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''Girl, Fifteen, Charming But Insane'' is the most memorable title in a series of young adult books by Sue Limb. It is a British [[Coming of Age]] series about a young girl named Jess who must struggle with [[A-Cup Angst]], a [[Love Triangle]] between a gorgeous, mysterious loner boy and her best friend. Sometimes affectionately referred to as ''Junior Bridget Jones,'' most of the plot lines revolve around romantic and endearingly embarrassing plot lines told from a teenager's perspective.

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* ''Girl, Barely Fifteen, Flirting England''
* ''Girl, Fifteen, Charming But Insane''
* ''Girl (Nearly) Sixteen, Absolute Torture''
* ''Girl, Going On Seventeen, Pants On Fire''

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* [[A-Cup Angst]]: So severe that when she attends a party, Jess  {{spoiler|stuffs her bra with minestrone soup}}. Hilarity ensues.
* Adorkable: Fred. Jess sometimes qualifies.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Hinted at with Ben but it is questionable HOW bad he really is.
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Jess.
* Brainless Beauty: Ben. Subverted with Flora, who is very smart ''and'' pretty.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Jess, Fred and Granny.
* [[Cute and Psycho]]: A minor example with Jess' Granny, who is a sweet old lady who happens to enjoy films like Crocodile Dundee or Pulp Fiction and seems to be a bit fixated on death and carnage.
* [[Fake Boobs]]: See above.
* [[Hollywood Homely]]: Jess believes she is ugly because she has an A cup (at fifteen) and her arse is too big. On the cover of each book, she looks fine.
* [[I Call Him "Mister Happy"]]: Jess' breasts are named Bonnie and Clyde. She gives them pep talks.
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: Jess blames this when  {{spoiler|Ben loses interest}}.
* [[Just Friends]]: Jess treats Fred like this, while constantly complaining to him about her "boy troubles" with Brad.
* [[Les Yay]]: In ''Girl, Fifteen, Charming But Insane,'' the hidden bathroom camera catches two [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|female best friends]] making out or "snogging" in the bathroom. This causes Jess to (very briefly) consider her own friendship with Flora, long enough to differentiate it from a [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]].
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Flora.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Ben/Jess/Fred.
* [[Running Gag]]: Jess' body hang-ups, particularly her arse and her eyebrows.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Flora.
* [[Trash of the Titans]]: Jess's mum knows the video she has in the first book isn't a copy of the Twelth Night, because she can see it sticking out of Jess's schoolbag.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Fred  {{spoiler|until the end}}.

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[[Category:Young Adult Literature]]
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