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Overview

The second book in the New York Times bestselling phenomenon from Meg Cabot.

It's not easy being Nikki. Ever since former tomboy Emerson Watts' accident at the SoHo Stark Megastore--and subsequent brain transplant into the body of teen supermodel Nikki Howard--her life has changed dramatically. Em's trying to handle the demands of school, modeling, fending off Nikki's creepy ex-boyfriends, and living with celebutante Lulu Collins.

Will this former tomboy be able to make it in the world of high fashion? What will happen if she can't?

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Children's Literature
For my 13th birthday, my grandfather selected a couple of books "suitable for a girl" as his present to me. I opened the neatly wrapped package to find two fictional confections about as far from anything I would read as could be imagined. I flipped through them out of a sense of loyalty, but they sat largely unread on my bookshelf for years—a reminder of my much-loved and well-intentioned but off-the-mark grandfather. This book struck me immediately as being a more contemporary version of those novels. Perhaps the declaration "An Airhead novel" splashed across the bottom keyed me in to the similarity. Maybe it was the picture of a shallow-looking girl and her froo-froo dog on the front—and back—cover. But Meg Cabot's heroines are nothing if not determined and embellished with exotic circumstances. Here, the heroine is Emerson Watts. Marketed as supermodel Nikki, she is under the control of Stark Enterprises, until things start going wrong. Her mother disappears mysteriously, her brother seeks her out for answers, and her best friend is gunning for Stark. Readers interested in this series might better start with the first "Airhead" novel. Reviewer: Heidi Hauser Green
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Being a super model was never on "video-game-loving, soulless-corporation-hating" Em's to-do list, but with limos, private jets, and an endless supply of lip gloss, a girl could get used to being Nikki. Fearful that Stark Enterprises, "intent on sucking the lifeblood from small businesses everywhere," will sue her parents and put them jail, Em agrees to keep her brain transplant a secret and become supermodel Nikki Howard. Photo shoots and partying at the hottest night clubs seriously conflicts with school and the painful pursuit of Christopher, Em's best friend and crush pre-brain transplant, who does not know she is alive. When Steven, Nikki's brother, shows up looking for their missing mother, Em realizes there might be a cover up. Perhaps Nikki has discovered a dark secret Stark Enterprises would do anything to keep. Cabot's fans will be clamoring for this sequel to Airhead (Point/Scholastic, 2008/VOYA June 2008), although it could easily stand alone. But this fun, light, and easy read lacks that Cabot sparkle found in previous novels. Em easily loses herself in Nikki by doing things she never would have done as Em, such as kissing every hot guy who massages her neck. The story line drags, falls flat, and ends abruptly. The brain transplant premise and one-dimensional, celebrity-obsessed characters are overly melodramatic. A better story would have combined the two books into one novel. Cabot's popularity will ultimately be the catalyst that propels this book off the shelf. Make room for more sequels because the next book is coming soon. Reviewer: Sarah Cofer

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780545040563
  • Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
  • Publication date: 5/5/2009
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 199,909
  • Age range: 12 years
  • Lexile: 800L (what's this?)
  • Series: Airhead Series, #2
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot
Keeping up with Meg Cabot is tricky: the Princess Diaries author turns out light entertaining novels for teens and adults at a furious pace. Which is good news for her fans, who snap them up as fast as she can write them!

Biography

Meg Cabot knows that one of the best cures for feeling gawky and conspicuous is reading about someone who sticks out even more than you do. Her books for young adults invariably feature girls who have extraordinary powers that carry extraordinary burdens. Cabot's Princess Diaries series offers up the secret thoughts of Mia Thermopolis, who discovers at age 14 that she is actually the princess of a small European country. This revelation adds significantly to her extant concerns about crushes, friendships, school, and other matters falling under adolescent scrutiny.

Cabot, a native of Indiana weaned on Judy Blume and Barbara Cartland, was already a successful romance novelist (as Patricia Cabot) before she began writing for young adults; her alter-alter ego, Jenny Carroll, began a new series shortly after The Princess Diaries debuted. The Carroll books are divided between the Mediator series, starring a girl who can communicate with restless ghosts; and the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU books, in which a girl struck by lightning acquires the ability to locate missing people.

