Author:Dee Shulman
Polly Price didn't think it was possible for her actress mother, Arabella Diamonte, to be any more embarrassing than on the trip to San Francisco last summer. That is until she agrees to take part in a television programme called Celebrity Home Watch and a camera crew arrives at their home to film. Her mother lacks volume control at the best of times, so this is truly a reality tv nightmare - with no escape for Polly!
Dee Shulman has created a real hit for young readers with her charming full-colour illustrations and interactive concept.
A completely authentic tween diary. This is a short, sweet and very funny diary perfect for young teen or tween girls. Pure fun!
—— So Little Time For BooksDee Shulman has a created a book that is fast and fun, and is guaranteed to be a hit with fans of the diary-and-drawing format
—— www.wondrousreads.comIt's unashamedly and often delightfully whimsical. It's lovely to look at . . . It has much of the pell-mell what-the-hell-happens-nextness of Dahl and Ibbotson
—— Mal Peet , GuardianA whimsical, warm-hearted adventure
—— The BooksellerVery entertaining reading . . . This is a book very much on the side of the child, operating rather in the same way that, for example, the children’s novels of Roald Dahl operate. But Boyne’s humour is much gentler and subtler than Dahl’s . . . Oliver Jeffers’s black-and-white illustrations capture both the wit and pathos of Boyne’s text
—— Irish TimesA fun and thought-provoking story of self-discovery, and the humour and gentleness with which Boyne delivers his message make it both unforgettable and delightful
—— Publishers Weekly