Getting the Girl : A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookery

from ElizaJane

Fourteen year old Sherman lives with his mum, who happens to be a burlesque dancer and was very young when she had him. Entering his first year of grade nine at the local high school, he, along with the rest of his old class mates, are worried about the horrendous act of "Defiling" which has gone...

from AnneWeaver

Funny, addictive and enjoyable, if you can get past the premise that a whole school would be involved in concerted bullying to this degree and the school and teachers could be so ineffectual. Also quite sexist - the girls are sex objects who accept maintain the status quo...

from francescadefreitas

Sweet and funny, this is a high school mystery crossed with romantic comedy. Sherman will do anything for the love of his life - Dini. And when it looks like she might be the next victim of a cruel high school ostracism ritual, he turns detective to find the people responsible. While the characte...

from Nitestar

discovered Susan Juby a few years ago through her series of Alice books. I am an adult who has read and re-read the Alice books more times than I care to admit. I was extremely happy to learn that Susan had written a new book. In Getting the Girl, she introduces us to a new hero (or maybe he is t...

from EKAnderson

Sherman Mack just started 9th grade at Harewood Technical High School and even though it means he can now pursue "older women," the social hierarchy at Harewood is pretty terrifying. Every once in a while a girl's photo appears on the bathroom mirrors with a big D on it. The D stands for Defiled,...