Volume IV continues what began with the first three installments of Jonah Black's diary: the no-holds-barred, darkly comic tale of one teenager's inner life. Teens will find a new kind of hero in Jonah: one whose acute observations mirror their own. The journals, in print for all to read, are irresistibly honest and revealing, and sure to satisfy any reader's desire for a real, juicy story.This installment brings us to the final, shocking revelations about Jonah's recent past.

"Not since American Pie has there been a more honest portrayal of the American teenage boy and his desires."-- Honor Elspeth "Honey" Black"Fantasy and reality are all the same to Jonah Black. Freud would have had a field day."-- Dr. Leonard Larue, Ph.D."And all this time I thought Honah didn't even like girls. The man's a Casanova!"-- Thorne Wood"Jonah Black has no idea what a stud he really is."-- Posie HoffVolume I details Jonah's crash-and-burn reentry into the high school society and family he left behind two years before.

"Jonah Black broke my heart"-- Cecily Lachoy"Dude's got integrity, and he dives like a king. He's my idol."-- Woodrow "Wailer" Contrad"Jonah Black cracked his skull open over a girl. You gotta admire a kid who does a thing like that." -- Herman "Pops" Berman"I love Jonah Black, and he has no clue who I am."-- NorthgirlVolume II reveals why Johan was expelled from boarding school -- but not why he did what he did, or just what that girl meant to him.

"Jonah still doesn't know who I am, and it's driving me crazy."-- Northgirl999"Watch it, Jonah Black. You're a good diver, but you're not that good."-- Lamar Jameson"My son's diary is a testament to the fact that young people today need to be nicer to themselves. We all do."-- Dr. Judith Black, Radio Personality and Teen Sexpert"I love Jonah Black. I still can't believe he's real."-- Sophie O'BrienIn Volume III, Jonah hooks up with the girl he left behind -- the same one who got him expelled from boarding school up north.