Top 8

by Katie Finn

Book Overview

Profile name: Madison MacDonald Age: 16 About me: Just your everyday suburban girl, who loves her boyfriend, friends, acting in school plays, and Friendverse, the hottest social networking site... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545053625
• ISBN13: 9780545053624
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Such a great book

OMG I just finished this book today. I got the book Wednesday I just couldn't put the book down it was so good. I just expected it to be about how Madison's file was hacked and how it ruined her life not a mystery. I am not a big mystery book reader but this book was amazing. I am looking forward to more books by Katie Finn.

Great Book!

This book is honestly one of the best books I've ever read. Katie Finn is an amazing author and I will totally read more of her books once they come out!

Fun book for teens!

This was such a fun book! I didn't expect it to be a mystery! I just expected it to be about how her life was ruined by this person who hacked her! I absolutely love mysteries, and this was a great one! Madison uses her knowledge of Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes books to crack the case! It was a really challenging case! Anyways, this was a very well written book, and I really hope that there are more books involving Madison MacDonald, and also more books by Katie Finn, because I'm really craving more of this writing style! Tess Age 14

Top 8 is one of my Top 8 debut novels!

16 year old Madison MacDonald has just gotten back from her vacation to find out that her Friendverse (like MySpace and FaceBook) profile has just been hacked (GASP!) and the hacker has posted up very bad pictures of Mads and posted up horrible secrets that have hurt her friends online! And commented and sent rude meassages to her friends causing her boyfriend to break up with her leaving her practically friendless. After explaining what's happend to her BFFs, Ruth, Lisa, and Schuyler; Madison decides to track down the culprit and bring them to justice so she can clear her name and win back her guy. Top 8 is an awesome! It is a very funny and a wonderful debut for Ms. Katie Finn. As the story unfolds, Mads learns how painful gossip can be and who her true friends really are. Also, the kinda cute guy mentioned in the beginning from her tip turns out to live in the town right next to her and who isn't just kinda cute. And it's not all about the looks for him, it's his interests like gleato and classic movies and... well, you'll have to read the book to find out! At first I didn't think Top 8 would have a lot of mystery but happily, it proved me wrong. It makes you think about what motives the suspects could possibly have for doing such a horrible crime (or at least that's what Madison thinks) and when you finally find out, it might just leave you stunned like it did for me. As Sherlock Holmes once said, "Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth." In the book, it shows Madison's and someone else's profile and I thought it was really original. Also the pictures on the spine were really clever and I just loved it! Especially the last one. And, the quotes and songs at the beginning of each chapter were really creative too. I totally recommend this book to MySpace and Facebook addicts and mystery lovers too. Round of applause for Katie Finn for writing such a great debut!

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

TOP 8 was a book that I didn't want to put down once I started reading. Madison MacDonald is stuck going on a trip to the Galapagos Islands with her family for spring break. She's not thrilled about it at all. She's recently started dating Justin Williamson (seventeen days) and doesn't want to leave him or her friends. And to make matters worse, she can't take her cell phone or laptop with her because they'd be useless. The trip turns out to be okay, and there was even a sort of cute boy about her own age on the trip, but the whole time she just wanted to get home. Had she known what was awaiting her return, she might have changed her mind. The minute she got home, she ran to her temperamental laptop to check her Friendverse account. She can't believe what she sees. She's so stunned that she reboots her laptop to make sure she logged onto the correct profile. Friendverse is the latest in the Facebook/MySpace trends. Someone has totally changed her profile! The photos that are uploaded are the most unflattering possible. And the comments she's received from her friends leave her flabbergasted. The things that they're saying she's said about everyone. This just can't be right! And Justin has broken up with her! Madison calls an emergency session with her three best friends: Schuyler, Liz, and especially Ruth. After struggling to explain the situation, all three friends believe her and vow to help her discover the culprit. Madison can't imagine why anyone would do such a thing to her. The four girls come up with a list of two possible perpetrators: Kittson Pearson, who is in charge of the junior prom and has just stolen her boyfriend, and Connor Atkins, who has lost the student secretary election to Madison. Madison vows to discover the evildoer and to get Justin back. But what she doesn't count on is running into the sort of cute boy from her trip. He's not just sort of cute, he's really cute, and his family lives in the next town over! Madison is far from perfect and comes to realize her faults by the end of the story. The things her friends accuse her of saying are true, in a way. But she doesn't deserve the headaches that the hacker sets her up for. TOP 8 moves so quickly that you will find yourself determined to finish the book in one sitting. I thought I had the culprit figured out early on, but I was totally wrong in my assumptions! Ms. Finn wrote an amazing first novel. Having enjoyed this as much as I did, I can't wait to see what her future books will bring! Reviewed by: Jaglvr