May 2004!

Reviewed in USA Today (4/12/04):

If it was hard to get tween and teen girls to read during the dark days of winter, it's even tougher now as thoughts turn to beaches and boys. But these four tales about teen idols, school pranks, becoming a best-selling author and trying to get the boy should keep even the most reluctant readers engaged:

DeVillers, author of the non-fiction Girlwise: How to Be Confident, Cool and in Control (Random House, 2002), has created a winning, fictional girl-power tale. It's tailor-made for tweens dealing with the often cruel popularity contest junior and senior high school can be. Jamie Bartlett's personal musings — about a superheroine who stands up to mean popular girls who bully her — are mistakenly turned in as English homework. Her teacher, a publisher and then teen girls everywhere make Jamie a best-selling author and heroine in her own right. But unlike some teen novels, Journal doesn't sugarcoat the difficulty Jamie faces in trying to stand up to her tormentor at school. http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2004-04-12-teen-books_x.htm

GIRL's LIFE magazine May/June 04 issue:
NOVEL TRENDS…Features How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller

"Wonderful fun! Aspiring novelists will love it!"
- Meg Cabot, author of the Princess Diaries series

"It's chick lit at its most fun: delightful, wild, and funny with just enough jolts of reality to touch your heart." -
- Francine Pascal, author of the Fearless and
Sweet Valley High series

How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller reviewed in USA Today (4/15/04):

If it was hard to get tween and teen girls to read during the dark days of winter, it's even tougher now as thoughts turn to beaches and boys. But these four tales about teen idols, school pranks, becoming a best-selling author and trying to get the boy should keep even the most reluctant readers engaged:

DeVillers, author of the non-fiction Girlwise: How to Be Confident, Cool and in Control (Random House, 2002), has created a winning, fictional girl-power tale. It's tailor-made for tweens dealing with the often cruel popularity contest junior and senior high school can be. Jamie Bartlett's personal musings — about a superheroine who stands up to mean popular girls who bully her — are mistakenly turned in as English homework. Her teacher, a publisher and then teen girls everywhere make Jamie a best-selling author and heroine in her own right. But unlike some teen novels, Journal doesn't sugarcoat the difficulty Jamie faces in trying to stand up to her tormentor at school. http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2004-04-12-teen-books_x.htm Also

In Girl’s Life magazine May/June 04:
NOVEL TRENDS…Features How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller