Girl, 15, Charming But Insane Book

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 â??Bonnieâ? and â??Clyde.â?Meanwhile, Jessâ??s death-obsessed Granny moves into her bedroom, along with her grandfatherâ??s remains; her hypochondriac dad, who sends her daily â??horrorscopesâ? like â??You will fall asleep with your mouth open, and a family of earwigs will move in,â? 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 canâ??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.From the Hardcover edition.Read More