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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Jul 25, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
Not just another book with a great
title; not just another Bridget Jones
wannabe. Actually funny and clever look
at life of teenage girl in England.
I used glossary at back extensively.
Recommended.
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mstan
Apr 10, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: british, for-young-adults-or-children, funny
This book has some seriously *LOL* moments. The protagonist is kind of slow-witted, but writes in perfectly serviceable English (this is important as we are reading her diary). Several amusing incidents: 1) she describes her handling of her 3-year-old sister's poop-explosion incident on a public water slide as an example of how Jas, her best friend, should 'take it on the chin' like her, a taking-it-on-the-chin type; 2) she calls her dad 'Vati' after taking German; 3) she notes that one can make ...more
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Lisa
Jan 04, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This book is hilarious. It had me laughing out loud!
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alana
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Shelves: young-adult
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Jun 15, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Shelves: young-adult, read-in-2015
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