Spotted: Your One and Only Unofficial Guide to Gossip Girl

Best friends, boyfriends, high school and haute couture Gossip Girl has gone from a guilty pleasure to becoming the show everyone is talking about, from Rolling Stone to Vanity Fair, from gossip columnists to President Obama. From its not-so-humble beginnings as a bestselling book series set in the posh Upper East Side private schools of New York City, this show the Boston Herald deemed every parent s nightmare has catapulted into the pop culture stratosphere. In the first two seasons Gossip Girl has proved itself a popular and critical darling, influencing the culture it critiques and setting trends while providing biting social commentary on this generation of entitled, tech-savvy youth. In Spotted: Your One and Only Unofficial Guide to Gossip Girl, you ll find: * an episode-by-episode exploration of seasons 1 and 2, tracing the development of the characters and storylines * bios of the cast and the show s creators, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage * comparisons to the show s teen soap and literary predecessors, including how the Gossip Girl books were adapted * summaries of the movies that inspire each episode s title * sidebars of fun trivia * all the details on the music, the fashion, and the NYC locations where Gossip Girl films (complete with exclusive photos!) Chuck Bass. (And he s wearing purple.) Second only to a Blair Waldorf inspired hair band, Spotted is the must-have accessory for any fan who says, Not enough! when the end credits roll.