• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 13.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  A teen's big nose leads to a big lesson in self-acceptance.

Why We Rated This for Ages 13–14

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Jory and her friends vandalize a boy's car with ketchup, mustard, and whipped cream. Jory's mom is always on extreme diets, trying to lose weight quickly. Jory saves all her money for plastic surgery and creates a "Nice Nose Notebook" with pictures of potential noses (she later rips it up). One of Jory's crushes is gay but feels he must hide it to avoid his father's anger. Jory lies to her boss on several occasions. Hannah drinks and gets in a hot tub in her underwear, noting "I'm sick of always being the good girl. What good has it done me?" Jory flips off her mom.
• Violence:

  A drunk college student Jory dubs "Ass Grabber" grabs her butt and tries to grab her breasts, then pushes her against a wall. She screams and her friend comes to save her. Ass Grabber calls her, "You pathetic little tease."
• Sex:

  Jory often calculates her odds of dying a virgin; she wonders, "Can the desire to lose your virginity be a passion, in the creative sense of the word?" The girls obsess over boys. A boy tells Jory not to stare at his ass, then tells her it's his turn to check out hers. A college student takes Jory and her friend up to his room, which he tells them is called the "orgy room" because he has mattresses all over the floor. Jory often dresses in a "sexy mini." Jory's friend gets drunk at lunch and goes home with an older co-worker, which Jory says "Sounds like a recipe for date rape." Jory kisses a boy she knows at a party; he puts his hands under her bra and pushes her hand onto his penis. (She starts laughing and he gets angry, telling her she "acted like she wanted it.") Jory kisses her boyfriend; when things start to heat up, he tells her he has decided to stay a virgin in high school. Jory and her friends have a picture taken wearing a teddy and fishnet stockings.
• Language:

  "Pissed," "ass."
• Consumerism:

  There are several brand names mentioned of cars, bands, food, and household items.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Jory and her friends attend high school and college parties (uninvited) where there is drinking and drug use (a bong, passing a joint). Some teens drink excessively, to the point of vomiting. One boy drives after using a bong, despite seeming "pretty wasted." The main character drinks hard alcohol (creme de menthe and hard lemonade). Waitresses serve 17-year-olds chocolate martinis because 20-something law clerks vouch for them. At a fraternity party, Jory and her friend decide they "need something to drink to make us look older." Some guys chug beer from a tube. The girls drink hard lemonade. Jory's crush drinks from a pitcher of margaritas and offers her some, which she takes.

What Parents Need to Know

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