Seventeen-year-old Molly's band was always just about being a girl - singing Hello Kitty Speedboat and pretending to play instruments with her best mates Jane and Tara. But then the arrogant Dean and his sidekickT hijack the band and suddenly the fluffy girl band becomes The Hormones - a real band with a record deal - and they're heading for the big time. Molly slips further and further away from her old life and straight into a tangled love-hate relationship with Dean. Then there are the constant parties, the drugs and the phonies who pretend to like you when they don't...Molly is living her dream, and she's never felt lonelier in her life. But has she got the strength to walk away from the band, and start again?
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Fast-paced, sharp and witty novel from a talented teen journalist turned author!
Credible, entertaining yet cautionary story of the perils of fame.
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Credible, entertaining yet cautionary story of the perils of fame.
Authentic characterisation and spot on contemporary detail - a compelling, satisfying read! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Sarra Manning is a teen queen extraordinaire. She spent five years
working on the legendary but now sadly defunct UK teen mag, J17, first
as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor. She then joined the
launch team of teen fashion bible Ellegirl UK, which she later went on
to edit and has consulted on a wide range of other youth titles
including Bliss, The Face and More.
Sarra was most recently editor of BBC's What To Wear magazine. She's
now advises a number of UK magazine publishers as well as writing
features and a monthly column for ELLE UK and is a regular contributor
to Grazia and Red magazines. Sarra has also contributed to The
Guardian, ES Magazine, Seventeen, Details and Heat and wrote the Shop
Bitch column for Time Out London. Sarra lives in North London with her
devoted dog, Dino, the mongrel she saved from an untimely death.
http://sarramanning.blogspot.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
working on the legendary but now sadly defunct UK teen mag, J17, first
as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor. She then joined the
launch team of teen fashion bible Ellegirl UK, which she later went on
to edit and has consulted on a wide range of other youth titles
including Bliss, The Face and More.
Sarra was most recently editor of BBC's What To Wear magazine. She's
now advises a number of UK magazine publishers as well as writing
features and a monthly column for ELLE UK and is a regular contributor
to Grazia and Red magazines. Sarra has also contributed to The
Guardian, ES Magazine, Seventeen, Details and Heat and wrote the Shop
Bitch column for Time Out London. Sarra lives in North London with her
devoted dog, Dino, the mongrel she saved from an untimely death.
http://sarramanning.blogspot.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Maddie
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I bought this book at Waterloo station on my way to France for a french exchange, and I definately don't regret it. I bought it intially for the cover (breaking the rule, I know!) and the title, as I play guitar myself.
It's been 18 months since I bought this book and I have read it twenty-seven times and I have not yet got bored of it. I have lent it to most of my friends and they all loved it too as we each can relate to the characters, Molly, Dean, Jane, Tara, and T.
I would recommend this book to any person over 10, of any gender, especially if they have a particular interest in music, the music industry, and also indie rock/britpop (oh and Hello Kitty!).
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Having written a rather scathing review (I now realise) of Pretty Things, I felt a need to bring balance to the universe by sticking uup for one of my favourite books. Thats this one.
Its a little hard to read in that the fun goes out of Mollys life very swiftly. The band is formed, hijacked and then things go all colours of crazy. There are tender moments (and truly only brief moments) when Molly spends secret time with Dean, or small exchanges of words with Jane and Tara, but on the whole things are shitty for her. Its a real downer to anyone who decides they want to start a band, although the message here truly reads that maturiy and age and experience and knowing who the hell you are (which no teenager really knows yet) is vital if you thrust your life into the cruel eyes of the public and media.
So yes its heartbreaking and yes its a downer, but it is also a story about a girl who believes in songs changing peoples lives who gets battered, but inevitably picks herself up, learns some lessons and sorts her life out.
Its a little hard to read in that the fun goes out of Mollys life very swiftly. The band is formed, hijacked and then things go all colours of crazy. There are tender moments (and truly only brief moments) when Molly spends secret time with Dean, or small exchanges of words with Jane and Tara, but on the whole things are shitty for her. Its a real downer to anyone who decides they want to start a band, although the message here truly reads that maturiy and age and experience and knowing who the hell you are (which no teenager really knows yet) is vital if you thrust your life into the cruel eyes of the public and media.
So yes its heartbreaking and yes its a downer, but it is also a story about a girl who believes in songs changing peoples lives who gets battered, but inevitably picks herself up, learns some lessons and sorts her life out.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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When I went to the library, I didnt have a particular book in mind to check out, I just wanted a free reading book for study hall. I picked up Guitar Girl and I thought it would be different because
1. the title infers that there has to be SOMETHING to do with music and
2. it relates to the teen world
1. the title infers that there has to be SOMETHING to do with music and
2. it relates to the teen world
I read the book within a day, never stopping to put it down!! I thought it really related to me since I am in a rock band and it mentions a lot of the issues that teens deal with (love, boyfriends, friends, drugs, alcohol, parents, even just briefly homosexuality). I have read it 5 times within a week and I just love it!! I recomend it to any girl (13-18) cause it surprisingly relates to our world : )
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as other works by this author
Teenage girls (the target audience) may well nurture dreams of becoming pop stars and so enjoy this, but I wonder if they would be as disappointed by the ending as I was?
Published 3 months ago by Scarlet
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Very good read
Daughter enjoyed this xams present and has finished already and starting to retread it again, most be good book then.
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When my auntie gave me this book for christmas I was like what the hell is this?
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Realised what I love about this book
I read this book almost two years ago and I still go back and read bit's of it over and over again which I never do with books. Read more
Published on 3 July 2007 by daydreamer with issues
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strangly familiar....
I really didn't like this book. A lot of things the characters say are ripped from Buffy and it also draws heavily on an early noughty's film called "Girl" especially during the... Read more
Published on 2 July 2007 by J. Allen
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fun, entertaining
having previously read pretty things and had enjoyed it, really wanted to read this one. liked it more than pretty things!!! Read more
Published on 13 April 2007 by Lindymck
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Quite an enjoable read
Not a simple fun read as one might expect judging by the cover and the blurb as the book deals with teenage issues like sex, drugs and freindship but I still found it a pretty... Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2006 by A. Masood
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This is one of the best and most addictive books that i have ever read. I have read it seven times now and still haven't got fed up of it!!! Read more
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i love you sara manning
i loved this book! although the tital and cover illustration is a bit cheesy you should not let this put you off. Read more
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