Deep and Meaningful Diaries from Planet Janet

by Dyan Sheldon

Book Overview

From Dyan Sheldon, author of the best-selling Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, two hilarious diaries in one satisfying volume

"The fast-paced, clever writing will keep teens eagerly reading and sharing passages with each other to the end." -- Booklist

"Funny dialogue and a wacky setting, while still delivering a smart story." -- Kirkus Reviews

With a Mad Cow for a mother, an eccentric psychotherapist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763632163
• ISBN13: 9780763632168
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

dyan sheldon's best work

famous for her book "confessions of a teenage drama queen," and it's sequal "my perfect life," dyan sheldon is a wonderful author, who seems to have taken a page out of the books of the great YA writers of the 80s and 90s. The Deep and meaningful diaries of planet janet is a compilation of the two books on the character janet, and is such a great, down to earth, entertaining story that any preteen, teen, or for that matter, adult would love. a good price for a good stepping stone to see if you like the writer. also- if you hated the movie "confessions of a teenage drama queen,"- not an acurate representation of the book. read the book.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Janet Bandry is the hilarious, awkward teenager of PLANET JANET and the sequel, PLANET JANET IN ORBIT. These two books combine together to form the fully awesome DEEP AND MEANINGFUL DIARIES FROM PLANET JANET. This book, written by the author of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN, had me laughing from the first page to the last. Janet's friends and family always sarcastically says Janet lives on her own weird planet. But to me, Janet seems like the everyday quirky best friend we all have or want to have. Janet is the girl with the nose ring who dyes her hair purple as a part of her year-long experimental "Dark Phase." She's also the self-centered girl who is boy crazy and doesn't understand anybody in her family (including her mother, whom she has nicknamed Mad Cow). DEEP AND MEANINGFUL DIARIES FROM PLANET JANET follows a year of Janet's humorous life. In that time, she deals with a major fight with her best friend, develops numerous crushes, and even survives a clothing store robbery. Through it all, Janet remains strong, determined, and always with her awesome sense of humor intact. Set in London, Janet's diary reminds of me of those from Bridget Jones and Georgia Nicolson. It contains the wonderful ramblings and hilarious insights that made both BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY and THE CONFESSIONS OF GEORGIA NICOLSON smash hits. So if you are looking for lots of laughs, then grab a copy of this book and enter into Janet's Planet! Reviewed by: Safia Abdul