Read It and Weep

Originally produced and aired during the summer of 2006 on The Disney Channel, the gentle, family-friendly teen comedy Read It and Weep constitutes an adaptation of Julia DeVillers’ popular 2004 young-adult novel How My Journal Became a Bestseller. The film revolves around Jamie (Kay Panabaker), a pretty and intelligent high-school freshman, but also a complete wallflower who spends the majority of her time daydreaming and scribbling in her personal journal, and whose chances of entering the popular cliques are slim at best. Jamie carries a secret weapon, however: a brash and sharp-tongued alter ego named Isabella, or “Is” (played by Kay Panabaker’s twin sister, Danielle Panabaker), who parades through the halls and classrooms of her high school with not an iota of self-doubt in her mind, and who manages, in no time flat, to throw her enemies into detention and win the devotion of the most popular boy in her school. Then, one day, Jamie’s life turns a corner when, in an attempt to meet a class deadline, she accidentally turns in her private journal instead of a composition assignment — and her teacher promptly turns it into a best-seller. Alexandra Krosney, Marquise C. Brown, Jason Dolley, and Nick Whitaker co-star; Patrick J. Clifton and Beth Rigazio co-wrote the adaptation., Jamie is a regular teenage girl who accidentally submits her personal, private journal in as her homework…, Can you imagine having your secret diary published? Well that’s what happens to shy dreamer Jamie, after she hands it in instead of her English assignment. She has created an alter-ego called Is, who is everything Jamie’s not – saucy, attractive and popular. Is even wins the heart of the most popular boy in school. When Jamie’s journal is published she becomes an overnight celebrity, and as she’s forced into the limelight she becomes more and more like Is…Real life sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker play Jamie and her alter ego in this Disney Channel Original Movie, based on the successful book “How My Private Personal Journal Became a Bestseller” by Patrick Jay Clifton and Beth Rigazio. It’s great entertainment, mixing romance and fun with some home truths about the trials and tribulations of growing up ., A girl goes from high-schooler to best-selling author when, instead of a class assignment, she mistakenly turns in her journal, replete with the adventures of her alter ego, and her teacher has it published., (2006) Schoolgirl Jamie’s imaginary alter-ego, Is, is lively and popular; everything Jamie’s not. Jamie writes about Is in her diary. She’s horrified when her journal’s published by accident.