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My big nose and other natural disasters
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- ISBN: 9780547488967 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0547488963 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (345 p.) - Publisher: Boston : Graphia, 2009.
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2009 March #2
The summer before senior year is Joryââ¬â¢s last chance to transform herself and leave behind her mediocre grades, unrequited crushes, and especially her ugly nose. Intent on earning money for a nose job, sheàfinds a job delivering wedding cakes near her home in Reno, Nevada, even though she can barely handle a stick shift, never mind parallel parking. In her wry, spirited voice, Jory reveals her jealousy of her girlfriends, mistakes at work, conflict with her appearance-obsessed mom, muddles with various boys (including one who turns out to be gay), and, always, her anguish over her proboscis. Obsession is boring and repetitive, and this first novel is too long in descriptions of Joryââ¬â¢s mess-ups and the message-heavy resolutions,àas she learns to see the best in herself and finds the perfect boyfriend. But the contemporary dialogue is rapid and funny, and teens will enjoy Joryââ¬â¢sàcomic self-deprecation and the way she gets the signals wrong, both while driving and on dates. Copyright 2009 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2009 March #2
In the well-heeled, hardly diverse suburbs of Reno, Nev., Jory Michaels has two big goals for the summer before senior year: to earn enough money to get the petite nose she's always wanted and to lose her virginity. Significant obstacles to each: She's a somewhat clumsy driver, so her job driving a bakery delivery van has its limits, and she's a good-natured girl looking for a romantic connection with a boy, not just a physical encounter. Jory's longtime crush is finally paying attention to her, but it turns out he is struggling with hiding his gay identity from his father. Another boy's aggressive approach is off-putting even as Jory's encounter with his unzipped shorts is cringingly funny. Several missed opportunities with a third and most likely lad have a sweetly comic dimension, while Jory's first experiences with drinking demonstrate without didacticism the downside of impaired socializing. Complex, likable, believable characters and a fresh, appealing fictional voice pull together this very agreeable summer romance. (Fiction. YA) Copyright Kirkus 2009 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2009 April #2
The tougher side of catching a boyfriend is depicted with humor and understanding in this first novel. Sharp-witted, accident-prone Jory Michaels knows she is klutzy, but she is more apt to blame her "Super Schnozz" than her clumsiness for her nonexistent love life. The summer after her junior year in high school, she hopes to decrease her "99.9 percent" chance of "dying a virgin" by saving up for a nose job and winning the heart of cute classmate Tyler. Nothing goes as planned, and the results are simultaneously painful and hilarious. Salter captures the awkwardness of adolescence while driving home a message about self-acceptance. Jory's all-too-perfect athlete brother and image-conscious mother act as effective foils to the heroine, while her friends Megan and Hannah are reminders that no one is perfect. If Jory's missteps and disasters become a little redundant, her responses to misfortune remain fresh. Ages 12âup. (Apr.)
[Page 50]. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2009 May
Gr 9 UpâIt's the summer before senior year and Jory is obsessing over two things: her giant nose and hottie Tyler Briggs. Believing that she can't have Tyler and a "Super Schnozz," she takes a job delivering cakes to save money for surgery. During a delivery, she meets Gideon, a guy with big brown eyes and an equally big nose. She's attracted to him, but is worried about what dating him will do to her social status. To complicate matters, Jory and her friend Megan compete for Tyler's attentions while Jory's mother, in an effort to be thin, forces her family to join her in crazy fad diets. As the pressure mounts, the teen, who begins to date Gideon, desperately looks to guys for validation and naively believes that a perfect nose will beget a perfect life. Readers will identify with her insecurities, but might be turned off by her melodrama. The humor is forced and the character development superficial. Salter literally writes off the unattainable Tyler just as his story line gets interesting. Teens looking for a character with a big nose and an even bigger sense of humor should read Emily Franklin's At Face Value (Flux, 2008), which features a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac. My Big Nose is strictly an additional purchase.âKimberly Garnick Giarratano, Rockaway Township Public Library, NJ
[Page 118]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. - Voice of Youth Advocates Reviews : VOYA Reviews 2009 June
Jory Michaels is convinced her big nose, "Super Schnozz" as she calls it, is ruining her life. The summer before her senior year, Jory has three goals: to not die a virgin; to find something at which she is good and about which she is passionate; and to get a nose job. To afford plastic surgery, Jory takes a stressful job as a delivery van driver for a wedding cake business, but job frustrations are nothing compared to the summer's other traumas. Her best friend, Megan, starts dating Tyler, the extremely cute guy on whom Jory has had a crush for more than a year. Other quests for romance end in disaster, and Jory learns the hard way that alcohol and boys can be a dangerous mix. Jory does experience hope when she meets Gideon, but as their signals always get mixed, Jory cannot tell if he is really interested in her. Jory's attempts to find her passion, including painfully embarrassing experiences with yoga and foreign cinema, also end in failure Although insecurity is something to which every teen can relate, Jory is so self-pitying that she mostly comes across as whiny, and the humor often falls flat. When things do start to turn around for Jory, it is predictable (Gideon really IS a wonderful guy), and problems get wrapped up too neatly (Jory and her mom magically bond by taking a beading class). Teen readers might find this book a quick and enjoyable read, but it covers familiar territory handled better elsewhere.âAmy Luedtke 3Q 3P J S Copyright 2009 Voya Reviews.
