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May 10, 2005 | ISBN 9780385732154 | Young Adult Buy
Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307433435 | Young Adult Buy
Aug 24, 2004 | 373 Minutes | Young Adult Buy
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May 10, 2005 | ISBN 9780385732154 | Young Adult
Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307433435 | Young Adult
Aug 24, 2004 | ISBN 9781400091119 | Young Adult
373 Minutes
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 schoolwide viewing of a videotape that features a topless Jess referring to her breasts as “Bonnie” and “Clyde.”Meanwhile, Jess’s death-obsessed Granny moves into her bedroom, along with her grandfather’s remains; her hypochondriac dad, who sends her daily “horrorscopes” like “You will fall asleep with your mouth open, and a family of earwigs will move in,” acts strange about Jess staying with him this summer; and her longtime friend Fred, a television violence addict and closet thumbsucker, has decided that he can’t stand being around her. Jess is determined to make things right . . . but with her offbeat sense of humor and her wildly active imagination, things get complicated along the way.
Sue Limb is a children’s book author whose works include Big and Little, China Lee, Me Jane, Big Trouble, Mr Loopy and Mrs Snoopy, and Come Back, Grandma, which was short-listed for the Smarties Prize. Her writing career started in London, with various assignments for… More about Sue Limb
Rhode Island Teen Book Master List WINNER 2006
Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List WINNER 2005
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