Things turn out rather different from what she expected when teenage Brit Sophie Pitt-Turnbull takes a trip across the pond in this droll new novel by the author of "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen."

Dyan Sheldon is the author of many books for teenagers, including the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN (which was made into a major motion picture), MY PERFECT LIFE, and PLANET JANET. American by birth -- and a former resident of Brooklyn, New York, where her daughter now lives -- Dyan Sheldon resides in London.