Title: Gossip Girl #1: A Novel Author: Cecily Von Ziegesar – Narrator: Gossip Girl
Publication date: 2002
Genre: teen fiction
Geographical Setting: New York City
Time Period: 2000s
Geographical Setting: New York City
Time Period: 2000s
Series: yes, first in the Gossip Girl series
Plot Summary: The narrator remains anonymous as the reader wonders if she too is part of the privileged world of the NYC teens attending the prestigious private schools, partying and buying expensive designer clothes. Selena is surrounded by controversy as rumors fly about whether or not she is a sex fiend and a drug addict. Blair is bulimic and in love with Nate. But Nate has hooked up with her former best friend Selena. Dan is in love with Serena and his younger sister Jenny idolizes her. Rumors and gossip about boys, sex, parties and clothes fill this book.
Subject Headings: teens, private school, NYC, drinking, partying, drugs, eating disorders, gossip, rich kids, mean girls
Appeal: designer clothes, shopping, privileged lifestyles, website reveals more exploits of the characters, superficial/fluff reading, omnipresent narrator , TV series, sex without consequences
Similar Authors and Works (Fiction): Zoey Dean- The A-List Series. Melissa de la Cruz- The Au Pairs series.
