Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Book: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter

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 Cameron Ann “Cammie” Morgan is in Boston with her bestfriend, Macey McHenry. It’s election and Macey’s dad, Senator James McHenry, is running for Vice President. Then Cammie meets Preston Winters, son of Gov. Winters who is running for President. He’s dorky and Macey kinda hates him.

They’re rehearsing for the campaign that day. Cammie, Macey, Preston and Charlie, their bodyguard, are on their way to the next venue. Whey they reach the rooftop, Cammie and Macey know that something is wrong. And they’re right. Because the next thing they know, a helicopter and black masked guys are ready to kidnap Macey. They are able to put Preston on safety but Cammie and Macey barely make it out. Then they are brought to Mr. Solomon’s, their CoveOps teacher, safe house for treatment. Headmistress Rachel Morgan, Cammie’s mom, is there too.

Cammie and Macey thought that it was just a test but they knew it wasn’t. So they are questioned by the FBI and after, Cammie is brought back to the mansion. Macey goes back to her family but then later on she's brought back to the school.

Cammie, Liz and Bex still remember that first day Macey McHenry came to their school. She was wearing black boots, a skirt with a diamond nose stud looking like a model but now she’s wearing a modest pants, sweater and she’s changed. Or maybe it’s just one of her covers. At the welcome-back dinner, Agent Abigail Morgan, Cammie’s Aunt, is introduced as Macey’s new security agent. She's there to protect Macey and she even said that she'll take a bullet for her. Another semester, Cammie and Bex are seeing sublevel 2, Liz is on Research and Operations and Macey is still a year behind. And everyone thinks Macey is okay, but Cammie thinks she’s not. Because maybe, she’s really not.

Macey’s dad has campaign rallies and it’s just normal for Macey to be there. So when she attends the campaign in Ohio, Mr. Solomon has another covert operation for the whole Junior CoveOps class. It’s to observe, listen and watch. Try to find out who are the bad guys. And then Zach is there too. Meanwhile, Preston is amazed. He thinks Cammie and Macey were cool and strong even though they’re girls. And he’s persistent. Sometimes Macey thinks of knocking him off but she knows she can't.

The campaign rally is finally over. Macey is back. But Cammie still wonders and she wants to know why the kidnappers were after Macey, why they only wanted Macey and not Preston too and why Zack was there. He came to see Cammie? She doesn’t know either. And she really wants to know why. Just then they realize that maybe the kidnappers knew that they were Gallagher girls because they weren’t surprised when Cammie and Macey fought back.

Another campaign rally is to be held in Philadelphia and Macey needs to go, again. Cammie and Bex think of ways to stop her but there’s nothing they can do. Duty calls. But then an idea pops up after Joe Solomon introduced them into the Science of disguise. So they go the Philadelphia with their disguises. It’s good so far until they see Mr. Solomon and a guy Cammie swears she’s seen in Boston. And she’s right, Zach is also there and she’s not imagining him on her head. Zach has been following her. She then stumbles on him on the train when she tries to see Macey. Cammie asks Zach what he was doing in Boston but Zach tells her that there are things he can't say. But Cammie is persistent. They also try to hide when they hear voices outside the room but Macey catches them. She tells them that Abby will be there anytime soon so they should stop their LQ right away. Zach tells her to be careful before disappearing and just then Abby catches Cammie. Her Aunt Abby is disappointed and she also warns her to stay away from Zach.

They come home after. Days pass and Headmistress Morgan and Joe Solomon tell them that Macey doesn’t have to go to her dad’s campaign anymore because it’s risky. Cammie is still bothered by the kidnappers so she continues to find clues together with her bestfriends. And fortunately, they’re able to finally figure out that the kidnappers want revenge on Macey because she’s the last descendants of Gillian Gallagher who killed Ioseph Cavan.

Friday night, Joe Solomon has another covert operation for them but that doesn’t include Cammie and Macey since they are in agreement with her mom that if she behaves and gets into no trouble, then she will spend the vacation with Bex and her family in London. That means no outside activities for both of them. But Cammie always breaks rules. So she and Macey go out that night to see Roseville. The town is celebrating a homecoming and there's a football game and somehow Cammie feels like Zach is there too. And she’s right. Zach is there and she is caught in an argument with him that Macey hears. Just then Macey realizes that Cammie and her two other bestfriends lied to her by not telling her that she’s a descendant of Gillian Gallagher and that is why the kidnappers were after her.

Next thing they know, Macey's ran away. She’s gone and Headmistress Morgan and the others are out to find her in Switzerland. But something tells Cammie and her bestfriends, Liz and Bex, that Macey isn't in Switzerland. They didn’t realize it until Liz says that maybe Macey went somewhere safe. And that’s when they take an unscheduled trip to Joe Solomon’s safe house. And they were right, Macey is there. Then they hurry to attend the election party. Everything seems back to normal. Macey is back and everything is fine again. Zach is there too, as always. Until the Circle of Cavan tries to kidnap Macey again, or who they thought is Macey. There's fighting and gun shots and Cammie sees her Aunt Abby being shot. She’s on the ground and Macey is putting pressure on her chest where she was shot. Everything else happens so fast. Zach walks her away from the scene and Joe Solomon instructs to keep an eye on Cammie yelling that they won’t stop until they get her. And there's one thing that Cammie can't take off her mind. It's when one of the attacker seemed to recognize Zach when he pointed at him and said "You."

Cammie is hurt again. Her Aunt Abby was shot but other than that, everyone else she loves is safe again. They’re back at the mansion and she’s able to ask her mom and Mr. Solomon why the Circle of Cavan is after her. Yes, she already figured it out by then but her mom tells her that there are things that she doesn’t need to know. Like what Joe Solomon and Zach told her. And maybe she just has to accept that. She rests and her Aunt Abby is better but needs to go. It’s sad but she needs to. Everyone says goodbye and Abby admits that she’s not good at it. She kisses Joe Solomon before leaving and gives back Cammie the jacket Zach left for her. And there she finds a note saying “Have fun in London –Z”

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