Contemporary small town or suburban England seems both strange and familiar in Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging and On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend ofa Sex God. On the one hand, daily life in an all girls' school, different terms like "loo" for restroom and expressions like getting "their knickers in a twist," and observing a regular tea time take some getting used to. The inside look at adolescent life in England is intriguing, just different enough to broaden a reader's horizons. On the other hand, life in this unspecified locale seems familiar, too. Students ride their bikes downtown, converse on their walk to school, hang out at one another's houses, and watch TV.

Although the setting is not the focus of Georgia's diaries and not much description of setting is included, the British flavor of the setting is appealing. Rennison makes the world of British...