Louise Rennison was a British comedian and the internationally bestselling and award-winning author of the angst-filled Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series as well as the Misadventures of Tallulah Casey series. Her first novel, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, received a Michael L. Printz Honor Award in 2001, was adapted into a feature film, and has become a worldwide bestseller now translated into 34 languages. She was also awarded the Roald Dahl Funny Prize for the first book in her Tallulah Casey series, Withering Tights.
Gr 8-10-Louise Rennison's third title in the diaries of Georgia Nicholson (HarperCollins, 2002) reveal the innermost thoughts of a 14-year-old girl. Akin to the Bridget Jones titles for adults and the Adrian Mole set dealing with a teenage boy, this audio version is even more British than the print edition thanks to an expressive oral interpretation by actress Stina Nielsen. Complete with plummy vowels, very British slang (for which a glossary, quite funny in its own right, is provided), and an energetic delivery, listeners are given an amusing, if sometimes bewildering look into the dizzying inner life of a very boy-crazy girl. By turns ingenuous and jaded, catty and sweet, oversexed and childlike, Nielsen delivers a Georgia who is always funny while trying to sort out the absolute maelstrom of emotions she's confronting. The appeal of this book is likely to be limited to young teenage girls who can get past or even enjoy the Brit-speak and who are familiar with the previous two titles and are eagerly awaiting this installment. Listeners new to the books may find hearing the slang rather than seeing it just that much harder to deal with. Those responsible for building collections aimed at students younger than high school age would want to be forewarned about the sexual references, even though they are delivered very humorously and obscured somewhat by terms like "trouser snake" and "red-bottomosity."-Jane P. Fenn, Corning-Painted Post West High School, NY Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
"Readers who became addicted to Georgia's hilarious reflections on adolescence in Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging will not be disappointed with this latest installment, which begins when the heroine must leave her Sex God behind to go on holiday with her family," wrote PW in a starred review. Ages 13-up. (Apr.)n Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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