French For Kissing

Saturday morning arrived and I got into the car. Mum gave me a kiss and a hug like she didn’t want let me go, and a copy of Vogue. I think she got me confused with some millionaire’s child.
Poppy gave me an old copy of The Face.
“It’s got your favourite singer in it. You want to marry him, I read it in your diary-a, page fifty. Ha. Ha.”
“Isn’t it time for your medication MisTake-In-The-Community?” I shouted back.
“Now girls, don't upset your baby brother,” soothed Mum.

Maybe Camp Happy wasn’t going to be so bad after all. At least Lily would be away from her mad family.
But three weeks in the Lake District with no one she knows and only e-mail to contact the outside world certainly isn’t Lily’s idea of bliss! What if it drives her in Lily's words, 'completely bonker's crazoid, quel tragic!'
However, Camp Happy brings new insights, adventures and experiences to the irrepressible and determined Lily!

‘This is a great humorous story, written in a lively style…it should fly off the shelves.’
THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN

“Fizzes with energy, bad puns and teen attitude.”
BOOKS FOR KEEPS

Mad, Rich and Famous

How on this earth am I, Lily Lovitt, expected to carry on the world’s greatest love affair, deal with my impossible family, choose between my friends, and try and act normal all at once?

Best friends and boyfriends don't always mix!

When Lily’s invited to stay with her new boyfriend, she brings her best mate Bea along as well. She can’t wait to see the gorgeous Blake again and it’s the perfect opportunity to escape from her impossible family.

But Lily’s life is never easy. Blake turns out to live on a spooky country estate with his truly terrifying parents – and Lily’s not even sure she likes him any more. However it’s Bea who turns out to be the real problem…Zut alors!

Bazaar Nights and Camel Bites

It's hard being sane in a mad world.
Lily is over the moon because she's going to Tangier in exotic Morocco, with her friend Maya and her glamorous family for New Year.
But first she has to survive Christmas at home, with everybody in love but her – her dad with his far-too-young girlfriend, her mum with Lily's awful citizenship teacher, her sister with SickNick.
But in Tangier Lily faces a bigger problem with Maya. What happens when two friends fall in love with one gorgeous French boy? Sacre bleu!
Wherever she goes it seems Lily brings her own special brand of chaos, but at least she never loses her sense of humour!

Best of Friends: True Stories of Friendships That Blossomed or Bombed

Friendship can be better than falling in love.
‘Some days my jaw would ache from having laughed so much.’ Cathy Hopkins, writer

or it can break your heart
‘I was suddenly terrified that all of our friendship had been one great big lie.’ Flic

And some friendships stay with you forever
‘She started to crop up in my dreams, and I did in hers. And that’s when we got back in touch again.’ Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer

Sophie Parkin has talked to teenage girls and high-profile women about the friendships which have meant the most to them. Their stories - affectionate and angry, bittersweet and tragic - show just how much our lives are shaped by our best friends.