Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Louise Rennison
HarperTempest, 2003, 214pgs. Young Adult

The fourth in this diary series, Georgia is a British teen obsessed with snogging—and she has opportunities-a-plenty with her band member boyfriend. But Georgia can’t seem to find anything to talk to him about and Dave the Laugh, a former interest, is always just around the corner of her mind. Hampered by seriously un-cool parents, tedious school teachers and a tiresome baby sister, Georgia strives to achieve super bounce-ability with hair care products and a mouth with luscious, lip-glossed kissability. Bright spots are the silly teen dialect Georgia uses, complete with a glossary appendix.

Although not terribly graphic, one finds little to recommend this shallow depiction of teen angst. The best aspect of the book was the superb British reader when listening to the audio version. Guaranteed to make one fear for the safety of the British Empire if Georgia and her friends are the not-so-bright future.

DAP