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WHAT A STUD!
Imagine coming back to your old high school as a senior, after two years, and finding that your classmates say you haven't changed? Imagine finding out that because you got kicked out of boarding school, you have repeat junior year while your friends get promoted. The added humiliation is that your little sister is a genius (of course) and is now a senior as well. Worst of all, your mother is a sex therapist with her own radio talk show and best-selling book... P>All of these things and much, much more are recounted to us via the entries of the infamous BLACK BOOK: DIARY OF A TEENAGE STUD. We watch him navigate through his return to high school with gusto, his reinitiation into his Florida town's social scene, and sort out the mysterious world of relationships with girls, both real and ideal. Jonah's entries are short, witty, and straddle the line between reality and fantasy. Take for instance, the elusive Sophie, the dream girlfriend that Jonah left behind at his boarding school in Maine, yet seems to keep reappearing right before him. His friends Thorne and Posie try to bolster his spirits, yet also wish they could figure out the events surrounding Jonah's expulsion from his boarding school, and the love of his life who does not seem real. Honey, his younger sister kid-genius, offers wry cynicism in her critiques of Jonah's situation and attempts to help him, as well as scorning of their mother. At the end of the book, we still don't know why Jonah has been expelled, if he will rejoin his senor class, who Sophie is, and what will become of his relationship with Posie. On top of that, Jonah suffers a severe swimming accident, and the reader is left in anguished suspense.

This book is 240 pages long but I read it in two days! It is fast, witty, and engaging. It successfully reveals the inner-workings of the male teenager's psyche, showing both hormonal lust, visible in his excitement over having cyber-sex with an anonymous on-line admirer, and surprising sensitivity, as he struggles to understand his friendship/love for Posie and rages over her cheating boyfriend. The daydreams are hysterical, as are Jonah's reflections on those around (i.e. his principle "who may not exist" and his therapist--who looks like the muppet Grover always tortures on Sesame Street.) The characters are great, especially the females such as Posie and Honey, who come off as strong and assertive, without trying to force the point of female autonomy. The book is just plain, hysterical fun. I don't like to rely on cliches, but this book really does leave you thirsting for more. I read it two weeks ago, and can't stop thinking about it. I can't wait to read Volume II.

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Jonah is Excellent
Reading this book is like peaking into a best friends private diary. You are able to see Jonah's private thoughts and struggles. It is so real and exciting.
Jonah, a highly imaginative guy, has just moved back to his hometown after being kicked out of the boarding school he was attending. You, as well as his friends are in the dark about why. When he moves back, he sees how his best friends have changed, and his family. And the event that kicked him out of boarding school seems to come back to haunt him with bad luck; he is told he has to repeat 11 grade and not graduate with his friends, among other things. In the diary, Jonah ties his imagination with reality. His daydreams, though sometimes annoying, give the books a little pizzaz.
Although in the end of the first novel, questions are left unanswered(which keeps you reading the second, the third and even the fourth). This book is exciting and fun. It is a great read for teenagers everywhere.

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a mysterious mystery
This book was basically what i said- a mystery. The whole time there is a lot of stuff going back and forth. That was the only problem with this book. There are a lot of unanswered questions and the ending is obviously made so you'll go and buy the next book. Theres really no plot and really no climax its exactly as is -- a diary. I liked the way though he daydreams in his writing and writes what he wants to happen- kinda reminds me of a cartoon. I hope in the future books will do a lot more of explaining and start to speed up. Overall it was a good read though because you have to take in little hints to find out whats going on.