All-American Girl

All American Girl is a young adult novel by Meg Cabot. It was first published in September 2002 by HarperCollins under their HarperTeen imprint. Cabot released a follow-up titled Ready or Not in August 2005.

Dedication

 * "To the real American heroes of 9/11/01"

Book description
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 * "Samantha Madison is just your average disenfranchised sophomore gal living in D.C. when, in an idle moment sandwiched between cookie-buying and CD-perusing, she puts a stop to an attempt on the life of the president. Before she can say "MTV2" she’s appointed Teen Ambassador to the U.N. and has caught the eye of the very cute First Son."

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 * "Top Ten Reasons Samantha Madison is in Deep Trouble 10. Her big sister is the most popular girl in school 9. Her little sister is a certified genius 8. She's in love with her big sister's boyfriend 7. She got caught selling celebrity portraits in school 6. And now she's being forced to take art classes 5. She's just saved the president of the United States from an assassination attempt 4. So the whole world thinks she's a hero 3. Even though Sam knows she is far, far from being a hero 2. And now she's been appointed teen ambassador to the UN And the number one reason Sam's life is over? 1. The president's son just might be in love with her"