Georgia Nicholson is fourteen and lives with her annoying parents, a three-year old sister, her wild cat Angus and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blond, have a smaller nose, slimmer eyebrows, and a boyfriend. Originally published by Piccadilly Press.

2008-08-19 Very Funny

I read this because I wanted to take my nine year old daughter to see the film and wondered if the material would be suitable. I found it very readable, which given that I am completely the wrong demographic for this kind of book was kind of worrying! I did find myself laughing out loud at several points, which is not something I usually do with books.

The hero, Georgia is fourteen, obsessed by her appearance and boys and perpetually humiliated by her family. The book charts her life in diary form over several months and her pursuit of a teenage 'sex god'.

I caught myself wishing this book had been published when I was a teenager, because I know I would have read and re-read it and found it totally hilarious.