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Readers may need a glossary to interpret some of the slang used by British author and comedian Louise Rennison in her diary-novels about the adventures of a female teen navigating the treacherous waters of love, school, and the perfect lip gloss in modern-day England. In fact, Rennison's U.S. publishers supply just such a glossary to deal with the complexities of "snogging," "gob," "knickers," and a bevy of other Briticisms. However, such linguistic license has proven no barrier to eager fans on both side of the Atlantic who have embraced Rennison's protagonist, Georgia Nicolson, as a humorous and vibrant soul sister, capturing both the joys and the angst of being a teenager.
Rennison's irreverent diary-novels follow Georgia in her quest for the perfect boyfriend and hair-do. As Teenreads.com writer Lucy Burns commented, "Rennison brings the daily traumas of high school to hilarious life . . . leaving no stone unturned in her quest to detail the minutiae of being a teenage girl." Burns further commented, "No disaster--from eyebrow plucking to French kissing to sadistic gym teachers--is spared the Georgia treatment." Often called a teenage equivalent of that other popular British import, Bridget Jones's Diary, Rennison's books, Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging and On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God have reached near-cult status with young readers, and have attracted older readers as well.
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