Gidget

diary of Kathy Kohner, a teensy, gutsy teenage girl who crashed the all-male scene at Malibu Beach north of L.A. in 1957 and earned, from Moondoggie and others, the nickname Gidget, which meant "Girl Midget." Her father, the German immigrant screenwriter Frederick Kohner interviewed his perky daughter at length, eavesdropped with permission on her phone calls, fictionalized her adventures, and batted out this novel.