- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books; Large Print edition edition (June 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0708995039
- ISBN-13: 978-0708995037
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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Ellie is starting ninth grade and she's dead set on finding herself a boyfriend. Her two best friends seem to have all the luck in the love department, but our heroine will stop at nothing to join the ranks. Even if it means pretending her 12-year-old pen pal is her gorgeous, head-over-heels-in-love beau. Naturally, chaos ensues, as it always does when one tries to live a lie, but with Ellie's dry, self-deprecating wit and the antics of her boy-crazy buddies, this is sure to be a year to remember.
Jacqueline Wilson, prolific author of more than 50 books, several of which have been short-listed or runners-up for the Carnegie Medal, pens a hilarious and authentic story about girls in love (or something like it). Readers will eat up the clever wordplay and painfully funny subplots, and will eagerly anticipate the other titles in the sequence, Girls Under Pressure and Girls Out Late. (Ages 12 to 16) --Emilie Coulter
From Publishers Weekly
In Wilson's (The Story of Tracy Beaker) fast-paced first book in the Girlfriends Trilogy, ninth-grader Ellie describes why she's "feeling so fed up" and the sticky situations in which she finds herself. Ellie's first-person narration possesses a Bridget Jones-like energy and compulsiveness. Her constant obsession with her weight gets old, but her loathing of teachers, family and herself will feel familiar. Ellie's relationship with her two best friends, Nadine and Magda, and especially with nerdy Dan, whom she meets on holiday, serve as good models without being didactic. Feeling jealous after hearing about Nadine's new older boyfriend and Magda's summer flirtations, Ellie pretends that Dan is her boyfriend, though she substitutes his looks with those of a cute boy she's crushing on. As Dan expresses his romantic feelings for her through the letters they exchange, it becomes obvious that she won't be able to keep up her farce forever. Meanwhile, Nadine's boyfriend pressures Nadine for sex, and there's tension between Ellie's dad and stepmother. The short lists at the end of each chapter (like "nine most embarrassing moments") give readers insight into Ellie's past and her character. There are tender moments, such as when the heroine visits heartbroken Nadine, and the funny narrative, filled with British colloquialisms, and clever exchanges with Dan make this a breezy read. Ages 12-up. (Jan.)
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Girls In Tears,
By laura (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girls in Tears (Hardcover)
I'll type in the blurb so you get an exact description of the book: Ellie's glorious romancs with Russell is teetering on the rocks. Magda's lost her pet and is desperately upset (though the others didn't even know she still had a hamster!). And Nadine is fed up with the other two lecturing her about meeting someone on the internet-she thinks an e-mail boyfriend is wonderful!Buckets of tears are wept and hundreds of tissues are sniffled into. Can the girls' friendship survive these testing times? I personally love this book, I love all of Jacqueline Wilsons books. It really relates to teenage girls, it's almost as if she has the mind of a teenager. I've read this book twice. I've done the same with girls out late, girls under pressure, girls in love, the lottie project, suitcase kid, the dare game&the story of tracy beaker. I also love watching the tv series Tracy Beaker. It's great. Jacqueline Wilson is my favourite author, and I'm sure if you start reading her great books she'll be yours too!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic non Fictional Teen terror,
By A Customer
This review is from: Girls in Tears (Hardcover)
One of 4 series of Jacqueline Wilsons faboulous teen books, Girls in Tears is a really realistic teen book. Reading this book made me forget all about my troubles and made me think how lucky I was knowing that they where having the worse luck in the world. Magda, Ellie and Nadine are back but they are not very happy. Ellie's magical Romance with Russel is looking very wobbly and Magda has suffered the loss of her precios little hamster. Everything is going wrong for the girls but can there friendship stay together through this tough time read this marvelous book to find out.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely not as good as the first three,
By "peskymeddlinggirl" (VA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girls in Tears (Hardcover)
I was really disappointed in this book. I had read the first three in the series and thought they were pretty good, but this one was awful. Ellie's boyfriend is a creep who steals her ideas, monopolizes her time, makes fun of her friends, and tries to take advantage of her and yet she still stays with him? What kind of message is this book sending to young girls- that it is okay to let your boyfriends control you if you really love them? I do NOT recommend this book!
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