The Carrie Diaries' takes 'Sex and the City' back to high school

While we await the reunion of Sarah Jessica Parker and pals in "Sex and the City 2" this May, "SATC" author Candace Bushnell is taking us back

to the golden age of Carrie Bradshaw.

On April 27, HarperTeen will release Sex and the City"The Carrie Diaries," Bushnell's

chronicle of Bradshaw as a teenager. Our friends at Teen Vogue have a

first look at the anticipated book, which paints fashion icon Carrie as

a small-town teenager trying to find herself.

"This is not Carrie Bradshaw as a teenager in 2009, this is Carrie

Bradshaw in the late '70s," Bushnell says in a promo clip. "It was a

time when young women for the first time ...
... were being told to go college, to have a career, to pursue your

dreams."

We're all familiar with the turmoil adult Carrie suffers, much of Sex and the City at

the hands of one Mr. Big (aka John James Preston, aka Chris Noth).

Bushnell seems to be making good on the front end, giving Bradshaw her

dream man in her senior year of high school.

"She gets the boyfriend that one always dreams of getting in high

school," Bushnell says of the new character, Sebastian Kydd.

For an excerpt, click here.