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Nobody's Girl [Paperback]

Sarra Manning
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4 Feb 2010
Bea thinks she's the most boring seventeen-year-old in the world. She's not pretty or popular or funny, unlike her mother who had Bea when she was 17. The only glamorous thing about Bea is the French father who left before she was born and lives in Paris.

She yearns for la vie Parisienne every moment of her dull existence. So when Ruby Davies, the leader of her school's most elite clique picks Bea as her new best friend and asks her to go on holiday with them, she's wary but delighted. If nothing else it's two weeks away from her over-protective mother.

But when the gang arrive in Spain, Bea is crushed to realise that Ruby and her posse have simply been using her. Bea wreaks vengeance on her so-called friends, and plans to decamp to Paris to find her father. But when she falls asleep on the train and wakes up in Bilbao, she meets a group of American students who are backpacking around Europe and bonds with them straight away, especially the gorgeous Toph who helps heals Bea's hurting heart.

Though Bea has a shock in store when they finally get to Paris. The 'City of Lovers' really works it magic on Bea and Toph who spend a week wandering the sun-dappled streets of Paris, talking, holding hands and falling in love. When it comes time to go home to confront her Mum about her mysterious father, the new version of Bea is determined that she'll never go back to her old, boring way of life - she's no longer Nobody's Girl; she belongs to herself and to Toph...

But with an ocean between them, will he wait for her?

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Children's Books (4 Feb 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0340883731
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340883730
  • Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 13.2 x 19.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 224,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A fabulous coming of age romp.

(Now 20100118)

One of the most endearing characters you'll ever come across.

(Book Fest Reading Guide 20100901)

Refreshing.

(Carousel 20101101)

Bea is one of the most endearing characters you'll ever come across.

(INIS 20101201)

A beautifully written story. (Books For Keeps 20110101)

About the Author

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 and became editor of teen fashion bible Ellegirl UK. There followed a stint as editor of the BBC's What To Wear and consulting on Bliss, The Face and More. Sarra now writes for ELLEGrazia, Red, InStyle, The Guardian, The Mail On Sunday's You magazine and The Sunday Telegraph's Stella. Her best-selling teen novels, which include Guitar Girl, Let's Get Lost and The Diary Of A Crush trilogy, have been translated into numerous languages and in 2008, she was short listed for the Book People's Queen of Teen award. In 2009, her first adult novel, Unsticky, was published by Headline Review. Sarra lives in North London.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars another Tres awesome book by Sarra Manning... 15 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
Being the grand old age of 24 I am a Sarra Manning fan from way back (I first read Diary of a Crush in J17 mag and still have the books that came as freebies with it!) and I can never resist anything that she's written. So I was very excited to read her latest teen offereing.
Always the best parts of Sarra's books are the main girl hero characters and Bea does not disapoint at all. She is a very identifiable character, how many of us at school were always longing to be part of the 'popular' croud and do what we wanted and not what our Mum's said we could? Well Bea gets to do that and realises (as we all secretly hoped) that it's not all it's cracked up to be, so she begins a big personal discovery that it's okay to be yourself and just sometimes you have to go on a big journey to discover that just being you is fine.
Another lesson from the story is that sometimes the truth is hard to take and it will change you and others in ways that you can never come back from, but it makes you a better person for it, sometimes.
Of course, along the way Bea meets one of Sarra's famous 'Toxic boys' and this one is a good one. He's not as toxic as some have been in the past - compared to some he is a saint! - he is full of suprises, good and bad, and of course along the way you will fall in love with him yourself.
The cherry on top of the Pain ou Chocolat in this book is the amazing description of Paris. I now want to visit this city more than anything and intend to use the book as my guide book as well as Bea and Toph's exploring rules!
All in all this book is another great coming of age story with a lot of romance and fun thrown in along the way - definatly recomeneded to all.
p.s. I love how Sarra manages to refrence little things from others books - it makes you feel at home nicely : )
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sarra Manning you are brilliant! 23 Aug 2010
By Saz
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I actually get lost everytime i read one of this authors books, theres a certain mystery in all of her stories i always think i know whats going to happen but then am completely surprised by what actually happens!

I agree with one of the previous reviews, the detail the author adds in describing Paris is so dedicated and amazing that it has inspired me to want to go to Paris! The characters and the general genre of her stories I find are always a hit and I have a glow of happiness after reading them! Truly captivating!

