Girls Under Pressure

Sep 22, 2024 7:26 AM

Author:Jacqueline Wilson,Nick Sharratt

Magda is tall and glamorous, Nadine is willowy and 'gothic'. And Ellie . . . well, Ellie is just plain normal. The three girls have been best friends forever, but now Ellie is convinced she's fat, Nadine wants to be a model, and Magda worries that her appearance is giving guys the wrong idea. The pressure is on for them to change the way they look - but can they learn to love themselves, just the way they are?

Reviews

The narrators speak so amusingly that everyone from seven to fourteen feels included . . . Wilson addresses the issues in a light-hearted but sensible way

—— Adele Geras , TES

As usual Wilson gets right inside her characters and their feelings, portraying them with understanding and sympathy . . . An excellent and timely book

—— Kids Out, Book of the Month

Describes the mingled paranoia and derring-do of den-makers everywhere with evil glee

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

Packs some powerful political punches...But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave

—— Guardian

Inter-racial teenage love has never been more painful

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

Jacqueline Wilson has the knack of focusing on problems in a child's life with humour and sensitive intuition

—— Books for your Children

Another winner by Jacqueline Wilson with all the wit and verve that we now associate with this author. Impossible to put down, children will love it

—— The School Librarian

Jacqueline Wilson has a distinctive narrative style with her spunky and articulate young heroines . . . A funny, punchy and quite moving read

—— Bookseller

This is a brilliant book!

—— Scribbler

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