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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

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Several things about 14-year-old Georgia Nicolson's life are very wrong. Her bedroom smells like her little sister probably peed somewhere, but she can't find where. Angus, her enormous cat, keeps terrorizing Mrs. Next Door's poodle. Dad's gone off to look for work in New Zealand. And one of her friends has rated Georgia's nose a zero on a scale from 1-10. But what's really driving her crazy is that Sex God Robbie doesn't give her the time of day. In fact, he's dating total idiot Lindsay, who Georgia happens to know wears thong knickers, which have no purpose except to climb up your bum. Is it too much for Georgia to hope for some full-frontal snogging with a Sex God—if he ever notices her? Louise Rennison caused a sensation with this hilarious book that has been called Bridget Jones's Diary for adolescents. Narrator Stina Nielsen brilliantly fills the shoes of one of the most colorful young adult book characters in years.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 23, 2001
      In a starred review, PW
      said this "winning protagonist's wry observations and self-deprecating humor covers everything from prudish parents and a bed-wetting three-year-old sibling to errant cat behavior and kissing (aka snogging) lessons. A spectacular YA debut." Ages 12
      -up.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Stina Nielsen is a perfect choice for this narration. She gets 14-year-old Georgia just right, capturing her wry humor and moving easily between the panic, misery, and exultation that make up a teenager's day. Whether she's experimenting with kissing, makeup, or being a best friend or a big sister, Georgia always manages to get herself into a position to look ridiculous sooner or later. The results are hilarious. As she is English, there's an interesting little glossary at the end to fill you in on all the slang Brit terms. Nielsen does a stellar narration using a bubbly cadence that has you laughing and cringing throughout. If it weren't for the picture on the cover, you'd be tempted to think her no more than 15 herself. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 29, 2000
      British writer Rennison's subject matter may be the stuff of Bridget Jones's Diary, but the wit and bite of her delivery shares more in common with Monty Python. In a spectacular YA debut (Rennison is a comedy writer and columnist), the author creates a winning protagonist in the persona of 14-year-old Georgia Nicolson, whose wry observations and self-deprecating humor covers everything from prudish parents and bed-wetting three-year-old siblings to errant cat behavior and kissing (aka snogging) lessons. Teens will discover that nothing is sacred here (e.g., "Talking of breasts, I'm worried that I may end up like the rest of the women in my family, with just the one bust, like a sort of shelf affair"). Rennison exquisitely captures the fine art of the adolescent ability to turn chaos into stand-up comedy. For instance, when Georgia's father finds a new job in New Zealand, the teen says she's already formed her opinion of the country based on the TV show Neighbours; when her mother says, "Well, that's set in Australia," Georgia thinks, "What is this, a family crisis or a geography test?" Written as diary entries, the novel flouts the conceit, as when Georgia reports on a tennis match that she's playing concurrently ("I fall to my knees like McEnroe and the crowd is going mad"). The author bio indicates that Rennison is working on two more Georgia books; readers can only hope this heroine will keep them laughing all the way through high school. Ages 12-up.

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  • Lexile® Measure:700
  • Text Difficulty:3

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