Girls In Love - Softcover

Wilson, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552551317 ISBN 13: 9780552551311

Publisher: Corgi Childrens, 2003

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2003-9-1 Pages: 156 In Wilsons (The Story of Tracy Beaker) fast-paced first book in the Girlfriends Trilogy. ninth-grader Ellie describes why shes feeling so fed up and the sticky situations in which she finds herself. Ellies first-person narration possesses a Bridget Jones-like energy and compulsiveness. Her constant obsession with her weight gets old. but her loathing of teachers. family and herself will feel familiar. Ellies relationship with her two best friends. Nadine and Magda. and especially with nerdy Dan. whom she meets on holiday. serve as good models without being didactic. Feeling jealous after hearing about Nadines new older boyfriend and Magdas summer flirtations. Ellie pretends that Dan is her boyfriend. though she substitutes his looks with those of a cute boy shes crushing on. As Dan expresses his romantic feelings for her through the l...

About this title

Review:

Girls in Love is the first title (followed by Girls Under Pressure) in a trilogy for older readers (young teens) by award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson. Already an immensely popular author of books for younger readers (Bad Girls, The Suitcase Kid and Double Act) with Girls in Love Jacqueline Wilson shows she's sure to be equally popular with girls in their early teens.

As well as the boyfriend problem, this hilariously entertaining novel touches on the deeper pains associated with the loss of a parent and coming to terms with a new step-parent. Ellie, Magda and Nadine are determined to explore the, as yet uncharted, country of the boyfriend. When best friend Nadine gets a boyfriend, Ellie finds herself saying that she's got one too. Trouble is, he's the too young, too nerdy and too ugly boy who fell in love with her during her boring holiday in Wales. But when Nadine's dishy boyfriend starts causing trouble we see just how important girlfriends are and just how lucky Ellie is to have found a boy who is really her friend. An amusing and delightful read by someone who clearly knows what she's writing about. --Tamsin Palmer

Review:

"Delightful" (Observer)

"An absolute must for anybody whose exercise books have got boys' names, cupid hearts and arrows and the like scribbled all over their covers" (Daily Telegraph)

"Jacqueline Wilson is on right rib-tickling form ..." (Times Magazine)

"I think this book is fab, I love it" (Michelle Stone "Child reviewer, aged 11" The Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: Corgi Childrens
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0552551317
• ISBN 13: 9780552551311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: Sharratt Nick