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The It Girl Collection
Contains the It Girl Series Books 1-3
The It Girl
Notorious
Reckless
The It Girl
Notorious
Reckless
- GenresChick Lit
750 pages, Paperback
Published November 15, 2006
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About the author
Cecily von Ziegesar
105 books2,967 followersCecily von Ziegesar is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gossip Girl novels, upon which the hit television show is based.
Cecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City. Her childhood dream was to grow up to be a ballerina; she began lessons at age 3 and auditioned for the School of American Ballet at age 8, but was rejected.
As a teenager, von Ziegesar commuted to Manhattan at 6 a.m. to attend the Nightingale-Bamford School. After graduating from Nightingale, von Ziegesar attended Colby College before spending a year in Budapest working for a local radio station.
Von Ziegesar returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, but dropped out shortly thereafter.
Back in New York, while working at book-packaging firm Alloy Entertainment, von Ziegesar became inspired to create the Gossip Girl series, which follows the lives of privileged teenagers in New York. The series climbed to the top of The New York Times best-sellers list in 2002. A spin-off series, The It Girl, made the list in 2005.
The Constance Billard School for Girls in Gossip Girl is based upon an exaggerated version of von Ziegesar's alma mater, Nightingale. She also culled events from the book from the lives of her extremely wealthy friends, as well as her own life as a perpetual gossip.
She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.
Cecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City. Her childhood dream was to grow up to be a ballerina; she began lessons at age 3 and auditioned for the School of American Ballet at age 8, but was rejected.
As a teenager, von Ziegesar commuted to Manhattan at 6 a.m. to attend the Nightingale-Bamford School. After graduating from Nightingale, von Ziegesar attended Colby College before spending a year in Budapest working for a local radio station.
Von Ziegesar returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, but dropped out shortly thereafter.
Back in New York, while working at book-packaging firm Alloy Entertainment, von Ziegesar became inspired to create the Gossip Girl series, which follows the lives of privileged teenagers in New York. The series climbed to the top of The New York Times best-sellers list in 2002. A spin-off series, The It Girl, made the list in 2005.
The Constance Billard School for Girls in Gossip Girl is based upon an exaggerated version of von Ziegesar's alma mater, Nightingale. She also culled events from the book from the lives of her extremely wealthy friends, as well as her own life as a perpetual gossip.
She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 21, 2010
This series follows Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey as she goes off to be a Wavery Owl (boarding school student). If you like the Gossip Girl books, you'll love this too. It has a different take on snottiness than GG because Jenny is a softer main character, and because it is set at a boarding school that is far from the city---so you don't have that glitzy NYC backdrop like you do in GG. But the other characters and the stuff they get up to is just as outrageous and hilarious as its parent series.
February 25, 2009
this review includes all of the It Girl books so far.
a major improvement on Gossip Girl. Jenny Humphrey (the book version), is so incredibly likable and naive and *normal*, that her plight feels a lot more sympathetic. and the ghost writers don't throw her in as many ridiculous situations as they did in Gossip Girl, but they still keep it exciting.
a major improvement on Gossip Girl. Jenny Humphrey (the book version), is so incredibly likable and naive and *normal*, that her plight feels a lot more sympathetic. and the ghost writers don't throw her in as many ridiculous situations as they did in Gossip Girl, but they still keep it exciting.
June 15, 2013
Do remember what happened to our favorite little sister in the amazing Gossip Girl series.
She went to boarding school!
I really liked this series but I didn't like the way it ended. Also it seemed like every boy Jenny ever liked was sort-of rebounding her (Easy, Julian, Isaac).
She went to boarding school!
I really liked this series but I didn't like the way it ended. Also it seemed like every boy Jenny ever liked was sort-of rebounding her (Easy, Julian, Isaac).
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August 13, 2011
One of my favorite series!!
September 26, 2013
I love the IT-girl stories,
just a typical chick flick,
but a lovely one!
just like the other books from this serie, lovely!
just a typical chick flick,
but a lovely one!
just like the other books from this serie, lovely!
December 27, 2012
Loved these books in high school (and probably still would now). Total guilty pleasure read.
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