The author has also written "Bonnie Fitch" and "More Bonny Fitch".

It's not easy being a teenager at the best of times, but for Tess, things seem to be going from bad to worse. Her dad spends all his time drooling over his "Snugglepuss" and behaving like a lovesick puppy, while at school her English teacher, has singled her out as a hopeless case.