Read It and Weep
Read It and Weep is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on July 21, 2006. It is based on the novel How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller by Julia DeVillers. Sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker star as Jamie Bartlett and her alter ego Isabella Iz or Is, respectively. Both sisters have starred in previous Disney Channel movies Kay in Life Is Ruff, and Danielle in Stuck in the Suburbs.
As an English assignment, she has to write an essay of her choice. Her printer dies and Lenny her older brother refuses to let her use his. Lindsay offers to print the essay if Jamie emails it to her, but she accidentally sends her the journal. After Lindsay turns the journal in for the English assignment, it wins a writing contest. Jamies book attracts a lot of publicity and eventually becomes a bestseller. She appears at many book signings, reality TV shows and is often interviewed. And also meets stars, that she has always wanted to meet. Soon, success gets the better of Jamie she becomes increasingly materialistic and critical of the world around her, quitting her job at her fathers pizza place, ridiculing her brothers guitar playing, and favoring fame over her friends. Her newfound popularity is dashed when she inadvertently reveals on a television interview that the antagonist of her novel is based on Sawyer and all of her other life dramas.As Jamies classmates learn that the book was based on Jamies negative feelings toward her school, she wishes to restore her relationships but her friends are unwilling to trust her again. Her friends begin to reject and avoid her. When she logs into a chat room, onebyone each person who was originally logged on, logs off as soon as they see her, except for her friend Connor. When she asks him if he hates her, he responds I only hate what youve become. Jamie then realizes her mistakes, and also discovers some hidden feelings for Connor. Connor writes a positive letter to the editor. When it appears in the school paper the next day, she thinks it was Marco, not Connor. Connor then becomes jealous. ........
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