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Jess doesnt quite think about things like your typical girl would. When presented with a flat chest (as many of us have been, especially early on, when it seems everyone elses has exploded into WonderBra status), she decides to make some filler & out of minestrone soup. Now, some of us might have had the same thought&but with soup? Of course, things go a bit awry as a boy that Jess isnt even crushing on manages to squeeze her a bit too tight at a party and the soup quickly explodes into his face.

Jess thinks shes done for. How could anyone live down a soup bra? But then she finds out the rumor is shed thrown up on the boy. Ah, sweet relief. (?) But then, the really bad news comes out. A boy at the party had put a camera in the girls loo and theyre going to have a showing! Everyone is coming!

Yes. The same loo in which Jess had run after her embarrassing soup explosion and not only taken off her shirt (!), but had also talked to her breasts. Not that shell ever talk to them again, not after this.

Thats the way things go in Jess life. Things are further complicated by her beautiful but mostly humble friend Flora, her crush the scrumptious Ben (who seems pretty oblivious) and her best guy friend, Fred (of the terrible hair). Will Jess find true love and manage to stay out of trouble? Will her feminist mother even allow her to utter the boyfriend word?

Jess is a truly delightful and quirky character with a great sense of humor and perfect comic timing&if only anyone would appreciate it. I highly recommend this one for readers aged 12 and up and anyone that likes Brit fiction with a cutting comic edge. I just hope theres a sequel coming.