English Department

Book Report
‘’When Lightning Strikes’’

By: Caroline
Group: 11-3

Due Date: February 14th, 2011

Vanished (Books One & Two)
Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2001
Number of Pages: 540
Genre: Junior Books
Opening Lines: ‘’They want me to write it down. All of it. They’re calling it my statement.’’
Memorable quotes: "You'll blow up a helicopter, but you won't go out with me? What is wrong with you?"
‘’I don’t think he could ever be a serial killer. He’s way too shy. That Ted Bundy guy, he was pretty outgoing, from what I heard.’’

Meg Cabot’s novels have a way of captivating, surprising, and fascinating its readers, especially teenage girls and young adults. Vanished (book one & two) is no different. Previously published by Simon & Schuster as ‘’1-800-WHERE-R-YOU’’ under the pen name Jenny Carroll, this book includes ‘’When Lightning Strikes’’ and ‘’Code Name Cassandra’’. For this book report, I will focus on the first book/part.
Meggin Patricia Cabot was born on February 1st, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana. After graduating from the Indiana State University she moved to New York City. At the age of 26, she eloped in Italy on April fouls day since her husband believed only fouls got married in the first place. She lived in Indiana, California, New York, and France, and currently resides in Key West, Florida but sometimes returns to New York with her husband and cats (Henrietta a one eyed cat, and Gem a black and white tuxedo cat, both of whom she mentions a lot in her blog) to write in her other home.
Meg Cabot gets most of her inspiration for new series from real life experiences. When her father died, Meggin’s mother started dating her daughter’s former art teacher. Meg was horrified and started keeping a diary in which she told the story of young Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, also known as Mia, unpopular teenager, living with her single mother who is dating her algebra teacher