"'Your bum is great!' cried Flora, but her voice went up a little too high. 'I wish I had a proper bum. I look like a boy.' Needless to say, Flora looked as much like a boy as a box of chocolates looks like a side of beef. Jess sighed.

Like any self-respecting girl her age, Jess wants to be devastatingly gorgeous, popular and intelligent. But her best friend Flora has beaten her to it. Now Jess needs a new focus. Ben Jones seems the obvious choice. But can Ben Jones focus on anything that takes longer than a free kick? Perhaps Fred, who's sweet and clever but really needs a haircut, will help Jess through her teen-life crisis - or have things already begun to spiral out of Jess's control?"