It's the end of junior year, and summer is about to begin. The Summer of Passion, to be exact, when Jory Michaels plans to explore all the possibilities of the future--and, with any luck, score a boyfriend in the process. But Jory has a problem. A big problem. A curvy, honking, bumpy, problem in the form of her Super Schnozz, the one thing standing between Jory and happiness. And now, with the Summer of Passion stretched before her like an open road,...
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Comics & Graphic NovelsThis is a great book! Jory isn't 100% good girl, but she isn't a bad girl, either. She's just trying to grow up and find her place in the world, and she's making mistakes along the way. She does some things that her parents aren't happy with, but she's smart enough to learn from her experiences, and hanging out with her for a while is a fun time. I don't think that her obsession with her "Super Schnozz" and her fear of "dying...
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My Big Nose and other natural disasters by Sydney Salter (Young Adult) Jory Michaels is entering summer vacation this year with plans. Really big plans! She plans on getting a job to save money, finding a boyfriend, possibly loosing her virginity and getting her "Super Schnozz " as she like to call it 'fixed'. So she gets a job delivering cakes and flowers. So not the best ideas she has ever had. On her very first day...
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This novel about Jory Michaels, her last summer in high school, and her relationships- both with the people around her, and with her nose- is one of the most charming contemporary YA novels I've ever read. There were so many laugh-out-loud moments that I would be hard pressed to choose a favorite, but Sydney Salter has a gift for wry humor that elevates this body novel from simply amusing to downright witty. And she has...
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Oh my gosh did I have a good time reading this book! I couldn't get to the end fast enough! I think my favorite thing about this book was how many layers it had, for example not one potential love interest, or even two, but three! I mean yeah, I definitely knew who she would end up with but I liked having those few extra challenges for Jory to face! I like how the book mixed a fun summer, romance, learning about yourself,...
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This was a pretty good book. After iI read it I let my grandaughter read it and she agreed there were a few over the top things but all in all it was a good story line. My grandaughter is 15 and she could see herself in allot of the things.
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