Diary of a Snob 1

Diary of a Snob 1
Author: Grace Dent
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Female friendship
ISBN: 9780340989746

Poppet Montague-Jones is 15, 87th in line to the British throne and soon to inherit a whopping trust fund. Unlike her sister Kitten - legendary wild child and society columnist in London Alive (see Diary of a Chav), Poppet is a troubled and ill-fitting teenager who is at an impressionable age, and doesn't quite know how to launch herself into the world. Poppet spends much of her time daydreaming and getting bossed about by her flamboyant school friends, Vixen Blaze Brocklehurst and Striker Earhart. Between them, the girls get up to all sorts of high jinks a la St Trinians at school and in their stinkingly rich 'hood', not giving much thought to their future. They're rich, so who cares! Poppet's Mum Saskia has her future in hand anyway: a career in fashion and marriage to nice, loaded, Felix Hayes Burlington across the road. Thing is, Poppet is not entirely sure it's what she really wants. Isn't there more to life than charity lunches and yoga? Is Poppet destined for a life of designer grunge and decadence without lifting a finger to earn her own living, or is she brave enough to break out of the mould?

Life at the Shallow End

Life at the Shallow End
Author: Helen Bailey
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2011-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444903721

Electra's family is falling apart. Her dad's moving out, her mum's given in to her daytime TV addiction, and her little brother (aka The Little Runt) has just been caught shoplifting. Even the guinea-pig's gone mental. And all Electra can think about is whether green eyeliner compliments or clashes with blue eyes. Where can a girl turn in her hour of need? To her best friends, of course. Together, they think up a plan: persuading the class geek to stalk her dad seemed like a good idea at the time ...

Out of My Depth

Out of My Depth
Author: Helen Bailey
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2011-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 144490373X

Electra's totally out of her depth. Everyone's giving her the third degree! Freak Boy's dad wants to know whether he's being bullied. Sorrel's interrogating Electra about Lucy's private life. Even her dad is cross-examining her about her mum's love-life, over his Deep Pan Super Supreme. And all Electra can think is, How far can you get a piece of melted cheese to stretch without it breaking? Welcome to the crazy world of Electra Brown.

Taking the Plunge

Taking the Plunge
Author: Helen Bailey
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2011-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444903756

Electra's finally taking the plunge. After all, her friend Lucy did it in France, Sorrel thought she had but hadn't after all, and Claudia, who's done it loads of times, has bet Electra she won't. She will, though. She's going to go out with the first boy who asks her. But what if he turns out to be a frog and not a prince?

Della says: OMG!

Della says: OMG!
Author: Keris Stainton
Publisher: Orchard Books
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2010-05-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408312549

Don't miss this fantastic debut novel - Keris Stainton is a fabulously contemporary, witty and fresh new voice who teen girls will adore. Della's over the moon when she kisses her long-standing crush at a party - but then she discovers her diary has disappeared... When scans of embarrassing pages are sent to her mobile and appear on Facebook, Della's distraught - how can she enjoy her first proper romance when someone, somewhere, knows all her deepest, darkest secrets?

Swimming Against the Tide

Swimming Against the Tide
Author: Helen Bailey
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444903748

Everyone's got major lurve-action except Electra. She hates swimming against the tide; she'd rather go with the flow. She should be planning how to hook a hunk, but all she can think is, What's for lunch? She can be VERY shallow.

Diary of a Chav

Diary of a Chav
Author: Grace Dent
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316042870

Fifteen-year-old Shiraz Bailey Wood's days are filled with hanging around outside Claire's Accessories, her parents work crap jobs, and her school is pretty much loser central. But this loveable British dreamer with a brain and a heart of gold is beginning to feel there might be a lot more to life than minimum wage and the bling of a souped-up car.

Running in Heels

Running in Heels
Author: Helen Bailey
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-02-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444902202

Daisy Davenport has it all - stunning looks, spectacular house, seriously gorgeous boyfriend. But when her father is sent to jail for corruption, Daisy's life is shattered. Cramped into rooms above a kebab shop, she and her family have to readjust - fast. And if life isn't hard enough already, Daisy's new school is a world away from her old one. And the school bully is going to make sure she remembers it ...

Poor Little Rich Girl

Poor Little Rich Girl
Author: Grace Dent
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444908634

Poppet Montague-Jones is 15, 87th in line to the British throne and soon to inherit a whopping trust fund. Unlike her sister Kitten - legendary wild child and society columnist in London Alive (see Diary of a Chav), Poppet is a troubled and ill-fitting teenager who is at an impressionable age, and doesn't quite know how to launch herself into the world. Poppet spends much of her time daydreaming and getting bossed about by her flamboyant school friends, Vixen Blaze Brocklehurst and Striker Earhart. Between them, the girls get up to all sorts of high jinks a la St Trinians at school and in their stinkingly rich 'hood', not giving much thought to their future. They're rich, so who cares! Poppet's Mum Saskia has her future in hand anyway: a career in fashion and marriage to nice, loaded, Felix Hayes Burlington across the road. Thing is, Poppet is not entirely sure it's what she really wants. Isn't there more to life than charity lunches and yoga? Is Poppet destined for a life of designer grunge and decadence without lifting a finger to earn her own living, or is she brave enough to break out of the mould?

Diary of a Snob: Money Can't Buy Me Love

Diary of a Snob: Money Can't Buy Me Love
Author: Grace Dent
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Best friends
ISBN: 9780340989753

The second hilarious diary from the unforgettable Poppet Montague Jones ...