Product Details

• • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Zest Books (October 1, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1936976021
  • ISBN-13: 978-1936976027
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces

From Booklist Starred Review Really? An etiquette book for teens? Yes,really, you butt-faced jerk! See, that right there is dickish behavior, atimeless plague for which Doherty has a cabinet full of cures. The atmosphereis pure Dick-and-Jane: fussy early-reader prose married to bland clip-art-style illustrations starring a deadpan boy and girl. Through these oldfangledcharacters, Doherty fires absurd twenty-first-century zingers that happen tobe really, really, really funny. (When was the last time you LOLd at anonfiction book?) Droll humor is one thing, but does Doherty deliversubstance? Shockingly, she does, offering teens blunt, no-nonsense advice onthe adult world that awaits them. Examples: dont stare at a female’s boobsduring conversation, avoid passive-aggressive Post-its, try to smell likenothing in particular if you work in the service industry, dont reclineyour airplane chair all the way, and on and on. She even drops some mega-wisdom bombs; regarding faith, she writes, Believing in an idea is kind oflike falling in love with a personit just seems right, even if we cantexplain it. Given the emphasis on roommates, office parties, and alcohol,this is clearly the gift book for next years high-school and college grads.After all, we all need the occasional reminder that peeing in the shower iswrong. Grades 10-12. –Daniel Kraus Read more Review “Really? An etiquettebook for teens? Yes, really, you butt-faced jerk! See, that right there is”dickish behavior,” a timeless plague for which Doherty has a cabinet full ofcures. The atmosphere is pure Dick-and-Jane: fussy early-reader prose marriedto bland clip-art-style illustrations starring a deadpan boy and girl. Throughthese oldfangled characters, Doherty fires absurd twenty-first century zingersthat happen to be really, really, really funny. (When was the last time youLOL’d at a nonfiction book?) Droll humor is one thing, but does Dohertydeliver substance? Shockingly, she does, offering teens blunt, no-nonsenseadvice on the adult world that awaits them. Examples: dont stare at a female’sboobs during conversation, avoid passive-aggressive Post-its, try to smelllike “nothing in particular” if you work in the service industry, don’trecline your airplane chair all the way, and on and on. She even drops somemega-wisdom bombs; regarding faith, she writes, “Believing in an idea is kindof like falling in love with a personit just seems right, even if we can’texplain it. Given the emphasis on roommates, office parties, and alcohol, thisis clearly the gift book for next year’s high-school and college grads. Afterall, we all need the occasional reminder that peeing in the shower is wrong.”Booklist, Starred Review IPPY(Independent Publisher Book Award)Gold Medal,Humor 2014 Read more See all Editorial Reviews