. Only after joining Vivi’s mom for some play auditions do they spy the perfect
    guy, Jonathan. After much coercing, they get Jonathan to join forces with them to be the “real” Brandon. The
    only catch is that soon Jonathan is showing interest in someone else.

    Of course the reader can figure out that there are going to be complications with the story. Only the twists aren’t
    what one would expect! Isabelle thinks about taking Shawn back, Vivi gets confused when her younger brother
    starts to get cool, Vivi is crushing on someone she shouldn’t, and Lane can’t get the nerve to tell her friend Curtis
    she wants to be more than friends.

    FAKE BOYFRIEND is another fun read by Ms. Brian. She has hit on another popular topic, using MySpace as
    the basis for creating a mysterious new boyfriend. The story will not disappoint current fans of Ms. Brian, and
    should create new ones at the same time!