Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling #1)
“My parents suck ass. Banning me from the
phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental
gestures I can think of. Don’t they realize that Hope’s the only one who keeps
me sane? . . . I don’t see how things could get any worse.”
When
her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey,
hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. A fish out of
water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now
that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone. How is
she supposed to deal with the boy- and shopping-crazy girls at school, her
dad’s obsession with her track meets, her mother salivating over big sister
Bethany’s lavish wedding, and her nonexistent love life?
A
fresh, funny, utterly compelling fiction debut by first-time novelist Megan
McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts is an insightful, true-to-life look at Jessica’s
predicament as she embarks on another year of teenage torment--from the dark
days of Hope’s departure through her months as a type-A personality turned
insomniac to her completely mixed-up feelings about Marcus Flutie, the
intelligent and mysterious “Dreg” who works his way into her heart. Like a John
Hughes for the twenty-first century, Megan McCafferty taps into the inherent
humor and drama of the teen experience. This poignant, hilarious novel is sure
to appeal to readers who are still going through it, as well as those who are
grateful that they don’t have to go back and grow up all over again.
“Knowing
that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with
worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit
this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000
is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already
packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a
bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt
from you know who.”
Jessica
Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to
Sloppy Firsts. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going
through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High.
Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to
distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and
she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying
so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt
about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big
stir in the Darling household.
With
keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty
again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated
teens. Fans of Sloppy Firsts will be reunited with their favorite characters
and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life,
including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program
and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all,
readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and
then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her
unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever
come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over
again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed
as the best high school novel in years.
Charmed Thirds (Jessica Darling #3)
Jessica
Darling’s in college!
Things
are looking up for Jessica Darling. She has finally left her New Jersey
hometown/hellhole for Columbia University in New York City; she’s more into her
boyfriend, Marcus Flutie, than ever (so what if he’s at a Buddhist college in
California?); and she’s making new friends who just might qualify as stand-ins
for her beloved best friend, Hope.
But
Jessica soon realizes that her bliss might not last. She lands an internship at
a snarky Brooklyn-based magazine, but will she fit in with the überhip staff
(and will she even want to)? As she and Marcus hit the rocks, will she end up
falling for her GOPunk, neoconservative RA . . . or the hot (and married!)
Spanish grad student she’s assisting on a summer project . . . or the
oh-so-sensitive emo boy down the hall? Will she even make it through college
now that her parents have cut her off financially? And what do the cryptic
one-word postcards from Marcus really mean?
With hilarious insight, the hyperobservant Jessica Darling struggles
through her college years—and the summers in between—while maintaining her
usual mix of wit, cynicism, and candor.
Fourth Comings (Jessica Darling #4)
At
first it seems that she’s living the elusive New York City dream. She’s
subletting an apartment with her best friend, Hope, working for a magazine that
actually utilizes her psychology degree, and still deeply in love with Marcus
Flutie, the charismatic addict-turned-Buddhist who first captivated her at
sixteen.
Of
course, reality is more complicated than dreamy clichés. She and Hope share
bunk beds in the “Cupcake”—the girlie pastel bedroom normally occupied by
twelve-year-old twins. Their Brooklyn neighborhood is better suited to
“breeders,” and she and Hope split the rent with their promiscuous high school
pal, Manda, and her “genderqueer boifriend.” Freelancing for an obscure journal
can’t put a dent in Jessica’s student loans, so she’s eking out a living by
babysitting her young niece and lamenting that she, unlike most of her friends,
can’t postpone adulthood by going back to school.
Yet
it’s the ever-changing relationship with Marcus that leaves her most unsettled.
At the ripe age of twenty-three, he’s just starting his freshman year at
Princeton University. Is she ready to give up her imperfect yet invigorating
post-college life just because her on-again/off-again soul mate asks her to...
marry him?
Jessica
has one week to respond to Marcus’s perplexing marriage proposal. During this
time, she gains surprising wisdom from unexpected sources, including a popular
talk show shrink, a drag queen named Royalle G. Biv, and yes, even her parents.
But the most shocking confession concerns two people she thought had nothing to
hide: Hope and Marcus.
Will this knowledge inspire Jessica to give up a world of late-night
literary soirees, art openings, and downtown drunken karaoke to move back to
New Jersey and be with the one man who’s gripped her heart for years? Jessica
ponders this and other life choices with her signature snark and hyper-intense
insight, making it the most tumultuous and memorable week of her
twenty-something life.
Perfect Fifths (Jessica Darling #5)
Old
flames are reignited in the fifth and final book in the New York Times
bestselling Jessica Darling series.
Captivated
readers have followed Jessica through every step and misstep: from her life as
a tormented, tart-tongued teenager to her years as a college grad stumbling
toward adulthood. Now a young professional in her mid-twenties, Jess is off to
a Caribbean wedding. As she rushes to her gate at the airport, she literally
runs into her former boyfriend, Marcus Flutie. It’s the first time she's seen
him since she reluctantly turned down his marriage proposal three years
earlier–and emotions run high.
Marcus
and Jessica have both changed dramatically, yet their connection feels as
familiar as ever. Is their reunion just a fluke or has fate orchestrated this
collision of their lives once again?
Told
partly from Marcus’s point of view, Perfect Fifths finally lets readers inside
the mind of the one person who’s both troubled and titillated Jessica Darling
for years. Expect nothing less than the satisfying conclusion fans have been
waiting for, one perfect in its imperfection. .
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