Cabot writes her books in a conspiratorial, first-person style that resonates with her readers. She has obviously kept a grip on the vernacular and the key issues of adolescence; but what makes her books so irresistible is the mixing of the mundane with the fantastic. After all, who wouldn't like to wake up and be a princess all of a sudden, or a seer? Cabot takes such offhand notions and roots them firmly in the details of average, middle-class American life. She has also tiptoed into mystery and paranormal suspense with other YA novels and series installments.

Cabot continues to write adult novels under various permutations of her given name (Meggin Patricia Cabot): from 19th-century historical romances to contemporary chick lit. And, as with her books for teens, these romances have earned praise for their lighthearted humor and well drawn characters.

Good To Know

Some interesting outtakes from our interview with Cabot:

"I am left handed."

"I hate tomatoes of any kind."

"I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs."

"Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby -- except watching TV and laying around the pool reading US Weekly. I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken. So I guess I'm stuck with no hobby.

    1. Also Known As:
      Meggin Patricia Cabot (full name); Patricia Cabot, Jenny Caroll
    2. Hometown:
      New York, New York
    1. Education:
      B.A. in fine arts, Indiana University, 1991
    2. Website:
      http://www.megcabot.com
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  • Posted May 6, 2009

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    Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

    Emerson Watts - in Nikki Howard's body - returns to Nikki's home from a photo shoot to find a stranger waiting for her in the apartment's lobby. He reveals that he's her brother - when she thought she was an orphan. It's hard enough trying to keep up with the world, but now her brother drops a bomb on her. Their mom is missing.

    Em/Nikki doesn't know what to think of this information. She doesn't remember her mother or her brother. Plus, she's got a sneaking suspicion that Stark Enterprise might know more than they're saying. Nikki already suspects Stark of bugging her apartment. Who's to say they haven't gone farther?

    She's made a deal with her brother to help find their mother. In a moment of weakness, she confides in Christopher. He's willing to help her find her mother - for a price. In exchange, he wants a login and password for Stark Enterprise. Em/Nikki gets caught up in a plot to ruin the company she works for while trying to uncover the mystery surrounding her mother's disappearance.

    A little science fiction blended with both mystery and romance equals a great series. The secrets uncovered in BEING NIKKI will leave the reader eagerly awaiting RUNAWAY - a sign that Meg Cabot rocks yet again.

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted May 17, 2009

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    This is an amazing series

    However this one wasn't as good as the last one. I was a little depressed because it left so much to wonder. I really want the 3rd one to come out, so that this one can just be the middle one that had to get the point across but not be the bad ending. I loved the romance in this book and want it to develop even further, because the truth came out. There aren't any words that can be expressed with this book, because it was touching and very hard to put down. It is nice because it isn't an easy read but a pleasurable one that you can get through in a few days instead of just letting it sit on the dresser for weeks. This is a really good book and series for teenage girls who are looking for something to read. And don't look as these books of not having problems because don't judge a book by its cover.If you like Meg Cabot you should also read some of her other series, they are all very good.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 27, 2012

    Great Story!

    The first book in this series had an interesting concept which continued to the second book. Along the way mystery was added making me unable to stop reading. Being Nikki uncovers the real truth behind Stark.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 18, 2009

    Brilliant! Clever! Suprising! AMAZING!

    I reccomend this book to anyone who loves a good story. This book is so clever and well thought out! The series is amazing, and I can't wait for the third one, Runaway to come out! It's so shocking and you never know what will happen!
    It's a huge page turner, I couldn't put the book down! It was also quite funny!
    This is a MUST READ book!

    -Sparkly_Nerd

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted May 6, 2009

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    SUCH A GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!! OMG

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    I read "Airhead," and totally loved it. I think it took me all of a couple of hours to read it. And i know it is completely pathetic, but i have been counting down the days until, "Being NIkki," came out which took me a day to read. I mean, at the beginning i had my doubts that it could be as good as, "Airhead," but about half-way in it started to be amazing. But then, it ENDED! So beyond not cool. If that wasn't hard enough, i find out the next book, "Runaway," doesn't come out until next May. That means there is an ENTIRE YEAR of waiting.

