Drive Me Crazy

by Rob Thomas

Nicole and Chase have grown up together as next-door neighbors. Now they're high school seniors -- Nicole hangs out with the popular set, while Chase is known as just another dweeb. But when the guy Nicole expects to escort her to the prom asks someone else, Nicole is left with no date at all. Desperate to go and hoping to make the other guy jealous, Nicole asks Chase to pretend to be her boyfriend. All Nicole has to do is convince him to go along with her plan, and then give them the make-over of a lifetime.

Includes 8 pages of full-color photos from the film.

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Media Tie In, Chick Lit, Young Adult, Humor

176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 5, 1999

About the author

Robert James "Rob" Thomas is an American author, producer, and screenwriter, best known as the author of the 1996 novel Rats Saw God, creator of the critically acclaimed television series Veronica Mars and co-creator of 90210 and Party Down.

Reviews

[Darynda Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this story. Rob Thomas writes savvy teen girls whose jaded sense of the world is fun and refreshing. He makes them smart. You know, like they are in real life. Crazy guy.

[Meagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. I liked this movie, mostly because of the main male lead (he's on Entourage now, what's his name, Adrian something?). It's typical Rob Thomas. Slightly jaded female lead vs. rebellious male lead...I like to think that the female character here is a basis for some of the 09'ers in Veronica Mars - especially the 09'ers that were later redeemed slightly, or at least shown with a different side (Troy Vandegraff, Logan Echolls - a LITTLE, Dick Casablancas, etc). Given that this movie is slightly old, the characters are nowhere near those of Veronica Mars in terms of depth (cliches and cheese abound, folks!) but it's a good movie compared to the rest of teen-flick craziness.

The best character IMO would be Designated Dave. Watch it simply for his cuteness.

[Katrina Sutton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got the book after I saw this movie in 1999 while I was a teenager. I enjoyed the story as well as the movie.