Rennison, Louise. Then he ate my boy entrancers.RENNISON, Louise. Then he ate my boy entrancers. Harper Tempest. 311p. c2005. 0-06-058939-6. $7.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2005: Hooray, Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. is back! Or as she might put it, "beyond fabby!" and "wowzee wow!"; she might even do her famous disco disco Style of dance music that arose in the mid-1970s, characterized by hypnotic rhythm, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds. Disco (short for discotheque) evolved largely from New York City underground nightclubs, in which disc jockeys would play dance inferno dance. The teenage British star of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Noun 1. snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling, necking - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) and other volumes in the hilarious diaries detailing her wacky adventures with boys, friends, and family (loons all) is off to Hamburger-a-gogo land (the USA) in this sixth entry in the series. Along with her best friend Jaz, Georgia and family head for Memphis, mere inches (on the map, anyway) away from the Luuurve God, handsome Masimo, who is in Manhattan. Georgia never does manage to run into him, but she does find America wonderfully strange and amusing. (The feeling is mutual.) Back in England, Georgia finds herself in a "ditherousity of love," juggling suitors and fending off her rival, Wet Lindsay, as well as dealing with shoes so small they end up having to be cut off her feet--not to mention coping with her embarrassing parents and little sister, and her vicious cats who eat her boy entrancers (false eyelashes). Luckily, Georgia learns to speak her mind, even if it's in her own unique and wildly funny argot ar·got n. A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group: thieves' argot. See Synonyms at dialect. [French. . A glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. at the end will help readers translate. Another treat for Georgia's many fans. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. *--The asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. highlights exceptional books. |
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