Book description
Marty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. Marty loves
her Converse trainers, playing football, hiding in her secret den and
helping her dad with his DIY. But Melissa loves Justin Bieber and all
things pink, girly and pretty.
The sisters can manage to live together, despite their occasional
scraps but then Mum tells them they have to share a room. For Marty,
having to share her bunk beds and lose her private sanctuary turns out
to be the very worst thing about having a sister. But the girls soon
discover that being too close for comfort can have unexpected
consequences, and when an accident happens, the sisters realise they
are closer than they thought.
JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular
author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been
awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British
Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award
(for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the
Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also
highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given
an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was
appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British
libraries in the last decade.
'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES
'She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional
issues' BOOKSELLER
