They Wear What Under Their Kilts?

What do Scotsmen wear under their kilts? Hint: "It starts with N and ends with G and has OTHIN in the middle." Welcome back to the sidesplitting universe of Emily Williams, the 16-year-old American transplant to the UK who last amused readers in Maxwell's The Year My Life Went down the Loo [BKL O 15 03]. This installment begins with yet another change of scene, as Em and her mousy classmate Holly move to a sheep farm in Scotland to fulfill a month-long work-study requirement. The land of haggis and men in skirts provide rich fodder for Emily's e-mails to distant friends, in which she recounts hilarious misadventures on and off the farm, including her contest with Holly to be the first to snog a farmhand whom they dub a "Schottie" (Scottish hottie). Em is clearly meant to be a caricature, and she's a very funny one. Readers will enjoy watching her blunder about in her cloud of hairspray, perfume, and blithe self-absorption.