Book description
“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.”
Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a “jiffy”
lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per
day. She knows that bats always turn left when exiting a cave and that
peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
But she doesn't know why nobody at school seems to like her.
So when Harriet is spotted by a top model agent, she grabs the chance
to reinvent herself. Even if it means stealing her best friend's dream,
incurring the wrath of her arch enemy Alexa, and repeatedly humiliating
herself in front of impossibly handsome model Nick. Even if it means
lying to the people she loves.
Veering from one couture disaster to the next with the help of her
overly enthusiastic father and her uber-geeky stalker, Toby, Harriet
begins to realise that the world of fashion doesn't seem to like her any
more than the real world did.
As her old life starts to fall apart, will Harriet be able to transform
herself before she ruins everything? "A smart, sassy and very
funny debut" The Bookseller
“Amazing! Ten out of ten. I really like the character… It's a really
important message, as in stay who you are, don't pretend to be someone
you're not” Thea, 12 Holly Smale is a debut author. Clumsy, a bit
geeky and somewhat shy, she spent the majority of her teenage years
hiding in the changing room toilets. She was unexpectedly spotted by a
top London modelling agency at the age of fifteen and spent the
following two years falling over on catwalks, going bright red and
breaking things she couldn't afford to replace. By the time Holly had
graduated from Bristol University with a BA in English Literature and an
MA in Shakespeare she had given up modelling and set herself on the path
to becoming a writer. Holly is now a fully fledged author and blogger
and is currently writing the sequel to Geek Girl.
