Book info

• Title Girls in Love
• Author Jacqueline Wilson
• Year 1997
• Genre Childrens

Meet Ellie, Nadine and Magda. Three best friends who couldn't be more different But, when they enter Year Nine, things start to change. Especially when Nadine and Magda both get boyfriends. Ellie, feeling left out, decides that she needs to keep up with her friends. Before she can help herself, she starts spinning a web of lies she finds hard to stop...

Thoughts

I’ve always had a soft spot for Jacqueline Wilson, even though I am far too old to be reading things like this now. I picked this up as part of my reading list challenge, and having vaguely recalled a kids TV show that was made out of this source material, I was intrigued at how the story would go.

The thing about Jacqueline Wilson is that she gets right inside kids heads, and even though I am not a kid anymore, I could remember the feelings she was describing as if they were yesterday. Maybe I am just a big kid really.

The story follows three friends who desperately want boyfriends but reality turns out not to live up to the dream. Oh, how that is a great lesson for life. Clearly, I am not the target audience for this book but even so, I quite enjoyed it. It wasn’t long, didn’t take up too much of my time and was an entertaining enough tale.

Rating: 3 / 5