Suite Scarlett

By Johnson, Maureen

Publishers Summary:
Scarlett Martin has grown up in a most unusual way. Her family owns the Hopewell, a small hotel in the heart of New York City. Her nineteen-year-old brother, Spencer, is an out of work actor facing a family deadline to get his career in order. Eighteen-year-old Lola has the delicate looks of a model, the practical nature of a nurse, and a wealthy society boyfriend. Eleven-year-old Marlene is the family terror with a tragic past. When the Martins turn fifteen, they are each expected to take over the care of a suite in the once elegant, now shabby Art Deco hotel. For Scarlett’s fifteenth birthday, she gets both a room called the Empire Suite, and a permanent guest named Mrs. Amberson. Scarlett doesn’t quite know what to make of this C-list starlet, world traveler, and aspiring autobiographer who wants to take over her life. And when she meets Eric, an astonishingly gorgeous actor who has just moved to the city, her summer takes a second unexpected turn. With Mrs. Amberson calling the shots, Spencer’s career to save, Lola’s love life to navigate around, and Marlene’s prying eyes everywhere, things won’t be easy. Before the summer is over, Scarlett will have to survive a whirlwind of thievery, Broadway glamour, romantic missteps, and theatrical deception. The show, as they say, must always go on . . . . Scarlett, Are you still asleep? I can hear you in there, snoring away. I need the following: White plum tea (whole leaf, loose, organic) Yerba maté lotion Dance tights Laptop computer (I’ll leave it to you to pick one out) A book on how to write a book A spicy tuna roll (brown rice) A list of all plays currently on Broadway Matches $4000 should be enough. I’ve shoved the money under your door (see it?). I need these things by noon. I’m meditating now. I want my change, but feel free to take cabs if the purchases are too heavy. Get the sushi last, obviously. And wake up! We have work to do! - Mrs. A

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ISBN
978-0-43989-927-7
Publisher
Scholastic Point


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2008

Gr 8-Up Johnson certainly seems to have the formula for good, clean, readable chick-lit down pat, and this title does not disappoint. According to tradition, when the Martin children turn 15, they inherit a suite in the family's small Manhattan hotel and a job: to take care of the rooms and their occupant. On Scarlett's 15th birthday, Amy Amberson sweeps into the suite that Scarlett has just inherited. The woman is demand...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on July 1, 2008

As per family tradition, Scarlett Martin's fifteenth birthday marks her ascension to full membership in the family business: she becomes responsible for the management of a suite in their run-down, occupancy-challenged Manhattan hotel. When aging drama queen Mrs. Amberson moves into Scarlett's suite, she takes a personal interest in Scarlett's mishaps, hatching scheme after disastrous scheme to save the hotel, resolve Scarlett's love life, and jumpstart her older brother ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

Drama queen Mrs. Amberson moves into Scarlett's family's occupancy-challenged Manhattan hotel. She hatches schemes to save the hotel, resolve Sc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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