The Boy Next Door (2002) (edit title/settings)

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• Melissa Ann Marie Fuller: Caring NY neighbor. Loves animals. She works as a celebrity gossip coulmnist @ the NY Journal. Is a redhead. neighbor to Mrs. Helen Friedlander. Called Mel by friends.
• John Trent: From a wealthy family. Decides to live his own life so he becomes a crime journalist instead of working in the family company. Very handsome. Works for the NY Chronicle. His friend Max asks him to pretend to be him when his aunt Helen is attacked and put in a coma.
• Mrs. Friedlander: Mel's neighbor who goes into a coma
• George Sanchez: Mel's editor
• Helen Friedlander: Old woman, above 80 years of age. animal lover, own 2 cats and a dog. Worth 12 million dollars, involved in charities. Aunt of Max Friedlander who is her only relative. Goes into coma after being a victim of an attack. Melissa's neighbor.
• Gott: Add a description of this character.
• Max: Self centered Jerk
• Nadine Wilcock: Food critic at the NY Journal. Melissa's best friend. Engaged to Tony Salerno. Wears size 16, and wants to become skinnier to wear her mother's wedding dress at her wedding like her sisters. Takes it as her life mission to help Melissa with her love and social life.
• Bett
• Paco: Helen Friedlander's Great Dane that Mel has to walk.
• Schatz
• Kopf
• Tony Salerno: Nadine's fiance. A chef with his own restaurant, Fresche.
• Weise
• Koma
• Boden
• Stelle
• Blick
• Herzchen
• Sebastian Leandro
• Aaron Spender: The Senior Correspondent of the NY journal, Melissa's ex-boyfriend.
• Ende
• Tim Grabowski: Works with IT at New York Journal
• Jason
• Dann
• Stacy Trent: John Trent's sister-in-law.
• Jason Trent: John Trent's big brother.
• Giovanni: Tony's uncle.
• Amy Jenkins: She is a Human Resources Representative in the New York Journal.
• Paul Reese: The sergeant who helps John Trent with crime cases.
• Peter Hargrave: One of the head officers in the New York Journal.
• Dolly Vargas: Fashion editor at NY Journal.
• Vivica Chandler: She is a renowned supermodel.
• Barbara Bellerieve: She is an ABC News correspondent whom Aaron cheated with.
• Jimmy Chu: Melissa's co-worker at NY Journal
• Maxwell Friedlander: The nephew of Helen Friedlander and a renowned photographer.
• Genevieve Randolph Trent: She is the grandmother of John and Jason.
• Don and Beverly Fuller: They are the parents of Melissa.
• Brittany and Haley Trent: They are the daughters of Jason and Stacy. Nieces of John.
• Tom Barrett: He is the concierge at Paradise Inn.

Quotes edit see section history

• “It's like they can't comprehend the fact that rich does not equal happy.”

  John Trent

• “The things we do for our friends.”

  Melissa Fuller

• “A man should make his own way in the world, if at all possible, and not depend upon his family for his means.”

  Genevieve Randolph Trent

• “Girls don't like games.”

  Genevieve Randolph Trent

• “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”

  Melissa Fuller

• “John: How about this one? "I love you." - Han Solo, Return of the Jedi. | Melissa: "I know." - Princess Leia, Return of the Jedi.”

• “No woman likes being lied to, even if it's for a good cause.”

  Jason Trent

• “Two wrongs do not make a right.”

  Nadine Wilcock

• “You can't have a relationship that is based on lies.”

  Melissa Fuller

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• But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever

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• I love you   Han Solo, Return of the Jedi

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• LIKE MY GRAMMA SAYS, HONEY, IF YOU AIN’T A HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL, NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO LIKE YOU.

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• I know   Princess Leia, Return of the Jedi

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• You know how much I love to tease you. You’re like the little mentally retarded sister I never had.

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• A woman who, I think you should know, ate an entire cherry cobbler—twelve servings—last night. For dinner. And growled at me when I tried to take the spatula away from her.

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• I hate to break this to you, but Sex and the City is a fictional program.

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• Even though it goes against every fiber of my feminist being to cater to the misogynistic mores that exists in Western culture that insist that attractiveness is equal to one’s waist size?

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• just goes to show, you can take the girl out of the Midwest, but you can’t take the Midwest out of the girl.

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• He has a very sick mind. He told me just the other day that the music on my pregnancy exercise video sounds like the music from a porno! When has he ever watched porn, is what I would like to know.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Lansing
• New York
• Vivica
• Illinois
• Essen
• Lansing, IL: Melissa's hometown
• Vermont
• New York City
• Brittany
• Manhattan
• Key West

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Glossary edit see section history

• Avian (Seven Types of Women): They are empty-headed and a bit giddy.
• Bovine (Seven Types of Women): It speaks for itself; Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos, such as an ox, cow, or buffalo; Sluggish, dull, and stolid.
• Canine (Seven Types of Women): They are overly dependent.
• Caprine (Seven Types of Women): They are fond of game-playing.
• Equine (Seven Types of Women): They are haughty, yet poetic.
• Feline (Seven Types of Women): They are sexy and independent.
• Porcine (Seven Types of Women): They are hedonistic, gluttonous, etc.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Boy Meets Girl.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Meg Cabot (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• "Reading with Ripa" Book Club Pick
• RITA Award (Finalist, 2003: Best Single Title Contemporary)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( C )
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Single Women
• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Comic

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