California Dreaming (novel)
| Author | Zoey Dean |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The A-List |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Little Brown |
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Publication date
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2 April 2008 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 213465192 |
| Preceded by | Beautiful Stranger |
California Dreaming is a novel by Zoey Dean, part of The A-List series about teens in Beverly Hills.
The book picks up with Anna Percy leaving for Bali with her childhood friend, Logan. Unfortunately, there is a problem with the plane so it turns around and heads back to L.A. When Sam hears news of the troubled flight, she turns to fiancee Eduardo and proposes that if Anna is safe, then they will get married within the week. Anna indeed does make it out safely from the plane and at the airport, her father and Sam are waiting for her. Ben was also there, watching from afar but decides to leave when he sees Anna and Logan kiss, not wanting to ruin the happy moment.
Before going to the airport, Ben was with Cammie at the new club, Bye Bye Love, when Adam Flood unexpectedly showed up, hoping to get back together with Cammie. Sam meets her parents Jackson and Dina, who flew in for the occasion, to meet Eduardo's parents, Consuela and Pedro, to discuss the engagement. The adults are hesitant about the marriage since Sam will be at USC film school and Eduardo will be in Paris for work. Sam doesn't know if she wants to give up her place at her dream school just to be with Eduardo in a different country and tells the others she is not ready to make her decision. Similarly, Anna is indecisive over whether to go to Yale as planned or go with Logan to Bali. Instead, she decides to finish the screenplay on her laptop that she started in Manhattan and sends it to Sam.
Sam asks Cammie to be her Maid Of Honor and for Dee to be a bridesmaid, excited for the wedding but when she attends a USC orientation, she is surprised to find herself excited for school. Later, Sam is annoyed that Cammie is concentrating on her club rather than the wedding so she appoints Dee as her new maid of honor.
Anna is with Logan when she gets an emergency call-her dad at the hospital with a case of subdural hematoma. Sam also comes to the hospital to show support for Anna. Ben also shows up, tipped off by Sam, and apologizes to Anna shows up saying that he's sorry how things turned out between them. Susan, Anna's estranged sister, arrives and offers to take care of their father so Anna can be free to go to Yale.
Sam reads Anna's screenplay, but does not tell her. Instead, she goes to Marty Martison,a huge movie producer, to see if it can be made but she leaves disappointed. Later on, Sam goes for a fitting on her new dress designed by Giselle and suspects she is a lesbian. After Dina arrives, the two have a heart-to-heart conversation about why Dina was never present in her life.
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