The Gemini Contenders

Ludlum, Robert INSCRIBED and SIGNED BY AUTHOR

ISBN 10: 0803730640 / ISBN 13: 9780803730649

Published by DIAL, NEW YORK, 1976

About this Item

Author's 5th novel written as Robert Ludlum, eight overall. good cover and spine. very clean maroon endpapers. wear to DJ. Front flap of DJ states price of $8.95. blue gilt lettering to spine. the stated first printing of the first edition. wear to edges. pages are very clean. faint storage odor book is signed and inscribed by the author in black pen to first free endpage. inscription, dated 3.4.76, states "For Jo+Al - Now it can be told. I'm really a defrocked Jesuit in search of cannonization! My love to the best sister and brother-in-law anyone could have. Always, Rob". Josephine Ludmun (Robert Ludlum's sister) was married to Alfred Totter (circa 1965). Josephine and Alfred lived on Broadview Terrace in Chatham, N. J. faint storage odor DATE PUBLISHED: 1976 EDITION: FIRST ED 402.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gemini Contenders
• Publisher: DIAL, NEW YORK
• Publication Date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0803730640
• ISBN 13: 9780803730649
• Binding: HARD BACK DARK BLUE
• Edition: FIRST ED.
• Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Excited about her new, laid back school, Octavia feels that her life may be taking a turn for the better and more normal, but when the paparazzi start following her again and the scandal of her celebrity mother resurfaces, Octavia loses faith in ever having a simple life or finding a sweet boy to call her own.

Reviews

Grade 6-9–In this sequel to So Super Starry (Dial, 2004), Octavia Clairbrook-Cleeve has transferred from Darlinham House, where everyone was the son or daughter of somebody famous, to a local school, Jethro Park, where shes being very low-key to try and fit in. Shes adjusting well until her family becomes the target of the paparazzi due to her TV-star mothers romance with married marketing exec Bud Carnaby. Or rather, the soon-to-be-ex-Mrs. Carnabys very public fuss about the romance. To present a united front, Bud and his son, a neo-goth with the melancholy of the ages, have moved in with the Clairbrook-Cleeves. Meanwhile, Octavia is still trying to live the life of a normal teenager: friends, boys, exams, and homework. It all seems manageable until India Withers, her nemesis from Darlinham House, begins attending Jethro Park as research for her part in an upcoming movie. Though the usual high school worries and joys are magnified in this tale of a celebritys daughter, the trappings of glitz and glamour dont outshine the core story of a teen dealing with typical concerns. A divorced mothers romance, a bully, and the insecurities of a crush are plotlines that girls will sympathize with and recognize. A good choice for libraries with starstruck teens or fans of Meg Cabots Princess Diaries and Teen Idol (2005, both HarperCollins).–Heather E. Miller, Homewood Public Library, AL
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Gr. 7-11. Londoner Octavia Clairbrook-Cleve returns in this sequel to So Super Starry (2004). The privileged only child of a director and actress, Octavia has abandoned her posh private school in favor of regular folk at Jethro Park, the local school. Then who should appear but her arch enemy, gorgeous actress India Withers, who has chosen to attend Jethro Park to help her prepare for an upcoming film. Pedictable and frothy, yes, but also highly entertaining. Give this to fans of the PrincessDiaries series. Debbie Carton
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