Ashton, Victoria. Confessions of a Teen Nanny.ASHTON, Victoria. Confessions of a teen nanny nanny mature goat doe. . HarperCollins, Tempest. 198p. c2005. 0-06-073178-8. $8.99. S Adrienne can't believe her good luck when she scores a job as a temporary nanny for a ridiculously rich family in New York's Upper East Side. The one downfall she can see is that the job involves minding the half-sister of one of Adrienne's vapid and spoiled peers, Cameron. But the money will make it worthwhile, right? Wrong. Adrienne's quickly in way over her head with the Warners. The seemingly charming and harmless eight-year-old Emma turns out to be a terror who has gotten every previous nanny fired thanks to her wicked schemes. Adrienne works around the clock as her position becomes more permanent. Cameron seems like she might not be as bad as Adrienne had thought; she takes Adrienne under her wing and introduces her to a life of parties, expensive clothes, and fancy trips. But Emma isn't the only scheming and manipulative ma·nip·u·la·tive adj. Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate. n. Any of various objects designed to be moved or arranged by hand as a means of developing motor skills or understanding abstractions, especially in one in the family. Adrienne can't see Cameron for who she really is and nearly loses her friends, boyfriend, and job thanks to her blinders blind·er n. 1. blinders A pair of leather flaps attached to a horse's bridle to curtail side vision. Also called blinkers. 2. Something that serves to obscure clear perception and discernment. . Ashton's novel suffers from flat characters and a lifeless life·less adj. 1. Having no life; inanimate. 2. Having lost life; dead. See Synonyms at dead. 3. Not inhabited by living beings; not capable of sustaining life. 4. plot. She initially hooks the reader by starting the story off with what is actually the end of the novel, then backing up to tell the story behind the ending. While this may grab some readers' attention, many will be disappointed by the content that follows. The predictable and cliched cli·chéd also cliched adj. Having become stale or commonplace through overuse; hackneyed: "In the States, it might seem a little clichéd; in Paris, it seems fresh and original" story, with all the trappings of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of glamour, isn't unique or even particularly satisfying. However, that won't stop teen girls from picking this up after they've tapped out the rest of the books in this genre. Amanda MacGregor, Boston, MA S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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