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”All- American Girl” is written by ”Meg Cabot”. I’ve read about four books for Meg and this is my favorite one. Samantha Madison was just your average teenager, trying to cope with life’s little problems. She is a 15-year old red haired rebel. She is a middle child squeezed between her perfect, popular, cheerleading older sister, Lucy and her 11-year old overly intelligent sister, Rebecca. Everything was going pretty smoothly, until her older sister finds Samantha’s “celebrity portraits” in her notebook that she uses for German class, and shows them to her mother. Samantha’s mom then signs her up for art lessons, thinking that it will be helpful to Samantha if she had “an outlet for all her creative energy.”

These art lessons lead into something very unexpected that everyone in the entire country will soon know about. What Sam doesn’t know is her life is about to change dramatically. While standing on the corner waiting for her ride home, Sam somehow ends up preventing an attempt of assassination of the President. After a dinner in the White House, the president makes Sam the UN ”ambassador”. Sam doesn’t know how to handle her life, when she becomes the most popular girl in the country. Soon Sam finds out that she is in love with the president’s son. 

Do we see ourselves the same way that others see us? This question has been answered in the book. After saving the president’s life, people started treating Samantha as a whole know person, showing us that they see her in a different way. People views and how people see others, depends on the actions that they make. When you make good decisions, people see you as a wise and creative person. 

The author, Meg Cabot, writes very skillfully and cleverly. The plot is so far-fetched and unrealistic, but that’s what grabs the reader’s attention. Mixed in with the unbelievable plot are practical things that many teens actually deal with that make the events seem so real. Cabot illustrates her characters with great detail, almost making them come alive. Cabot also gives comical top 10 lists for numerous topics that relate to Samantha’s experiences. I really enjoyed reading All- American Girl.