French Kiss (Diary of a Crush, Book 1) - Softcover

Sarra Manning is a teen queen extraordinaire. She spent five years working on the now sadly defunct UK teen mag, J17, first as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor. She then joined the launch team of teen fashion bible Ellegirl UK, which she later went on to edit and has consulted on a wide range of other youth titles.Sarra was most recently editor of BBC’s What To Wear magazine. She’s now advises a number of UK magazine publishers as well as being a contributing editor to Elle UK. Sarra has also contributed to The Guardian, ES Magazine, Seventeen, Details and Heat and wrote the Shop Bitch column for Time Out London. Sarra lives in North London with her devoted dog, Dino, the mongrel she saved from an untimely death.

Gr. 8-11. Fluffy romance fans will be delighted by this first title in the Diary of a Crush trilogy highlighting the misadventures of 16-year-old Edie, a precocious English schoolgirl who falls for older art student Dylan. Dylan is drop-dead gorgeous, moody, and well known as a player who breaks girls' hearts. Against the odds (Dylan's past and present girlfriends, Edie's new boyfriend), Dylan and Edie are drawn together, and they steal secret kisses whenever possible. But Dylan has serious commitment issues and refuses to go public. Will their photography class' five-day jaunt to romantic Paris inspire Dylan to state his intentions? Don't look for much depth or character development in this quick, highly digestible, junior chick-lit read. Do expect girls to gobble it down and ask for more. There's lots of French kissing, and a little groping, but confirmed abstinence wins out. Debbie Carton
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