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Random House says it has documented 45 passages in Viswanathan's novel, "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life," that bear striking similarities to McCafferty's first two books, "Sloppy Firsts" and "Second Helpings." The publishing house said yesterday that it was not satisfied by Viswanathan's apology or explanation, and would not rule out legal action against her and her publisher, Little, Brown...
Megan Martin, a senior at White Plains High School, said she had read "Opal Mehta" when it first hit bookstores earlier this month and was immediately struck by the resemblance to the work of her favorite author...
...explaining the similar passages between “Opal Mehta” and McCafferty’s books, Viswanathan said Monday that she “wasn’t aware of how much I may have internalized Ms. McCafferty’s words...
...recently-published novel by the Harvard sophomore, “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life,” contains several passages that are strikingly similar to two books by Megan F. McCafferty—the 2001 novel “Sloppy Firsts” and the 2003 novel “Second Helpings...
McCafferty’s agent, Joanna Pulcini, said that she has found 45 passages in “Opal Mehta” that are “strikingly similar” to parts of McCafferty’s two books...