Cross Your Heart, Connie Pickles

Nov 15, 2024 12:46 AM

Author:Sabine Durrant

Welcome to the world of Connie Pickles. Best Friend #1 - Julie: Big boobs. Big ideas. Big fibber. Best Friend #2 - William: Giver of chocolate buttons. A shoulder for Connie to cry on. Makes other girls flutter and blush. Best Friend #3 - Delilah: hormone-crazed victim of a girls-only school. Flutters and blushes A LOT. Mother: French. Beautiful. Broke. Bra-expert. A romantic disaster area. Needs help.

Connie used to be the only sensible person in her world. But now her life is spiralling out of control. Her mother refuses to fall for the right man, William is acting strangely and Connie's own heart is in tatters. So with a little help (and a lot of hindrance) from her friends, she sets out to solve the eternal mysteries of love, money, French things (including kisses) and incredibly uncomfortable underwear.

Reviews

Fans of the Travelling Pants series will be delighted to welcome back the four life-long friends . . . The author expertly splices together each friend's struggle with growing up . . . It's the girls' genuine love and tenderness that will win readers over

—— Publishers Weekly

Brashares' theme is that clothing has the power to transform and she has combined this quintessential obsession with a bit of fairytale magic

—— Guardian

You'll find each page filled with humour, warmth and the frank openness of the teenage perspective . . . An excellent read

—— Sunday Tribune

Chick lit for teens at its best

—— The School Librarian

Teenage girls who have read the first three books will find this essential reading to round off the series

—— The School Librarian

As always, Chambers writes with the fierce intelligence and honesty which distinguishes his work. If more novels of adolescence had this quality and seriousness, we wouldn't risk losing those readers who feel patronised by teenage fiction

—— Linda Newbery , TES Teacher

A complex book . . . resulting in a believable and inviting world

—— School Library Journal

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