Pranks for Nothing!

Zoey 101 #3

by Jane B. Mason (Editor), Sarah Hines Stephens

Nickelodeon has a hit with the Tween audience with Zoey 101 -- starring Jamie Lynn Spears, l'il sister of "the Brit-ster!"

Zoey's first year at a formerly all boys' boarding school continues - or does it? It's Prank Week at Pacific Coast Academy and it's all fun and games until Zoey almost gets expelled for a prank gone wrong.

Can the boys and girls stop pranking each other long enough to get Zoey out of hot water with the principal or will Zoey have to say goodbye to PCA?

Genres: Contemporary

120 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2006

About the author

Jane B. Mason grew up in a large family in northern Minnesota. She has written books for kids of all ages under many names and on many subjects, among them ghosts, Jedi, detective duos, princesses, twins, mean girls, and slam books.

Jane has lived in the midwest and on both coasts, but appears to have settled in Oakland, California, and writes almost every day at either a friend's dining room table or a little studio in her back yard, where she has a purple loveseat, a whole lotta books, and an odd selection of trinkets she has unwittingly been collecting since she was a child.

Reviews

[Sophie Sternschuss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two popular episodes written near word for word for their show counterparts

[Manda Marigold · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars. In this book, Zoey and the girls experience their initiation to PCA from the boys. The initiation called prank week, consists of the boys pranking the girls with water balloons and toilet paper. Fed up with the boys' antics, Zoey and her friends retaliate by dressing a prestigious statue like a lady. Zoey's actions have steep consequences, as she is almost expelled from PCA. The book is the storyline of the TV episode Prank Week. A couple of weeks later, Logan gifts the girls a teddy bear to set up in the lounge. The girls are unaware that Logan is listening to their secrets through a webcam in the teddy. Those plot points are the storyline for the TV episode webcam. This book is entertaining.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

One thing that stuck out to me here is that there was a much smoother transition between the two episodes included, rather than diving the book into halves. It gave the book a much better flow than just being a word-for-word adaptation of the show.

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 2 out of 5]

A Quickie Review

Though I love most of Disney Channel and Nickelodeon's live-action productions, novels based on them are usually far from stellar, and this is no exception.  Of course Zoey 101 addicts will love this, but everyone else should just seek out "Webcam" and "Prank Week," the episodes on which this book is based, on iTunes or elsewhere.



Score: 2/5

[Cecilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

good.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

lil kid book not older kid book

[Hasini | bibliosini · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hilarious book that makes boarding school sound epic!

[Jasmine · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was the bom!!!!!