TWEEN HOBO: OFF THE RAILS is the fictional diary of a Twitterverse fictional character created by Alena Smith. I must admit I was not familiar with @TweenHobo before picking up this book but it looked entertaining.

Our diarist is 11 years old, in fifth grade, and likes all things pink, sparkly, and Bieber, whom she knows will be her future husband. She calls her parents zombies because they do nothing but work, and her older brother, Evan, has been sent away somewhere for something or other; she doesn't quite know.

One day in class, the teacher of her discovery module presents his students with a project: "What Makes America So Great", which leaves our tween completely baffled. Since Justin Bieber is Canadian and One Direction are British, she has no idea how America could be so great. Her teacher harmlessly mentions that his own brother left home and hopped on a train to see America.

Back at her home, while lying on her brother's bed, our narrator looks at the ceiling where her sibling has written: "Life Is Pointless". That's when she decides to find out for herself what makes America so great and hops on a train; along the way, she can look for her brother as well.

As expected, our heroine meets a motley crew of hobo travellers, and in spite of being technologically very savvy, she lacks some basic understanding of the world: her idea of culture in New York is the Disney Store, and she figures a socialist must be someone who is quite social.

In addition to the diary entries TWEEN HOBO: OFF THE RAILS, includes many amusing extras such as her tweets, playlists, lists of all sorts, a lot of fun little details and clever drawings by illustrator Kate Harmer. I actually found the pseudo-diary much funnier than the tweets. I found it a bit odd though that Hobo, as internet-savvy as she is and a gossip fiend, did not know what rehab was. But then again, at that age, what we remember or choose to remember is often quite selective. Although I am long past the age of our heroine, I had a great time reading TWEEN HOBO: OFF THE RAILS. I remembered how I was at that age and I could totally relate to her, in spite of the technology being quite different.

I lol'd lots cuz it's obvs like, you know, funny.