Book description
The Gang of Four are growing up. It seems to Polly that they spend most
of their spare time with their boyfriends, and even when they are
together, all they do is talk about boys. Polly's not sure whether boys
really are her. Wasn't it better when it was just the four girls and
they could shop gossip and not have to worry about boys being around?
Polly wonders whether she'll ever really understand what it's all
about... Jean Ure was born in Surrey, where she still lives today. She
started writing at an early age, filling up exercise books with stories
inspired by whatever she was reading at the time! Her first novel, Dance
For Two, was published when Jean was only fifteen. "I thought that
from then on it would be easy", she says. "How wrong...!"
During the next few years Jean took a variety of jobs to support herself
whilst she carried on writing, including cook, temp, trainee nurse and
usherette. After two years working in Paris with NATO and UNESCO she
enrolled at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Drama where she met her
husband, the actor Leonard Gregory. Jean Ure's career finally took off
in the 1980's, with a series of popular novels for teenagers. She has
written numerous books for a wide range of ages, making her one of the
top-selling children's authors of our time. Jean lives in a 300 year old
house in Croydon with her husband, and their rescued animals.
