YA novel plagiarism scandal

Chicken Spaghetti points to a couple blogs that are commenting on the similarities between Kaavya Viswanathan’s How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got A Life and Megan McCafferty’s books Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings. I haven’t read Viswanathan’s book. This story was on my mind when I went to the public library today, so I walked by the YA section and was delighted to see that both of McCafferty’s books were available. I’ll be reading them soon.