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Loading... Second Helpings: A Novelby Megan McCafferty
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book just builds on the first book. It's amazing and snarky. ( )The ending was much more satisfying in this second book of the series than in the first. Now I'm hooked on this YA brain candy! Jessica Darling is back in this sequel to Sloppy Firsts. She's determined not to think about Marcus Flutie (a.k.a. He Who Shall Not Be Named), the rebel she had fallen for in the last book (only to find out that his interactions with her had started as a game for him to see if he could get in her pants). Jess is also applying to colleges. Inspired by a run-in with the gay love-of-her-life crushboy, she applies to Columbia even though she knows her parents would never let her go to school in NYC (especially after the events of 9/11). Figuring out what she wants (and WHO she wants) is definitely a full-time job for Jess in this satisfying sequel. I enjoyed it! As always, I LOVE this trilogy! Jessica Darling, a senior at Pineville High, struggles to cope with the enigmatic Marcus Flutie, her flighty best friend Hope, and her offensive fellow classmates as she tries to get her life back in order before it is time to leave for college. 0.064 seconds to build listing no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0609807919, Paperback)“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to Sloppy Firsts. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of Sloppy Firsts will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:07:59 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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