Questa autrice esplora temi incarnati nelle sue opere letterarie, concentrandosi su eroine moderne. La sua scrittura approfondisce gli ideali di femminilità e di emancipazione nella società contemporanea. Attraverso le sue storie, questa autrice incoraggia i lettori ad abbracciare il proprio percorso per diventare principesse moderne. Le sue avvincenti narrazioni risuonano con i lettori in cerca di ispirazione.
Anna Huntley è un vero disastro sociale: passa i suoi weekend leggendo fumetti e guardando la tv con suo padre, a scuola ha solo due amici e durante l'ultima lezione di chimica ha dato accidentalmente fuoco ai capelli della ragazza più popolare della classe. Quando però suo padre si fidanza con una star di Hollywood, Anna viene catapultata in un mondo a cui non è preparata... Come se la caverà nel suo nuovo ruolo di It Girl, tra red carpet, paparazzi e decine di sconosciuti che ora aspettano solo di diventare suoi amici?
Morgan Charmley is a teenage witch finally allowed to attend a normal school.
But will she be able to make friends and fit in with non-magical teenagers?
Can she resist using her powers to make herself popular or turn her teachers
into toads? Can she keep her spells a secret?
In this hilarious second novel in The It Girl trilogy, painfully shy Anna’s awkward adventures continue as she decides to find the “thing” she’ll be famous for. There are good ways of starting school after Spring Break. But hiding in the bathroom after the video of you falling butt-first into a potted plant has gone viral is not one of them. If she’s going to be famous, Anna is determined to find a worthy “thing” to be famous for. Everyone else seems to have one—especially the new girl at school who’s distracting her crush, Connor, with a shared love of art. Luckily sports day is looming and Anna is limbering up! What could go wrong? Do you really have to ask that?
When the enchantments keeping Skeleton Castle hidden start to mysteriously
weakened, Maggie and Sharptooth have to contend with creatures way more scary
than vegetarian vampires...
A brand new laugh-out-loud series from rising star Katy Birchall, author of the much-loved It Girl series. Perfect for readers of 10+ and fans of Geek Girl, Super Awkward and channel 4's Derry Girls.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Witchlings in a hilarious, heartfelt story about a reluctant vampire slayer... and her vampire best friend. Maggie Helsby isn't afraid of much. But one thing that terrifies her is trying to fit in. When she moves to the small town of Goreway, she's eager to shed her old reputation as the weird horror nerd who scares the other kids at school. This time it'll be different. The only problem is that she's moved into a spooky house at the edge of Skeleton Woods, gifted to her parents by a mysterious great uncle she never knew. She can't resist exploring it before the townspeople tear down the forest and build a golf course, even if her new friends are too scared to follow her... What she finds is Skeleton Lodge, the headquarters of a secret coven of vampires, their evil leader Count Bloodthirst, and a young vampire named Sharptooth Shadow who SWEARS she's a vegetarian. She might just be the friend Maggie's been dying to meet! But when Maggie discovers that she descends from a long line of vampire slayers, can she and Sharptooth overcome their history and save the forest and their friendship?
The only official SEX EDUCATION novel. When the screen binge is over, return to the world of Moordale with a brand-new story featuring the show's most popular characters Maeve gets an unexpected call from her brother Sean. It's no surprise to her that he is in trouble again. But she's the only family he's got, so she must saddle up and ride to the rescue. Or at least, scrounge a lift from Aimee and drive there .... Otis and Eric insist they can help, and Maeve's mission becomes a summer holiday road trip. Sean's been partying with a group of decadent socialites who have now accused him of a crime. The evidence against him is pretty damning. Trying to clear his name, Maeve and friends integrate themselves into the rich kids' circle - it's time to go undercover. Thanks to Eric's dance floor moves, Aimee's easy charm and Otis's ability to offer good advice, they get to know the group. And they soon discover that Sean is not the only one with a motive for getting even with beautiful party girl Tabitha. This standalone YA/crossover story has everything fans love about the show: favourite characters with real emotional depth, no-holds-barred honesty about teenage relationships, brilliant humour and a great new storyline, plus a compelling whodunnit at its heart. NO spoiler alerts here - the book is a brand-new story that complements but doesn't reveal the TV show.
