This is going to be the Summer of Passion for Jory Michaels.  She is going to transform herself before her senior year.  The big obstacle, of course is her nose. She plans to earn enough money for a nose job, then she will be one of the popular kids, and maybe attract the guy she has a mad crush on. Jory is obsessed about her big nose...she's just sure that the key to making her life perfect is getting it fixed.

Everyone around Jory seems perfect.  Her little brother Finn is a soccer star who managed to score a date to the senior prom when he was still a freshman. Her mom is perfectly proportioned, and does everything right.  Her dad is a workaholic. All her friends seem to  know where they are going in life.

The job Jory finds is delivering wedding cakes, and, oh, boy....the van is a stick shift.  Never mind that...she can learn quickly...the stick shift and parallel parking will be a snap to learn. But Jory seems to be accident-prone and her hilarious escapades keep the action going.  Then, when her best friend begins hanging out with the guy that Jory has a crush on, emotions shift into high gear. Nothing turns out the way Jory plans, but the action escalates to a satisfying ending.

This novel about learning to improve what you can and accept what you can't change, while still broadening your horizons, is a bit predictable, but still great fun. Teen girls will see themselves in Jory's desire to be prettier than she perceives herself. The characters are unique and likable, the dialogue witty and fresh.