The source provides extensive excerpts from the novel, "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen," by Dyan Sheldon, introducing the highly dramatic, aspiring actor protagonist who prefers to be called Lola Cep (formerly Mary). Lola recounts her adolescent life after moving from New York City to the suburbs of Dellwood, New Jersey, which she mockingly calls "Deadwood," to the dismay of her artistic but practical mother, Karen Kapok, and her younger twin sisters. A major focus of the excerpts is Lola's intense reaction to the breakup of her favorite band, Sidartha, which motivates her and her more reserved best friend, Ella, to fabricate a scheme to crash the band's final concert and afterparty in New York. The text also highlights Lola’s intense rivalry with the popular and manipulative girl at her new high school, Carla Santini, especially as they both compete for the lead role of Eliza Doolittle in the school's production of Pygmalion, leading to Lola borrowing the costume and a series of chaotic misadventures.

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