Kaavya Viswanathan The Harvard Crimson reported that several portions of the book were plagiarized from Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings both written by Megan McCafferty. On April 26, 2006, Viswanathan appeared on The Today Show with Katie Couric. In the interview with Couric, she maintained her innocence, saying that any and all similarities were “completely unintentional” and that she must have “internalized” those details without realizing it
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