- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd (6 Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074456591X
- ISBN-13: 978-0744565911
- Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 12.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,869,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Exams are over, love is in the air and Janet's summer is already down the pan. Not only has the Mad Cow (her mother) got a new, right-on boyfriend with two daughters from hell, but she is expecting Janet to get a summer job! Add to that a lovesick dad, a best friend going gooey over a gorgeous Australian and a suffering pregnant lesbian aunt and you'd have enough to send anyone into orbit. Welcome to Janet's planet...
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Janet's diary of the year her Mad Cow mother insisted she get a holiday job, her lesbian aunt gave birth, her father tried to teach her to drive, and her best friend fell deeply (and annoyingly) in love, is very funny - often laugh-out-loud funny. As Janet struggles to serve difficult customers at the local Mexican Restaurant, learns more than she ever wanted to know about ethical shopping from her mother's new boyfriend, and launches a shaky career as Agony Aunt in the school magazine, the book spins by all too quickly. If you feel deprived when you've finished, help is at hand - Janet is updating her diary regularly on Dyan Sheldon's website.
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Planet Janet in Orbit
When I opened this book and read about the author in the front cover I knew I was going to like this book. From the author of "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" comes another book highlighting the lives and loves of teenage girls. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and I would recommend it to all my girlfriends, simply for the fact, it is a reflection of our lives. Whether your mother is a MC (Mad Cow) or not, you will be able to appreciate the story of Janet, with her truthfully honest with "toxic feelings against parents and a lovesick best friend". This book is extremely funny, but one word of warning - DO NOT read when your eyes are overly tired because the font changes around a lot all over the page, and it does give you a headache if you are tired - but that for me was the only negative. A great girly book to cuddle yourself up on the sofa and read.
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An ingenious work of journal-told teenagedom, written through the eyes of a cynic with a sense of humor
21 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
Almost seventeen-year-old Janet Bandry is looking forward to a relaxing summer that involves lounging on the beaches of Greece, and taking part in crazy love affairs with foreign waiters. However, just as soon as her summer begins, it is already ruined by the Mad Cow - aka her mother - who insists that if Janet wants to have new back-to-school clothes, she'll have to work for them herself by getting a...job. Which is how she ends up working at a crummy Mexican restaurant, where the owner is constantly confiscating her wages. Honestly, if it weren't for Ethan - her ultra hip co-worker - she would have quit after day one. But if she quits, he'll obviously never ask her out. As if being a wage slave weren't bad enough, everyone around Janet is in love - including her mother, who is suddenly dating Buskin' Bob, a man who confiscates Janet's hair products, and has her eating weeds. If only Janet could turn to her best friend, but, alas, Disha has fallen head-over-heels in love with a hunky Australian, and left her in the dust. No wonder Janet has been sent into orbit.
Dyan Sheldon's more publicized novels - CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN and MY PERFECT LIFE - never really struck a chord with me, in the same fashion that her PLANET JANET books have. Which is why I'm shocked that they aren't well known. Janet is one of the most hilarious teen characters to hit the young adult market in years. Her narcissistic, cynical take on her life, and the world around her is laugh-out-loud funny; while her comical family - extended relatives included - are bizarre and full of surprises that keep the reader guessing until the very last page. PLANET JANET IN ORBIT is just as good as Sheldon's first Janet tale PLANET JANET. I only hope that there are more to come. An ingenious work of journal-told teenagedom, written through the eyes of a cynic with a sense of humor.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
Dyan Sheldon's more publicized novels - CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN and MY PERFECT LIFE - never really struck a chord with me, in the same fashion that her PLANET JANET books have. Which is why I'm shocked that they aren't well known. Janet is one of the most hilarious teen characters to hit the young adult market in years. Her narcissistic, cynical take on her life, and the world around her is laugh-out-loud funny; while her comical family - extended relatives included - are bizarre and full of surprises that keep the reader guessing until the very last page. PLANET JANET IN ORBIT is just as good as Sheldon's first Janet tale PLANET JANET. I only hope that there are more to come. An ingenious work of journal-told teenagedom, written through the eyes of a cynic with a sense of humor.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
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