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Audrey, Wait!
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Audrey, Wait! (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Robin Benway (Author) (edit contributors)

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California high school student Audrey Cuttler dumps self-involved Evan, the lead singer of a little band called The Do-Gooders. Evan writes, “Audrey, Wait!,” a break-up song that’s so good it rockets up the billboard charts. And Audrey is suddenly famous! Now rabid fans are invading her... read more

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Audrey breaks up with Evan because he's so terribly preoccupied with his band "The Do-Gooders." Evan takes the break up badly, so he writes a song about how she broke up with him, walked away, and never looked back. When he performs it in front of an audience, Audrey is shocked. One thing... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Audrey breaks up with Evan because he's so terribly preoccupied with his band "The Do-Gooders." Evan takes the break up badly, so he writes a song about how she broke up with him, walked away, and never looked back. When he performs it in front of an audience, Audrey is shocked. One thing leads to another and The Do-Gooders land a record deal, a musical tour, and their famous song, "Audrey, Wait!" is on the radio constantly. People begin to find out that Audrey Cuttler is the Audrey in the song and she gets sucked into the fame. She gets interviewed, stalked, has intimate relations with the lead singer of her favorite band, and the attention gets to a point where she can hardly leave her house. She learns what she can and cannot say in front of a reporter very quickly when they can't recognize sarcasm.

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  • Audrey Cuttler: Evan's ex-girlfriend and the victim of a song that Evan wrote ("Audrey, Wait").
  • Evan: Audrey's ex-boyfriend and a member of "the Do-Gooders"
  • Victoria: Audrey's best friend, who is quite happy that Audrey is newly famous.
  • James: Audrey's colleague at the Scooper Dooper. He equally likes music.
  • Simon Lolita: The singer of one of Audrey and Victoria's bands, The Lolitas.
  • Sharon Eggleston: A snobby, famous-wannabe, angelic girl who goes to Audrey's school. One of the antagonists.
  • Jonah: Victoria's boyfriend, who doesn't eat cereal without marshmallows
  • Carol Cuttler: Audrey's mom, who is understanding to her daughter, and supportive. She becomes a little paranoid when Audrey becomes famous. She takes yoga with her husband
  • Henry Cuttler: Audrey's dad, who is a little less paranoid than her mother...but is equally supportive and understands a little faster. He takes yoga with his wife.
  • Tizzy: A girl who goes to Audrey's school that thinks Audrey is "such a superstar" and is a fairly good friend of Audrey's.
  • Bendomolena: Audrey's fat cat that almost never moves.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Okay. Audrey? Let me introduce you to something called the point. You are missing it.”
    Victoria
  • “'I'm having a life crisis. Pass me the Teddy Grahams.' He handed over the box. 'All that's left are little paws and legs at the bottom of the box,' he said. 'It's a massacre.'"”
    James
  • “"Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on. And it does. Rock on."”
    Audrey
  • “It's no surprise when Victoria is asked to spell her name she says 'like the queen'”
    Audrey

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THE DAY I BROKE UP with my boyfriend Evan was the day he wrote the song.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1 "Don't you just love goodbyes?" - Mew, "156"
2 "You can always see it comin', but you can never stop it..." - Cowboy Junkies, "Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy: Part II)"
3 "She started shakin' to that fine, fine music!" - The Velvet Underground, "Rock & Roll"
4 "Making islands where no islands should go..." - Death Cab for Cutie, "Transatlanticism"
5 "To readjust you've got to trust that all the fuss is just a minor thing..." - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Minor Thing"
6 "The beat is complete with the sound of your world going up in the fire..." - The Cure, "Doing the Unstuck"
7 "Can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling..." - Radiohead, "Fake Plastic Trees"
8 "I'm falling apart to songs about hips and hearts..." - Fall Out Boy, "Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)"
9 "There's music and there's people and they're young and alive..." - The Smiths, "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
10 "Amazed to stumble where gods get lost..." - Patti Smith, "Beneath the Southern Cross"
11 "I wanna always feel like part of this was mine..." - Jimmy Eat World, "A Praise Chorus"
12 "In the hands of a rock-and-roll band..." - Oasis, "Don't Look Back in Anger"
13 "Be my photo bitch and I'll make you rich..." - Belle & Sebastian, "Sukie in the Graveyard"
14 "Sunshine, I wouldn't want to be in your shoes..." - The Libertines, "Up the Bracket"
15 "Lying wide awake in the garden, trying to get over your stardom..." - Pete Yorn, "Just Another"
16 "To me my life, it just don't make any sense..." - The Strokes, "Barely Legal"
17 "Have you ever been alone in a crrowded room?" - Jack's Mannequin, "Dark Blue"
18 "So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you..." - Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out"
19 "Don't let them tell you that there's a right way to fall in love..." - Voxtrot, "Biggest Fan"
20 "When what you want is what you're getting..." - Cartel, "A"
21 "It takes more than a heartbeat to get me..." - The Sounds, "Much Too Long"
22 "You are everything I want because you are everything I'm not..." - Taking Back Sunday, "MakeDamnSure
23 "Reoccuring episodes with each and every kiss..." - New Found Glory, "All Downhill From Here"
24 "You can't be close enough unless I'm feeling your heartbeat..." - hellogoodbye, "All of Your Love"
25 "Swallowing panic in the face of its force..." - Joanna Newsom, "Peach, Plum, Pear"
26 "By protecting my heart truly, I got lost in the sounds..." - Regina Spektor, "Fidelity"
27 "Ten days of perfect tunes, the colors red and blue..." - The Knife, "Heartbeats"
28 "This fame thing, I don't get it..." - R.E.M. "E-Bow the Letter"
29 "Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster!" - The Academy Is..., "Slow Down"
30 "The center of the earth is the end of the world..." - Green Day, "Jesus of Suburbia"
31 "Oh, I think I smell a rat!" - The White Stripes, "I Think I Smell A Rat"
32 "There are angels in your angles..." - The Decemberists, "Of Angels and Angles"
33 "Sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound..." - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Cheated Hearts"
34 "So here we are at the last broadcast..." - The Doves, "The Last Broadcast"
35 "'I'm sorry' won't cut it for the rest of your life..." - Valencia "Away We Go"
36 "Perhaps, at last, the song you sing will have meaning..." - Guided by Voices, "Fair Touching"
37 "This is the long way down, and our lives look smaller now..." - AFI, "Summer Shudder"
38 "Live through this and you won't look back..." - Stars, "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"
39 "MTV, what have you done to me?" - Arcade Fire, "Windowsill"
40 "Something glorious is about to happen!" - Bloc Party, "Positive Tension"
41 "As streetlights sing on Audrey's song..." - Anberlin, "Audrey, Start The Revolution!"

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Robin Benway (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-59514-191-0
Page Count: 313

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.B4477Au 2008
  • Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

This book has a lot of swear words in it, but the plot teaches a lesson and is meaningful.It also speaks of drug use, and the main character was sexually active, speaking of buying condoms, etc.

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