![]() ![]() One is a fatal earnestness, which dooms the endeavour from the off. This one could survive it, too, were it not for two major flaws. (Thanks to the wise decision to break the original’s straight stranglehold, the possibilities for hook-ups and treacheries are almost infinite.) It is almost impossible to follow, but that never mattered with the original. The advent of Julien’s secret half-sister Zoya Lott (Whitney Peak) into their lives creates more jealousies, divided loyalties, sexual attractions, bluffs, double-bluffs and shenanigans than you can shake an iPhone at. ![]() Then there is her boyfriend, Obie Bergmann IV (Eli Brown), the priapic sybarite Max Wolfe (Thomas Doherty), the hapless Audrey (Emily Alyn Lind) and Aki Menzies (Evan Mock), Obie’s best friend and Audrey’s boyfriend. This time the de facto leader is an Instagram influencer, Julien Calloway (Jordan Alexander). It follows the convolutions of a new crop of overprivileged students. I reckoned we all deserved it, you know? How foolish I was to think that 2021 would step up to right the many wrongs it, and the previous half decade, has wrought. Oh God, how I had hoped and prayed it would be good. Gossip Girl the reboot (BBC One) is … none of that. If you objected to it, it was clear you had misunderstood the past six years of beautiful insanity. The revelation of her identity at the end of its run was as fabulously bonkers as everything that had gone before. The titular gossip girl was an unseen blogger (voiced by Kristen Bell) who kept track of everyone’s comings and goings, posted them all and stirred things up at every opportunity. There were also the times Blair became the princess of Monaco and Elizabeth Hurley played Nate’s boss and girlfriend so badly for 14 episodes that it is spoken of only in hushed whispers on the darknet. The permutations of their relationships with Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford, whose jawline should have got separate billing), poverty-stricken Dan and Jenny Humphreys (Penn Badgley and Taylor Momsen, who lived in a loft apartment in – ugh – Brooklyn) and Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr) formed the mainstay of the show. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester – yes, the actors had equally unbelievable names) was the queen bee, while her best friend/frenemy was Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively – see!). It followed a group of uber-rich Upper East Side New York high schoolers who had names as excellent as their lives. We even had a Labour government, for chrissakes.Īnd we had Gossip Girl, a perfect confection of madness, the bubbles at the brim of our overfilled cup of complacency. Also a Crazy Rich Asians read-alike, My Summer will appeal to teens who enjoy a window onto the opulent lives of the wealthy elite.None of us realised how good we had it in 2007, in our pre-Trump, pre-Brexit, pre-Covid bubble. Swept up into the world of Beijing’s elite upper class society, Iris must decide if her impulsive decisions and shopaholic tendencies reflect who she really is. Gr 9 Up–Chinese American Iris is spending the summer with family in Beijing, reconnecting with her roots after failing her senior year of high school. My Summer of Love and Misfortune by Lindsay Wong. Part mystery and part exploration of sexuality, this bold novel will please fans of the drama and relationship plotlines in the show. But when Jack starts writing a sex-positive advice column for the school newspaper, the attention starts to turn threatening. Gr 10 Up–Jack is well known at his private, New York City high school when you’re gay, have bold fashion sense, and have a lot of sex, you frequently end up being the topic of conversation. Hand this page-turner to teens who love a scandal. Gr 9 Up–When white teen Chloe’s best friend is taken down by the vicious social elite at their exclusive private school, she decides to infiltrate the “Level Ones” to get her revenge in this gripping novel. Readers who like to live vicariously through characters flitting from parties to nightclubs to exclusive premiers will enjoy this high-drama story told from multiple points of view. ![]() Gr 10 Up–This contemporary retelling of Anna Karenina follows wealthy Manhattanite Anna K, a biracial (Korean and white), 17-year-old prep school student, as she falls for the notoriously charming Alexi Vronsky, despite the fact that Anna has a boyfriend. Teens who love intrigue and lavish drama will be watching this one.Īnna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee. This reboot of the show that aired on the CW from 2007-2012 follows a new generation of teens at an elite private school in New York City. ![]()
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