Author: Louise Rennison
Title: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Publisher: HarperTempest (of Harper Collins)
Publication Date: 1999
Age range: 13 - 17
Genre: Awared Winning Ficiton (Printz Award) / Romance / Realistic Fiction
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5
Plot summary: Georgia Nicolson is a girl on the cusp of womanhood – and she worries constantly about how to behave around boys, how to get through her dreary school days, and – this is important! - how to make her nose look smaller. This diary-style story is packed full of young adult drama in the form of school-chum rivalries, parental confrontations, and a cat that is half Scottish wildcat and therefore totally out of control. There is a glossary at the back to help US readers decipher some of the more colorful British terms, like "snogging" (kissing), "fringe" (bangs, as in part of a hairstyle), and "dummy" (a pacifier). Over the course of a year, Georgia has trouble with her school mates, difficulties at home when her dad can't find a job and moves to New Zealand to try to stabilize the family finances, and extreme drama over Robbie "the Sex God" who is a good looking 17 year old boy who seems to get any girl he chooses. Reading Georgia's journal entries, which reflect her wild mood swings as well as her utter lack of common sense, and yet wicked sense of humor, is highly entertaining.
Comments: I definitely laughed out loud. Georgia's style of writing is so straightforward and blunt, and reflective of the questions and emotions that a teenage girl faces with the many difficulties of just getting up in the morning. The diary-style writing is a somewhat new form for me, but I think it works, as it keeps the story rolling. It is sweet to see how Georgia really values her family – for example, finding her toddler sister Libby (who occasionally pees in the bed) cute and cuddly rather than disgusting – even when Libby constantly refers to Georgia as "bad boy!" It would be nice to see Georgia get a bit more self-esteem, as she is clever and funny, and apparently taller than all her friends, thought it's hard to know what her looks are truly like, and perhaps her self-esteem will improve in the next volume of her diary annals – I will be on the lookout for them!
Dates Read: 20 January – 24 January
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