If you're a fan of any of her books you have to read this just to complete the set, i cannot wait to read her upcoming work and i am a 22 year old!

Hope this was helpful! Unsticky and Let's Get Lost are also books of perfection!
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4.0 out of 5 stars More addictive than Parisian chocolate éclairs! 23 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
Warning: A slight spoiler. Just a little one.

Okay, so I've only discovered the works of Sarra Manning a couple of years ago, and OhmyGod, this woman can write! 'Nobody's Girl' was the first book I have pre-ordered since Harry Potter (and that's saying something) simply because when I heard Sarra Manning was releasing another book, I thought 'right...Amazon...' because I love her style and simply,Manning has not failed to write a book where I don't get hooked from the very first page. She knows exactly who her audience is and she writes perfectly and realistically, leaving you wanting more.

'Nobody's Girl' is a book about a young girl called Beau, who is going through the awkward motions of growing into a young woman. She's having to put up with her mothers incessant moaning, whilst feeling ordinary and boring, and longing to be in a different crowd. Until she gets invited to hang out with the school's popular team of girls lead by the 'it girl' Ruby (Y'know, a bit like the plastics from Mean Girls), aware that their underlying intentions could be the exact opposite of their big smiles and flattering 'Did anyone tell you that you look like Audrey Hepburn?' compliments. After a few weeks of parties and drinking, Beau is one of the gang and this seems finalised when they ask her to go with them to Malaga. After they get passed the hurdle of convincing Beau's mum, Beau is excited to have some holiday bliss without her mother watching over her like a hawk and being able to have a great time with her new, cool friends. When they eventually arrive at Malaga, everything goes downhill from the start. Until she gets saved by a group of Americans who are back packing around Europe, and she meets the lovely Toph ('rhymes with loaf'), who doesn't make her feel like the mundane Beau she thinks she is, but a cool, sophisticated young woman who can speak French as if it's her second language. On a whim, she decides to escape to Paris with her new friends, hoping she could meet her estrange, French father, but instead of it just being a straight-forward plan it soon turns out into a bumpy roller-coaster ride of emotions.

Yet again, Manning has produced a quirky heroine which projects most young girls fears and yearnings. I fell in love with all the characters (even the bitchy ones) they all perfectly slotted into the story and added different emotions, at some points I felt so enraged that I was shouting profanities at the book when our main heroine learns more about the unpleasant sides of teenage girls, and at other times I was thinking to myself 'uh, I know exactly where she's coming from...'. Another aspect which I liked about the book was the romance, at the start it was subtle and it doesn't really start to kick in until the last third of the book, where she spends her entire time with Manning's 'toxic boy' Toph, and by the time they got it together, I felt like a friend saying 'uh, finally!'.

The only thing that I wasn't keen on was the epilogue. It was a little too fairytale for my liking, although, we find out what happens to the other characters in the book but I felt it was just there for the sake of it. Plus, we had a clichéd ending, but Manning saved this from being too soppy by leaving out the huge Hollywood styled speeches and adding humorous touches.

'Nobody's Girl' is packed with 'Ooh la la's' and the will-they-won't-they tension. I found it hard to place the book down, and when I did finish the book, it left me wanting to go out and travel around Europe. A choice for somebody who wants to indulge into something light, mixed with a dose of Teen angst.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nobody's Girl: Review
This was the first Sarra Manning book I have read. I've seen her books in my local bookstore for ages but they never really interested until now. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Samantha Jayne
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not a nobody!
When I started reading this book, I really wasn't sure that I was going to like it. I was actually contemplating not carrying on with it after a while but I always like to try to... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Fiction_Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars Nobody's girl :D GREAT BOOK!
Ok, I only received this book in the post yesterday, and so far I have read half of it! I can really relate to the main characters, which I love, and I think Sarra Manning is a... Read more
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I went through a Sarra Manning phase when I was younger, and in a recent fit of self-inflicted reminiscing, I borrowed and read Nobody's Girl. Read more
Published on 20 April 2011 by Bobby
2.0 out of 5 stars Deja vu...
If you've never read a Sarra Manning book before, then you will probably love this. It's got love and revenge and Paris, and her writing style really gets you; it's as if you're... Read more
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