BOOK REVIEWS.Girl Nearly 16, Absolute Torture by Sue Limb Sue Limb (born 1946, Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a British writer and broadcaster. She studied Elizabethan lyric poetry at Cambridge and then trained in education. She has not taught since 1982 – at London's Pentonville Prison. . Bloomsbury, pounds 5.99. GIRL Nearly 16 is a funny story about a teenager who has her summer ruined because her mum is taking her on holiday. She doesn't want to go as she thinks she will miss her boyfriend and also because she is going to Cornwall. She tries every excuse to get out of going. Most of all she's scared in case Fred dumps her. Are all their dreams for the summer ruined? No, Jess has a plan... All teenage girls will love this book. PAIGE THOMPSON Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson. Corgi corgi: see Cardigan Welsh corgi; Pembroke Welsh corgi. pounds 5.99 This is a brilliant story about a girl who runs away with her mum and little brother because her dad is becoming frightening to them by the day. With her mum's pounds 10,000 lottery scratch card scratch card n. See scratch ticket. scratch card scratch n → carte f à gratter win and the new name of Lola Rose, Jayni thinks the world has been transformed and her future is about to bloom. But it isn't long before she finds herself in a garden of thorns... This is a gripping book. I give it 9/10. OLIVIA WILSON Mates, Dates and Chocolate Cheats BY Cathy Hopkins For the The Apprentice (UK) candidate, see Katie Hopkins . Piccadilly Press pounds 5.99 Izzie thinks she's fat and tries to lose some weight so she can look the same as every other girl in the world. She is losing all her confidence and most of her friends because of her obsession. Losing weight isn't easy. She tries every exercise programme around. One person she does gain though is the boy on the TV panel she joins who seems to like her whatever size she is. LAURIE BRAMWELL |
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