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Imogene's going from starstruck to starlet!

Imogene and Evie are headed to L.A. for a fashion-filled spring break. Hello, gorgeous beaches, celebrity sightings, and nonstop shopping on Rodeo Drive!

Then the spotlight turns on Imogene and suddenly everyone in Hollywood wants to buy her life story. With a famous heartthrob to hang out with and A-list status to get her in anywhere, Imogene is L.A.'s girl of the moment. But what about Evie? Becoming the new It Girl without losing old friends is harder than it looks....

181 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2008

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Lisa Barham

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Lisa Barham is the author of the popular Young Adult book series, The Fashion Forward Adventures of Imogene, from Simon and Schuster.

A Graduate of F.I.T., Lisa began her career as an editor at I.M. International, one of the world's first fashion forecasting and consulting firms in the U.S. Shortly thereafter she moved into film production, working for such notables as Robert DeNiro and Woody Allen. She has co-written, co-produced and developed two major motion picture projects at Touchstone Pictures and has served as a development consultant on others.

Lisa is a 2007/2008 faculty member of Fashion Camp NYC, and is a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA). She and her husband live in Greenwich, Connecticut with their young son.

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74 reviews
August 26, 2008
Disappointing. Not nearly as good as the previous ones. There were plot issues, character issues, etc. etc. etc. Issues. I really didn't like this book but because I liked its predecessors I'm going to give it two stars. The first two are very good, this one isn't. I still love Imogene though.
Profile Image for Dian Rizki.
5 reviews1 follower
September 23, 2018
Assalamualaikum...
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Accidentally Fabulous awalnya aku kira ini novel lokal alias novel bukan terjemahan, tapi ternyata ini adalah sebuah novel terjemahan. Aku termasuk orang yang cukup susah memahami secara cepat bila itu novel terjemahan.
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Pertama kali baca novel ini, yang disuguhkan adalah semacam prolog yang cukup menarik dan membuat penasaran khususnya aku. Otomatis aku tertarik untuk baca kehalaman selanjutnya, dan ternyata novel ini semacam sebuah diary tiap bab nya.
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Novel ini menggunakan kata “aku” untuk menceritakan alur nya, ya kalian pasti tau lah sebuah diary itu seperti apa dan yup novel ini hampir mirip seperti diary.
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Di awal-awal bab aku tak paham siapa saja tokohnya dan seperti apa tokohnya, aku sempat menyebutkan tokoh utamanya siapa tapi ternyata itu salah, nama sebenarnya adalah Imogene bukan Girlena, Girlena adalah panggilan dari sahabatnya yang bernama Evie.
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Ada beberapa kata-kata dari Imagene yang cukup bisa kita ambil pelajaran nya:

“Kamu mungkin berpikir bahwa setelah berumur tujuh belas tahun, harga diri tidak akan menjadi isu lagi ” (hal : 16).

“Aku penasaran bagaimana rasanya punya bakat di bidang kecantikan seperti Carprice. Bukannya aku iri kepadanya. Aku berharap yang terbaik untuk semua hal yang dia lakukan. Namun, beberapa orang hanya perlu berjalan keluar dari rumah dan sukses jatuh ke kepala mereka. Tentu dia bukan hanya duduk diam berpangku tangan. Tapi, ini membuatku bertanya-tanya,apa yang dia lakukan dan tidakku lakukan? Bagaimana bisa hal ini sudah tercetak jelas bagi sebagian orang? ”.(hal : 34)

"Dia adalah sahabat terbaikku, belahan jiwaku, pendukungku yang paling hebat (disamping orang tuaku). Meninggalkannya sekarang adalah hal buruk untuk dilakukan. Dan, aku merasa bersalah kepadanya selamanya". (hal : 88)

"Tidak heran banyak sekali orang ingin menjadi terkenal. Perasaan menjadi lebih besar dari pada kehidupan". (hal : 90)


"Kamu mengerti artinya tetap bertahan dengan senjatamu. Kamu ingin menjadi diva fesyen yang hebat dan kamu pasti bisa karena kamu tahu persis apa yang kamu inginkan. Kamu selalu di jalur yang benar". (hal : 176)

"Mudah sekali untuk meluruskan hidup orang lain karena kamu tidak terjerat didalamnya - secara emosional, maksudku. " (hal : 177)

"Sahabat baik seperti bintang. Kamu tidak selalu bisa melihaat mereka, tapi kamu tahu mereka selalu ada disana". (hal 206)

Semakin menuju akhir, konflik yang terjadi semakin jelas dan semakin membuat aku penasaran. Sebuah persahabatan yang juga di pertaruhkan demi sebuah kepopuleran.

