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Mary Hooper writes with haunting accuracy about the manipulative mind
games and power struggles that go on within groups of friends at
school. Zara is a brilliantly observed account of school life
for teenage girls as well as being a book that one simply burns
through - pacy, juicy and lively writing about issues that horrify and
fascinate and resonate all at once.
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Zara and Ella were both two weeks late for the start of the school year.
Ever since then they ve been best friends. They re always fooling around
finding out the star signs of boys they fancy, reading out their
horoscopes and playing games to discover the initial of the boy they re
going to marry - just things to pass the time and take their minds off
exams and tests. Ella s never really taken it all very seriously, but
then Zara starts to act a bit differently - dressing like a Goth and
experimenting with her new-found spiritual side and psychic powers in
order to get them noticed by the popular crowd in their class and earn
them both a bit of kudos. But little does Ella know how far Zara is
really prepared to go - even betraying their friendship - to get the
attention she clearly seeks.< Praise for 'Holly': 'Mary Hooper is
another writer to watch and Holly is one of her best novels yet'
Independent Praise for 'Megan': 'A story every teenager can empathise
with, well-written and convincing throughout' Independent Praise for
'Megan': 'Teenage girls will love it' Observer >
Mary Hooper
writes with haunting accuracy about the manipulative mind games and
power struggles that go on within groups of friends at school.
Zara is a brilliantly observed account of school life for
teenage girls as well as being a book that one simply burns through -
pacy, juicy and lively writing about issues that horrify and fascinate
and resonate all at once.
P>
Zara and Ella were both two weeks late for the start of the school year.
Ever since then they ve been best friends. They re always fooling around
finding out the star signs of boys they fancy, reading out their
horoscopes and playing games to discover the initial of the boy they re
going to marry - just things to pass the time and take their minds off
exams and tests. Ella s never really taken it all very seriously, but
then Zara starts to act a bit differently - dressing like a Goth and
experimenting with her new-found spiritual side and psychic powers in
order to get them noticed by the popular crowd in their class and earn
them both a bit of kudos. But little does Ella know how far Zara is
really prepared to go - even betraying their friendship - to get the
attention she clearly seeks.<
