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Published Jul 2006
240 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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It's never fun when a great summer comes to an end. Particularly when one argues with one’s boyfriend the night before school starts. Jess doesn’t know—are they broken up? Should she apologize? Too bad Jess is spending all her time in detention and can’t talk to Fred to figure it out. Jess can’t seem to stop making mistakes. When she ends up pantless in her own backyard, Jess is left to ask herself: Where did she go wrong?
"Grades 7-10...Another fun, funny tale of teen angst, British style." - School Library Journal
"Good humor is hard to come by in teen novels these days, but this book will keep readers laughing all the way to the last page." - Booklist
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