How to Hook a Hottie
by Tina Ferraro

    HOW TO HOOK A HOTTIE by Tina Ferraro
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  1/8/08
    Publisher:  Delacorte
    Reviewed by:  Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen
    Rating:  5 Stars


    There are two main things that everyone has to know about Kate DelVecchio, specifically what she is and what
    she isn’t going to be.

    Businesswoman: YES  College student: NO

    Kate is basically all business when it comes to her future, literally. Her parents really want her to go to college, but
    since they know that Kate has no intentions to do so, they strike up a deal with her: if she is able to raise five grand
    by graduation, along with having straight As on her report card, then they will hand over every single penny in
    Kate’s college savings account. Kate is almost there, earning most of the money by driving around a bratty rich girl
    to her ice skating practices. But that job is definitely not going to help her earn all of the $5,000.

    Then something weird happens.  Brandon Callister, the school’s hottie, baseball hero, and Kate's lab partner, asks
    her go with him to a sports awards ceremony. Everyone, of course, is surprised that someone like Kate could snag
    someone like Brandon.

    Fortunately for Kate, Brandon asking her out gave her the perfect opportunity to earn the rest of her money. Her
    fellow classmates are paying Kate to give them advice on how to hook their own hottie, even though Kate doesn’t
    know too much on the subject -- but no one has to know that. Soon enough, Kate has a hexagonal plan and a
    partner in crime, Dal.

    Aside from her new business, Kate has to deal with a mother who went off to college once again; Brandon, who
    she never should have said yes to; and Dal, her best friend who she is beginning to see in a whole new light, but
    who unfortunately already has a girlfriend. Yet, Kate will soon find out that helping others get the ones that they
    want isn’t so easy and that maybe the future she planned out for herself isn’t the best one.

    HOW TO HOOK A HOTTIE definitely surprised since it was not just some ordinary teen novel. Sure, Kate may
    seem like one tough cookie, but, in the end, she learns and goes through some important things that not only her but
    the readers will find useful later on. Another great read from Tina Ferraro, following TOP TEN USES FOR AN
    UNWORN PROM DRESS.