Loved this book. So funny and so true - is Michael Gerard Bauer actually a teenage girl? Maggie Butt is an isolated Year 10 at a new school after her parents divorce. She sets herself three goals - get an A in English, get a date for the social and make a friend. What unfolds is priceless, from Maggie's dealings with the Sisterminator in English, her attempts to make friends with a shy old man as part of community service and her dealings with her mother's new boyfriend Danny aka the Pain. Along the way, there is an ugly cat called Sir Tiffy and a rejection by a cute nerd who thinks that Maggie's invite to the Year 10 social is bullying. All in all, a fantastic fast moving and realistic read as long as you can stand the over use of capital letters to emphasize the teenage girls angst. Pages 31-33 re the Sister English teacher are great. Could be a 2017 CBC award in this one. ( )