Jenny Green's Killer Junior Year

by Amy Belasen and Jacob Osborn

Book Overview

Hell hath no fury... Jenny Green is a spoiled teen "princess" and the newest junior at Montreal's Molson Academy. Jenny wants a fresh start in her new school, and she's curious to see what Montreal has to offer, most especially in the boy department. Beautiful, charming, and sharp-witted, Jenny has no trouble getting the boys to fall for her. But when she discovers just how despicable the male gender can be -- with the lying, the cheating, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416967923
• ISBN13: 9781416967927
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

All YA should be this good

At last it seems Gen Y understands irony! A genuinely disturbing and also laugh out loud funny missile that aims squarely for the shallow, brand obsessed teenagers that fill the media (and yes, I know not all teenagers are like that.) It joins the dots between 'fashion ditz' and 'sociopath' with grace, humour and some really dark moments. Please,please can we have more of this pointed, intelligent stuff, and less of the swoony sparkly vampires?

read this book

This is a wonderful book. Funny, witty, well written and totally enjoyable. I highly recommend it and look forward to the authors' next book.

A Killer Obsession

This book truly entertained me. Jenny Green's Killer Junior Year by Amy Belasen & Jacob Osborn is a wickedly funny work of dark humor that had me laughing out loud. I haven't come across such fantastic and slightly sick wit since the movie Heathers. If you liked that, you must read this book. Jenny Green would give J.D. from Heathers a serious run for the money in the psycho department. Plus, she's got the attitude of all the Heathers combined. I have to caution up front that it is meant for older teens because of the more mature content. Also, just because it has a Young Adult label on it, do not let this stop any adults from reading this one. It is completely amazing, and I do believe I'm obsessed. Come on over to the dark side for a little while and hear Jenny's story. Just don't bring any sharp objects. Jenny Green is your average spoiled Jewish girl living in Long Island. She's got her parents wrapped around her well manicured fingers and she's used to always getting her way. Which is why she is able to convince them to let her leave the US to attend Molson Academy in Montreal. That's right, Molson, as in the beer. Her motives for leaving are anything but academic. Jenny is on the trail of a hot guy she's got a crush on. The guys in Long Island have been nothing but trouble, so she's off to find one better. Oh, and the school has a TCBY, and since she's lactose intolerant, that's got to be a sign or something. So it's off to Canada for a fresh start for Jenny Green. Well, things don't always work out the way we want them to. Jenny is living in a house with a bunch of stinky hippies and she soon finds out that the guy of her dreams is just another creep. When he does something to her that is totally aweful, she kind of kills him. But on the bright side, she has a new best friend who is really cool. So she does feel kind of bad about the murder thing, but he deserved it, and it was just a one time thing. Sort of. Unless someone really deserves it. Like the next guy who does something even worse to her. Or the next... At first the killing is accidental, but it soon becomes an obsession. She even makes up another personality to justify her actions. She honestly believes she's doing the world a favor by ridding it of such despicable people. Really, she probably even saved some lives by taking out such creepers. After all she hasn't been caught, so why stop? Well Jenny, if the paranoia doesn't get you, maybe the cops will. Or perhaps you will develop a conscience. Maybe not. Whatever happens Jenny, you are one sick, yet amusing psychopath. This book is dark, witty and a whole lot of fun. Jenny's voice and attitude are both hilarious and disturbing. You want to like her, then you realize, duh, she's a killer. But then you somehow end up rooting for her. She's such an unlikely serial killer that you don't know what to think. The fact that she will murder someone in cold blood but she refuses to use curse words is quite amusing. The boo

Fantastic book!

Don't be fooled..."Jenny Green's Killer Junior Year" is an excellent novel for teenagers AND adults. I'm 28 and I couldn't put it down. If Sophie Kinsella is too tame for you, you'll LOVE this book!

One of the most entertaining books I have ever read

These authors crafted an awesome story and amazing character development. If you have a sense of humor and want to get actual entertainment from a book, look no further. I've been recommending the book to everyone!...except my old girlfriends from high school.