Girl, 15, Charming But Insane
Fans of The Princess Diaries and Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicolson series will adore Jess Jordan and completely relate to her "slightly insane" take on high school life.Life was tragic enough before this spring started. With a distinct lack of boobage and an arse so big that birds of prey could...
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Fans of The Princess Diaries and Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicolson series will adore Jess Jordan and completely relate to her "slightly insane" take on high school life.Life was tragic enough before this spring started. With a distinct lack of boobage and an arse so big that birds of prey could nest within its shadows, Jess Jordan is saddled with the Goddess Flora for a best friend, a Britney Spears look-alike so gorgeous that one grain of her divine dandruff could make the blind see again. Jess knows that her soul mate is Ben Jones, a divine mixture of Leonardo DiCaprio, Prince William, and Brad Pitt who oozes mystery and charisma. But the campaign to get Ben to notice her brings on a cavalcade of mortification and disaster, including, but not limited to, a minestrone soup explosion that takes place in her bra and a school wide viewing of a videotape that features a topless Jess referring to her breasts as "Bonnie" and "Clyde."Meanwhile, Jess’s death-obsessed...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780747571858 (0747571856)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Contemporary
Series: Jess Jordan (#1)
This is a teen read through and through. The title might seem like an obvious give away, BUT, as my copy's front cover demonstrates, there is also a glittery effect to the page, much like the groovy contact primary school kids put on their workbooks, and it doesn't exactly scream "read with red wine...
Arch and amusing. Limb sometimes seems to be writing for an adult audience. Silly plot that manages to be universal. I read several bits aloud.
I read this book a few years ago, and if I remember correctly I really enjoyed it. I've been considering picking it up again recently, for a little light reading.
On a personal note, I do find it difficult to read books on breast cancer and memoirs of those touched by the disease, be it directly or via a stricken loved one. Having lost my maternal grandmother to this illness, there seems to be an invisible cloud hovering over my head, a constant reminder that...