Poisoned [Paperback]

BLUE:
''a compelling read'

BLUE: ''a compelling read' (The Bookseller )

In this compelling sequel to 'Voices' Isabel has finally got it together with Duncan, her long distance love from Scotland. But Isabel is talented and ambitious, and playing Medea at the Edinburgh Fringe is a great opportunity, and when Duncan comes to visit, Isabel is too busy with rehearshals to make him her top priority. Her best friend Macy feels a bit sorry for him. She thinks Duncan is a laugh - and the two of them have a lot in common - but he's her best friend's boyfriend, of course thet get on, what's the problem? Except that things slip out of control one night and a food fight turns into a passionate kiss! Isabel walks in on them and all hell breaks loose - she's convinced there is more to the kiss than Macy claims. Furious and hurt, Isabel doesn't give either of them time to explain and it looks like the end of the end of a good friendship. So this is what betrayal feels like? How can Isabel's friendship with Macy ever recover? And what about Duncan? Is is it really the end for their relationship? It's only on holiday in France that Isabel starts to reconsider...Life's too short to fall out with the people you love? And maybe even poisoned friendships can recover? But where do you start..?

The page turning second part in the Isabel-Duncan-Macy saga.

Another strong teenage novel from the award-winning author of Reckless, Voices and Blue.

Sue Mayfield has been writing children's books for over ten years. She received critical acclaim for her first teenage novel, I Carried You on Eagles' Wings, published by Andre Deutsch in 1990. Since then she has gone from strength to strength. Blue, her first Bite novel for Hodder, won the 2003 North East Book Award, was nominated for the Carnegie and has sold over 15,000 copies. Originally an English teacher, Sue is a regular visitor to schools, where she leads workshops, gives readings and collects ideas! Resident for many years in West Yorkshire, she now lives in Cheltenham with her husband Tim, their three teenage sons, and a border collie called Moss!