The Fashion-Forward Adventures of
Imogene Bk. 1: A Girl Like Moi
by Lisa Barham

    A GIRL LIKE MOI by Lisa Barham
    Illustrated by Sujean Rim
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  12/26/06
    Publisher:  Simon Pulse
    Reviewed by:  Jocelyn Pearce
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Imogene, teenaged fashionista on a budget, journalist, and big dreamer, is devastated when her astronomical credit
    card bill causes her parents to cancel her trip to Paris and sign her up for a summer internship program until she can
    pay back all of her debt. Soon, though, things for the resourceful, quick-thinking girl from Greenwich, Connecticut,
    are looking up. Rather than spending countless hours going crazy at a dreary public library internship, Imogene will be
    staying with her best friend, Evie, in a fabulous apartment in New York and working to pay back her credit card at
    her dream job--she'll be an intern at a hot fashion magazine! She's friends with a supermodel. There's even a cute
    Italian guy, the mysterious Paolo, to complete the picture of perfection. What more could a girl want?

    Well, for one thing, Imogene would enjoy her job more if she wasn't the junior intern to evil Brooke's senior. Imogene
    and Brooke got off to a bad start, sure, but she never could have imagined the depths of her jealous coworker's
    capacity for evil! And what's worse, Paolo's got Imogene's cell phone--and when she calls, girls answer! She can't
    even find Paolo, and she's not sure if she's madly in love with him or furious with him. Can Imogene find her way past
    all of the obstacles in her way and have the summer of her dreams after all?

    A GIRL LIKE MOI is a fabulously funny story, if a tad predictable. The characters are all awesome, and the writing
    is brilliant. I really love Imogene's voice! I'll be thrilled to read more from Lisa Barham whatever she writes, but I'd be
    absolutely ecstatic to see a sequel to this awesome book! Despite my dislike for books with pictures, the illustrations
    in this book are just as good as the story itself, and not at all distracting from the wonderful words that they're printed
    next to. This book, as a whole, is magnificent, and would, I'm sure, be even more marvelous for anyone interested in
    fashion!