At five feet eleven, and with frizzy ginger curls, Ceri is the tallest girl in her year group. She has great plans for her sixteenth birthday, but it seems that nothing will go right. Things start badly when her brothers arrange a cheesy phone call with breakfast show presenter, Jamie Carroll. They don't get any better when Dad announces that Ceri's birthday meal at Giuseppi's has to be postponed. To cap it all, the birthday card she really longs for - the one she has never received - is missing once again this year. Ceri is adopted, although she has never seen her adoption papers. Now she is determined to find her real mother - even if it means causing trouble. With journalistic zeal, she sets about investigating her own past, but, as captain of the netball team and editor of the school magazine, it's not just at home that Ceri has divided loyalties. Adolescent intensity and identity are the themes of this moving novel. Relationships are explored and the determination of Ceri to find her natural family deals sensitively with the issue of adoption. The novel is set in the Welsh valleys, and the culture of Wales inspires a firm sense of identity.
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All sides of the adoption issue are looked at sensitively and fairly. -- Elizabeth Finlayson, School Librarian, Summer 2006
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"...Sue Barrow has succeeded in writing a gem of a book about growing up, about finding out who you are, about your past and about your future. It is told sympathetically and deals well with the gamut of emotions and feelings that people go through as they realise that they are changing and adapting to their new selves...
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My daughter(12)read this book recently and really enjoyed it. It deals with the issue of adoption and identity but in a way to which teenagers can relate. She liked it because it wasn't 'cheesy' and used up-to-date phrases. Good holiday reading!
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This is one of those books I wish had been around when I was younger. It's the story of Ceri, a teenage girl living with her adopted family. But the family have all sorts of problems and Ceri decides it's time to look for her birth mother. What happens next is not at all predictable and had me unable to stop reading till I'd reached the end.
Sue Barrow creates realistic characters and relationships that have more depth than those in a lot of fiction for teens. This is a book I'd strongly recommend, especially to girls between 11 and 15. It would be great to see more books from Ms Barrow - please get writing!
Sue Barrow creates realistic characters and relationships that have more depth than those in a lot of fiction for teens. This is a book I'd strongly recommend, especially to girls between 11 and 15. It would be great to see more books from Ms Barrow - please get writing!
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As a teenager myself I found this book really easy to relate to, the relationships that Ceri Keeping has with her family and friends effectively reflects those had by many teenagers. It is written is an up-to-date manner and the issue of adoption is tackled in what I think is a realistic way. The plot is easy to follow, a feature which I believe to be important in a teenage novel as the 'average' teenager may not be looking for anything too complex, and the twist at the end leaves you hungry for more. You can read this book in one sitting as it is a real page turner!
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