by admin | Mar 23, 2015 |
The Day I Met Suzie ‘My boyfriend could get into trouble if he gets caught. He could go to jail.’ I moan softly. ‘So could I.’ ‘Anything you tell me is completely confidential.’ I sigh deeply. What have I got to lose? ‘I wouldn’t know where to begin.’ ‘At the beginning?’ she says. ‘In your own words.’ So that’s what I do. I start at the beginning like she says. The day I met Suzie. Indigo (Indie) rings the Samaritans. She is frightened and desperate with no one to turn to. Over the course of one long night, Indie tells her story to the person on the end of the phone. She realises that her friend Suzie has taken over her home, her friends, her work, her boyfriend – and her life. After every few chapters we are brought back to the present moment, and see how piecing the story together helps Indie progress towards resolution. Book details Paperback ISBN: 9780340997024 Pub Date: 7th Mar 2013 Published by: Hodder Children’s Books Also available as an eBook My notes on The Day I Met Suzie… How much do we really know about our friends and family? I’m always intrigued by the masks we present to the world, the people we pretend to be. Combine that with another of my favourite themes, how life can suddenly turn upside down, and see what happens to Indie when she meets Suzie, the arch-pretender. Other Older Fiction...
by admin | Mar 23, 2015 |
He's After Me His smile faded and our eyes held and that’s when it happened. A charge passed through me, like an electric shock. Anna meets Jem when her life is falling apart. He is everything Anna needs him to be. Her dad may have run off with a younger woman, her mum may be a wreck and her younger sister, Livi, is swerving off the rails – but as long as she has Jem, Anna will be OK. And for the first time in her life Anna falls. Deeply and truly and intensely in love. The end? Not quite… Book details Paperback ISBN: 9780340997017 Pub Date: 7th Jul 2011 Published by: Hodder Children’s Books Also available as an eBook My notes on He’s After Me… So many people asked me what happened to Jem from It’s a 50/50 Thing that I decided to return to him to find out. It’s not a sequel though, you don’t need to have read It’s a 50/50 Thing first. It’s four years on and Jem has grown up. He’s nineteen now. But I think I’ll let Anna tell the story… Lancashire Book Award 2012 Kernow Youth Book Award 2012 Other Older Fiction...
