ANGUS THONG-a-likes please!

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Dd (13) wants books like these. She has read loads of classics etc but for now she wants books that mirror her teenage experiences (subtext: don't suggest alternative and better books...), preferably funny.

All suggestions gratefully received.

someone?

Anyone?

THERE MUST BE ONE BLOODY PERSON OUT THERE

There's a funny one called girl, 15 charming but insane

Can't remember who it's by though.

And feeling sorry for celia is good too.

Sue limb wrote girl, 15 and there are many more by her.

oh thank you nora. I felt so alone.

Sorry I was a bit short, was on my way to parents' evening to be told DD is amazing. I found Sue Limb to be very funny indeed and I liked Louise Rennison as well. Similar sense of humour, I think. The other one is Australian (? NZ? can't remember). A bit old fashioned but also very good are SE Hinton's books. She wrote The Outsiders and Rumblefish but it depends on how alternative your DD is. I read a lot of fanatsy at that age too - David Eddings etc

Thank you, I shall investigate.

bumpelstiltskin

Can't help as I have a 9 y/o, but might it be worth posting in chat? I think maybe most of the posters on here have smaller dc.

(Either that or you've just identified a massive gap in the market and should start writing immediately )

thanks takver

What about Facebook? Surely would have to include facebook

< thinks of complicated murder mysteries where the critical clue comes from a hidden facebook page >

Sarah Manning, Diary of a Crush series
Joanna Nadin, The Life of Riley and My so-called Life
Louise Rennison, Stop in the name of pants
Startled by his furry shorts
Knocked out by my nunga-nungas
Luuurve is a many trousered thing
And that's when it fell off in my hand
Dancing in my nuddy-pants
Then he ate my boy entrancers

thanks knitted, aren't most of those in the angus series?

[[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peace-Chocolate-Pocket-Puffin-Puffins/dp/014133021X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329920862&sr=1-3 Cathy Cassidy}} has written loads of similar books
DD2 is reading Jane Austen Stole my Boyfriend atm which is similar.
There is also another Cathy something author the DDs read, will have a think.

Oh yes, Cathy Hopkins - Dates and Inflatable bras etc www.amazon.co.uk/Mates-Dates-Inflatable-Bras-Bk/dp/1853409278/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329920987&sr=1-3

Oh she loves Cathy Cassidy, will have a look and Hopkins.

Gah, what is going wrong with my links today.
Will try again
Mates Dates and Inflatable bras 12 in series I think and loads more.
Cora Harrison Jane Austen stole my boyfriend and I was Jane Austen's best friend. Like Georgette Heyer for teens.

have ordered Mates Dates and Jane Austen..Ta!

Casson family stories (think there was a thread on here about them?) light frothy bittersweet funny (preteens upwards reading age-wise)
Hmmm (thinks) Sarah Dessen is good not laugh out loud funny but well-written romance/family stuff -sort of good quality chick-fic for teenagers. Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants and The Earth, My Butt and other big round things are funny. Hmmm (thinks harder) I've just read My Secret Scribbled Notebooks (might be a little old for her) which is brilliant. Thinking about what I was reading at 13?Nancy Mitford and I Capture the Castle?