Girls In Love
By (Author) Jacqueline Wilson
Illustrated by Rachael Dean
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Corgi Childrens
15th October 2016
11th October 2007
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
823.914
Paperback
208
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 13mm
152g
The first of Jacqueline Wilson's mega-bestselling Girls series - now reissued with a gorgeous new cover look. Meet Ellie and her best friends Nadine and Magda, three teenage girls just starting Year Nine with a lot on their minds - mainly boys! Told in the bright, sparky and authentic voice of Ellie, Girls in Love is a funny, frank and revealing look at their friendships, problems and heartaches that older fans of bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson will adore. Books in the series- 1. Girls in Love 2. Girls Under Pressure 3. Girls Out Late 4. Girls in Tears
Mix some Adrian Mole-style philosophising with Judy Blume-type teenage angst and you have the recipe for Girls in Love, a hilarious, deftly written novel * BBC Family Life Magazine *
Will certainly stir pre-teen interest . . . Told with her usual readable style * The Bookseller *
Delightful * Observer *
A moving and realistic story about love and about losing a parent * Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle *
Jacqueline Wilson (Author) JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade. 'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES 'She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER Nick Sharratt (Illustrator) Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children and won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed great success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson books. Nick lives in Edinburgh.