I Will Survive

by Kristen Kemp

A sassy, sexy revenge comedy about finding out who your true friends are...and who your true self is.

Poor Ellen. Her boyfriend is cheating on her ... with her best friend. Her other (male) best friend is in love with her when he really shouldn't be. Her beauty queen sister is on a rampage. And her mom is having an affair with one of her teachers. At first, Ellen wants to climb into bed and never get out again. Then she decides she's not going to take this all lying down. She's out for revenge -- a very comic revenge, with some very unintended consequences.
This is Fay Weldon for teens -- a fun, sassy look at making it through high school with your heart in one piece.

Genres: Young Adult

142 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

I write. I edit. I blog. I create community projects for my creative, awesome town of Montclair, NJ.

I've written seven teen novels for Scholastic including Breakfast at Bloomingdale's. I've recently written for glossies such as Modern Bride. I currently post 17 articles per week for CafeMom.com, and I do everything for my website, MontclairKids.com, and for my suburban writing retreat center, WritersLoft.org. I teach professional, intensive fiction and non-fiction classes in New York City and NJ as well.

-Kristen Kemp

Reviews

[Jen]

DNF

Just doesn't hit the same as it did when I was like 15.

[Sarah]

This book had a lot of things that i like to read. Someone can really relate to how this girl feels throughout this book. She goes through a really tough time with her ex and her best friend getting together. It was a really good book, but i think it would be kinda too easy to read.

[Alexandra]

Utter disappointment. I felt like I was reading a book for an 8 year old. It lacked Kristen Kemp's sarcasm and humor. Silly and really not emotionally invoking, I only finished it to get it out of the way.

[Denay Dusnon]

The best story of revenge and getting even ever. plus a little humnility in the end, but the ideas this girl comes up with to mess with people are ingenius and partially disasterous.

[Karousel]

Another of the first books I ever read.

[Jennifer]

Cheesy and predictable...