Second Helpings continues Jessica Darling's acerbic journal entries and letters to her best friend, Hope, who has moved from New Jersey, about her senior year. Similar cast of characters as the first book. This time I read the original from the early aughts, with it's sometimes problematic language. I wonder what the author changed for the updated version? There is still the sexual tension with Marcus Flutie, even though Jessica dates his best friend and valedictorian rival, Len. Funny and touching glimpse of a super-smart girl's take on high school.