Lila Mackay is Very Misunderstood

(Paperback)

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The No.1 bestselling author of The Why Mummy series, Gill Sims, is back with her very first book for young YA readers!

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Fourteen-year-old Emily is gloomily spending the summer with her mums best friend Uncle Tom, helping him renovate his house, instead of being at home hoping the gorgeous Toby will ask her out. Worse, shes broken her phone and left her iPad at her dads house. How is she supposed to survive without her tech, her BFF and her social life No one understands her despair, least of all the boomers.

Then she finds her mums old diary. MASSIVE CRINGE. But as Emily starts to read, shes stunned to discover that her mum was once a teenager too. A nineties teenager called Lila MacKay, who was VERY MISUNDERSTOOD. Its a long-forgotten era of weird fashions, TV shows and music Emilys never heard of. There are boys too, notably cute Park Boy Tom and her mums dorky neighbour Weird Nicky. And as she becomes more and more invested in Lilas teenage life, Emily begins to wonder if perhaps she and her mother are not so different after all

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Perfect for fans of Geek Girl and readers who are that next age up from Lottie Brooks.

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I can't wait to find out what happens next for Lila as I know there are more diaries to read! Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks. I was looking for a new series to get into!! Nia, 13

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Readers LOVE Lila Mackay!

I can't wait to find out what happens next for Lila as I know there are more diaries to read! Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks. I was looking for a new series to get into!! Nia, 13

PRAISE FOR THE WHY MUMMY BOOKS

Witty, relevant and bitingly sarcastic Gill Sims nails the aspects of modern family life that drive us crazy but which also make us who we are Sunday Express Magazine

HILARIOUS The Sunday Post

Honest and very funny The Sun

God shes funny Jilly Cooper

Author Bio

Gill Sims is the author and illustrator of the hugely successful parenting blog and Facebook site 'Peter and Jane'. She lives in Scotland with her husband, two children and a recalcitrant rescue Border Terrier, who rules the house. Gill's interests include drinking wine, wasting time on social media, trying and failing to recapture her lost youth and looking for the dog when he decides to go on one of his regular jaunts.