Audio Book Description:
Opal Mehta is a young woman with a laser focus: getting into Harvard. Sinceher birth, Amaland Meena Mehta have raised their only daughter with Harvardemblazoned on her pajamas, her walls andher brain. At seventeen, Opal is valedictorian, president of three honor societies, and founder of the ScienceBowl team. With SAT and AP scores to diefor, getting in looks like a sure thing. Then, at her interview with Harvard`s Dean ofAdmissions, he sets aside herresume and asks her the single question she never prepped for: "What do you like to do for fun?" For once, Opal is at a loss. Theinterview screeches to a nightmarish halt. The Dean says shestill has a chance- but only if she can show that she is more than just another 4.0 GPA. And so the Mehtas turn their ingenuityand determination to a whole new plan: getting Opal a life. Dating, partying, and popularity are the new subjects oflate-night cramming, and Opal`sstudy guides are now MTV and the WB, Vogue andIn Style. But when Opal finally faces the Deanagain she is more confused thanever. What- and whom- does she really love? For anyone who`s ever sweated a crisis,How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, GotWild, and Got a Life is a hilarious and painfully real novel about family, love,and daring to push your life to the limit.