Aku suka sama endingnya, dan penulis sangat-sangat bisa membuat pembacanya tidak bisa menebak bagaimana alurnya. Ini menurut pendapatku, bila kalian merasa berbeda ya karena tiap sudut pandang orang itu berbeda-beda bukan.
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Author 5 books519 followers
November 5, 2012
Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

Imogene and her BFF, Evie, vow to make headlines at Fantasy Fashion Camp in L.A. Imogene's nervous because she rarely finishes a project, but together they are unstoppable.

However, things go awry when Imogene's spotted as the Hautlaw girl at a fashion show. Immediately, she's whisked to the front row, leaving Evie behind.

This creates a snowball effect and now Imogene's invited to parties. She worries about leaving her BFF behind, but Hollywood is calling her name and she'd be stupid to not take advantage of her opportunity.

Imogene has to decide if her friendship or Hollywood is more important.

The third book in THE FASHION-FORWARD ADVENTURES OF IMOGENE series follows A GIRL LIKE MOI and PROJECT PARIS. Each book follows Imogene in a new city with disasters arriving in her wake. The cute illustrations accent the fun story line.
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36 reviews18 followers
August 1, 2014
imogene, bersahabat dengan evie, dan mereka ikut camp fashion di LA.
itu ajah deh intinya,
gua merasa bego aja karena beli buku tanpa liat2, kalo ini adalah buku seri kesekian, dan gua BELUM BACA BUKU SEBELUMNYA. sehingga gua merasa hina dina, bego lanjut usia, dan kecewa seketika.
omaygawd!!!.
pas beli buku in, karena temanya, (dan di sinopsisnya sendiri) udah gembar-gembor soal cewek dan fashion, yah... at least gua pikir bakal nemu tulisan sekelas Meg Cabot lah, yang berisik dan ramai.
tapi ini...
ya sudahlah, silahkan dibaca dan dibuktikan sendiri.
Profile Image for Bianca.
183 reviews
July 19, 2017
Part 3 of the "Fashion Forward Adventures of Imogene" digs a bit deeper and also deals with friendship issues, as well as the degree of sacrifice one is willing to accept in order to fulfil one's ultimate life goals and the negative consequences that come along with certain decisions. I really liked the third and, for the time being, last novel in this series!
111 reviews5 followers
December 24, 2009
What was cute in the previous books was just plain annoying in this one. Imogene came across as a incredibly shallow and not very intelligent. The plot was also lacking in content and the story line was only very loosely held together.
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1,312 reviews57 followers
January 5, 2013
I didn't like this book but maybe it's because I read it before the first book because I got it before! It was boring and didn't capture my attention span at all. Imogene wasn't that likeable in this book, I out that she was snobby and kinda a brat.
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November 25, 2008
I haven't read this one yet... I didn't even know about it until i was looking up the first two books!!!
20 reviews
August 29, 2010
Third and final installment of the 'A Girl Like Moi' triology, I loved the series very much. I read it years ago and I would like to re-read them.
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106 reviews1 follower
July 28, 2011
this was ok not as exciting as the the last two books.
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46 reviews3 followers
June 10, 2012
Drama, boys, a BFF and fashion...you just can't go wrong. Who would not want to be Imogene! She can tend to be a little shallow at times but it is a fun read.
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37 reviews5 followers
September 17, 2015
Ga berasa fashionnya dibanding dua buku sebelumnya. Lebih banyak menonjolkan Imogene yg pingin banget jd a famous girl.
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