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Gr 5-8–All teen girls should have an aunt like Clover Wildgust. Luckily for 13-year-old Amy, Clover belongs to her. The 17-year-old is working for a lifestyle magazine during her gap year before college. She writes the “agony aunt” advice column but is not satisfied with simply offering ideas to love-struck teens–she much prefers fixing problems herself, taking on cheating boyfriends and cruel girls in stunts that are creative as well as effective. Amy is kept quite busy helping Clover with the column, taking care of her baby brother and sister, and weathering the challenges of her blended family. Will it all prove to be too much when a boy from her art class starts to take an interest in her? This novel is set in Ireland, which gives it extra culture points as well as some unfamiliar vocabulary. Who knew that the whiny rich girls in Dublin are called D4s? Most of what's unclear is explained in context and a glossary is appended. This lively novel compares well to Louise Rennison's Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (HarperCollins, 2000), although it doesn't have the same quirky “explain it to the Americans” narrative voice.–Kathleen Meulen Ellison, Sakai Intermediate School, Bainbridge Island, WA. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Her sassy teenage aunt writes an advice column. But what if Amy needs boy tips of her own? A witty, genuine take on the ups and downs of friends, family, and first romance.

Thirteen-year-old Amy Green has a lot to juggle: handling her divorced parents, minding her messy baby siblings, and navigating the snobby popular cliques at school. So when her cool but crazy seventeen-year old aunt, Clover lands a job giving advice for the teen mag The Goss, Amy jumps at the chance to help out as her sidekick. Of course Clover, being Clover, doesn’t just want to answer readers’ letters, she wants to solve their problems . . . personally. From stamping out malicious rumors to giving a cad his comeuppance to creating the perfect web page, the two come up with some clever hands-on  schemes that bring happiness to many unhappy girls. But when Amy falls for the cute but aloof boy in her art class — and her own friends start snubbing her big-time — can she find a way out of her own dilemma?

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