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Book by Harvard's student author recalled.(NEWSWATCH)
The similarities between a Harvard University student's first novel and two other chic lit novels of which she is a fan were too striking. As a result, publisher Little, Brown and Co. recalled the book after shipping 55,000 copies and selling the movie rights.
The Harvard Crimson student newspaper first reported finding passages in sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan's How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life that were similar to ones in two books by Megan McCafferty. Further investigation turned up 40 passages that seemed identical. McCafferty's publisher, the Crown Publishing Group, believed Viswanathan to be guilty of ...
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- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly Deahl, Rachel May 11, 2009 700+ words
Megan McCafferty (the Jessica Farling series) has signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins. Alessandra Balzer of HC's Balzer & Bray...
- A 'Charmed' read: You'll be sad to finish it.(Reviews)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) May 22, 2006 700+ words
...Team The Register-Guard BOOK REVIEW Charmed Thirds By Megan McCafferty Crown, $21 The lowdown: "Charmed Thirds" is the third...t her favorite place either. The bottom line: Author Megan McCafferty has received some attention lately after a teen's much...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times April 27, 2006 700+ words
...similarities between her acclaimed first book and two novels by Megan McCafferty and maintained they were unintentional. "When I was writing...thing that I ever wanted to do was cause any distress to Megan McCafferty. ... I've been unable to contact her, and all I want...
- Understanding plagiarism and how it differs from copyright infringement.
- Magazine article from: Computers in Libraries Dames, K. Matthew June 1, 2007 700+ words
...Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard undergraduate student, of pilfering significant portions of two teen novels written by Megan McCafferty, according to a WSJ article published on April 28. Based on these developments, plagiarism has become the new piracy...
- The Chick-Lit Culprit.(Periscope; CLOSURE)(How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild,...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Peng, Tina March 2, 2009 700+ words
...chick-lit novel, "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life," are strikingly similar to those in two Megan McCafferty books. Fever pitch The book is found to have borrowed more than 40 passages from McCafferty, Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot...
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- Newspaper article from: Burlington County Times September 7, 2008 700+ words
...bn.com. Barnes & Noble, Market Fair, Route 1 South, Princeton; (609) 716-1570. Tuesday 7 p.m .: Megan McCafferty will read from and sign her latest Jessica Darling saga, "Fourth Comings," which follows "Charmed Thirds." In this...
- Plagiarism outside the classroom; * Plagiarism in the "real" world.
- Magazine article from: Network World Kabay, M. E. November 14, 2006 700+ words
...Little, Brown, after she admitted that she had unconsciously and unintentionally plagiarized material from novels by Megan McCafferty. Talk about an embarrassing start to a promising career. More recently here in Vermont, a 29-year-old political...
- Literary paper lions: book packagers, drunken exaggerations, hoaxes: why do we...
- Magazine article from: Reason Cavanaugh, Tim July 1, 2006 700+ words
...The Harvard Crimson revealed that Viswanathan had plagiarized more than a dozen passages from two young adult books by Megan McCafferty. Within a day, the story was national news. Within two days, Viswanathan was brought onto the Today show for a deft...