    All in all, this was/is an amazing series even though both books were too short. Keep writing Meg Cabot, and PLEASE try to make the release date sooner. Honestly, I'm begging! "Airhead," "Being NIkki," and I'm sure, "Runaway," are all MUST READS!!!!!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 9, 2012

    Great book ever

    Awesome greatest book

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 2, 2012

    Anoymus

    Two words: love it!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 26, 2012

    I love this book!

    This book to me made me cry at the end since Nikki loses her true love.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 3, 2012

    Best book ever!

    I loved it! Never read a better book in my life. I haven't read the first or third yet though.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 3, 2012

    Amazing luv luv luv luv it

    A fun filled book with excitment every second! Well done well done

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 30, 2011

    Not very good

    Read this book last year. Good plot, beginning and midde, but the ending, literally the last page, is disappointing and sorta depressing. Never read the third one since then.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 26, 2011

    Good

    I think they u guys should read the books as a series

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2011

    Being Niki

    With Being Nikki, Cabot has broadened her craft to include romantic suspense with a touch of science fiction. Being Nikki picks up where Airhead left off. Straight-A student and gaming geek Emerson Watts has had her brain transplanted into the body of teenage supermodel Nikki Howard. At the start of the sequel Nikki is hanging off of a cliff filming a commercial for Stark brand deodorant. She figures her life can't get much worse since her crush, Christopher, doesn't know she's alive (literally). She's supposed to keep limited contact with her biological family. Her grades are slipping because she's constantly missing school for fashion shows.But she's wrong. Her life does get worse. Em soon discovers that Nikki has a brother no one knew existed and that their mom has been missing since Em's/ Nikki's accident. To top it off, Em discovers she has to parade around in a televised lingerie fashion show wearing nothing but a diamond bra and panty set and that her crush is intent on destroying the Stark company to avenge Em's death. Add to that mix boys coming out of woodwork trying to woo her (including the son of the head of Stark and a hunky Brazilian singer) and cohosting the holiday party of the century with her socialite roommate Lulu and you realize that being Nikki isn't very easy.I will be honest and say the book starts off a little slow (despite Em falling off a cliff and into an ocean full of sharks). The first few chapters serve mostly as back story to the saga of Em and Nikki. It's great for new readers, but for those who have read Airhead might find it a little redundant. The reader is constantly reminded of how much Em hates being Nikki and how she longs for her old life of playing Journeyquest and and hanging out with Christopher. Fortunately, the story picks up the minute Nikki's brother walks in and doesn't slow down until the final page. For the most part it wasn't as predictable as I imagined it would be. As it turns out Nikki's friends are smarter than anyone gives them credit for. I will say the end had me screaming What? and wishing there was a preview of the next Nikki Howard story. I hope Cabot can whip out a new story soon because I can't wait to find out what happens next. Will Christopher take down Stark? Will Em and Christopher ever get together? Will Nikki have to wear a diamond bra on national television?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 3, 2011

    Hot hot hot

    Amazing book if you like love, action, and great plot!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 11, 2011

    Lovetoread:)#13

    Luv it ct wait in til runway:)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 14, 2011

    ?being nikki?

    I love this book! It's one of my all time favorites.it also taught me that it's not
    Just about the outside , it's what's on the inside.hope you enjoy this
    Book I know I did?

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  • Posted September 7, 2011

    Super cool. A must read.

    I was skeptic at first but once I started I could not put it down!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 2, 2011

    Confusing book at first but...

    IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also love the princess diaries by meg cabot so if u enjoyed this series by meg cabot check out the princess diaries series.

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  • Posted July 4, 2011

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    Good...

    This is a good sequal to Airhead. *SPOILERS* She meets herself!!! But you'll have to read the book to find out what that means.

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  • Posted July 3, 2011

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