I remember reading this book and thinking how misleading the cover art is. It was one of the first books I read while I was learning to speak English. I first looked at this book and thought it would be an easy read but it was much more. The cover art was just so frustrating. I think I really con...
Cherry's teacher has told her that keeping a diary is a good way to unclog your head - and Cherry certainly has a lot on her mind. Cherry's mother has just re-married, much to her disgust. Her best friend Skinny Melon is a sounding board for Cherry's disproval of her step-father, Roland Butter.
Even though Tash and Emily go to an all girls' school, they are into boys in a BIG WAY. They're also stepsisters and the best of friends. So when their mom and dad have to go Peru for work for a couple of months, leaving the girls in their own flat in Aunty Jay's house, they are seriously excited...
Who wants to be one of three? And who wants to be the middle one of three? Polly is stuck in the middle, with a beautiful, fashion-conscious older sister and a high-achieving younger brother grabbing all the attention. Polly wants to be the one to get noticed, the one to become a famous actress, ...
Becky Bananas is eleven years, nine months, three days and fourteen hours old and her great ambitions are: to visit the world famous Wonderland theme park; to star on the television program This is Your Life; to become a famous dancer -- and to be twelve. But Becky has another secret ambition tha...
Megan and Annie are bright 12-year-old girls, who are desperate to meet their favorite author, Harriet Chance. When Annie makes contact with Harriet's daughter via an Internet chat room, the girls are ecstatic. Lori helps them to arrange a secret meeting with Harriet, and the girls congratulate t...
Dorian Jones is an 11-year-old boy who is having 'terrible trouble with girls'. They just won't leave him alone. Girls at school and his annoying younger sisters' friends have crushes on him, but Dory's passion is for dinosaurs and he is happiest excavating his back garden."
More comedy, calamity and cool characters from Jean Ure, the queen of tween.Scarlett is finding out that life is full of ups and downs. One minute she's over the moon and the next she's down in the dumps.She's bright, attractive and twelve years old, but she has to rely on more than just her look...
Danny loves dancing, but not the funky, popular variety that would have his friends green with envy; no, Danny loves Ballet. A ‘Billy Elliot’ for younger readers by this renowned ballet-loving author. Danny loves ballet, but he daren’t admit it to his mates. But one of his teacher’s knows, and ...
Mandy Small has trouble writing. Her teacher suggests she tell her life story into a tape recorder. So begins Mandy's funny, and sometimes sad, story of her life with her loving but irresponsible parents--Dad, the Elvis look-alike, and Mum, whose idea of a special meal is burnt toast. Then there ...
A brilliant new comedy drama from Jean Ure, all about the ups and downs of seeking fame.Carmen is in Year 9 and has serious ambitions to be a rock star. She has a great voice, has taught herself to play the guitar, and with one of her best friends, Josh, actually writes her own songs. The school ...
Another winning Jean Ure story for younger readers, about one small puppy in need of some love…One small puppy just needs a loving home…Ginger and James are two of a kind! Both just want to be loved and cared for… even if one is just a puppy, and one is a boy who just wants a puppy. When Ginger’s...
A fun and feisty new comedy drama from master storyteller Jean Ure – with a gorgeous new cover look to appeal to all girls who love real-life stories.When Daniella Cassidy and her best friend Lisa fall in love with the gorgeous puppy in the next door garden, they never imagine they’ll end up gett...
Unfortunately! It is not always easy, being a twin. People expect you to: look alikethink alikedress aliketalk alike. They also expect you to: sit togetherwalk togetherplay togetherandLOVE EACH OTHER TO BITS. Some twins, I suppose, might do all these things. We don’t! We try our hardest not to. M...
He had made up his mind. Nobody loved him any more. All they cared about was the baby. Dad had said to him at breakfast, “I’m warning you, my boy! I’m not going to tolerate much more of this sort of behaviour.” James had said, “What sort of behaviour?” and brought his spoon down with a satisfying...
I wasn’t exactly expecting it, in the middle of the night, but I wanted to be ready when the call came. I hid the com badge under my pillow, where Mum’s prying eyes couldn’t see it. She has this nasty habit of bursting into my room in the morning, all bright and breezy, yanking back the curtains ...
Last year, it was. We had this Book Week. A person came from a publisher’s to tell us all about how books were made and an author came to tell us how she writes her stories, and at the end of the week we all dressed up as Characters from Literature and did a quiz. I got two prizes! One was for dr...
Mr Snitcher isn’t human!’ ‘Mr Snitcher… he’s not human!’ Nobody ever knew where the rumour first came from. Harry heard it from his best friend, Joe Fredericks. Joe heard it from Andy Bicknell, standing in the lunch queue. Andy got it from his cousin, who got it from a boy in Year 7, who got it f...
in a crowded theatre. Well, or a crowded anywhere, I suppose, if it comes to that. Unless of course there actually is a fire, in which case you should probably shout just as loudly as you possibly can, at the top of your lungs, like, “FIRE!” It’s just if there isn’t one that it’s criminal, I gues...
said Mum, as she saw me and Melia off to school next morning, “you’re picking Emilia up at three thirty. Right?” I said, “Right.” “Emilia, Frankie’s going to come and collect you at the end of school, so you just wait there for her. Don’t try coming home by yourself. I want you to come with Frank...
In the car on the way to school. I’m sitting in the back with Michael, Holly’s in the front with Uncle Mark. She always has to go in the front. She says she gets sick, otherwise. I think I might get sick if it was a long journey as I’m not very used to travelling by car. I don’t know what would h...
She is gonna be WORKED OVER. She is gonna be DONE. I mean it! She’s got some cheek, accusing me of stealing. I might have done before, but I wasn’t THIS TIME. I was actually gonna pay the old witch. Well, that’s it. She’s cooked her goose. Good and proper! Nobody, but NOBODY, messes with this bab...
Chapter Four I didn’t mean to say it. I didn’t do it on purpose! The words just slipped out, as words do; you can’t always control them. I find this happens quite a lot. Mum says it is what comes of being over-eager and not stopping to think before I speak. But I think and speak at the same time!...
All baggy and saggy. Shapeless cardies and stretchy pants. Pale pink or blue. Definitely not smart. But I’d also imagined that a nan would be someone warm and soft. A person you could go to for cuddles. That’s what I’d imagined. Mum’s mum wasn’t any of those things. For a start, she wasn’t what y...
said Mum. It was eleven o’clock on Sunday morning, and Laurel hadn’t yet put in an appearance. “Why is she still in bed? What’s she been up to?” “She went to a party,” said Rose. “With Simon.” “Oh, did she? I hope she hasn’t been drinking again.” Daisy giggled. “It’s not funny,” said Mum. “We’ve ...
Testing, testing. One, two, three. This is Mandy Small telling her life story. Now I’m going to play it back and see if it’s come out OK. Hearing your own voice is really strange! I don’t sound a bit like what I thought I did. I thought I’d sound like someone on the television, maybe. Talking pos...
“I suppose –” Jem turned hopefully to Skye as we walked into school next morning – “you didn’t find your gran’s pencil yet?” Very slowly and sadly, Skye shook her head. I felt so sorry for her. She looked really dejected. “Not even a hint?” Skye seemed puzzled. “What sort of a hint?” “Well, like…...
It was the day following my big row with Dad. My latest big row with Dad. Me and Honey were on our way back from school. We were the ones that lived furthest away, so it was just the two of us left on the bus. Kirsty had stayed on for something: the drama club or whatever. Not for a detention! Li...