Pretty Things

Sarra Manning

Speak, 2006 - Juvenile Fiction - 263 pages

Brie is in love with Lancôme Juicy Tubes, Louis Vuitton accessories, and her gay best friend Charlie, who is in love with 1960s pop art, 1980s teen movies, and serial heartbreaker Walker, who has ever only been in love with his VW Bug, until he meets Daisy . . . who is too busy hating everyone to know what love is. Set in London, this girl-loves-boy-loves-boy-lovesgirl romp is set against a theatrical production of The Taming of the Shrew, and features enough on- and off-stage drama to satisfy teens looking for a beach read--or a read all year round.

Contents

• Section 1: 3
• Section 2: 14
• Section 3: 30

About the author

Sarra Manning started her writing career on the music paper, Melody Maker, than spent five years working on the legendary UK teen mag, J17, first as a writer, then as Entertainment Editor. Subsequently she edited teen fashion bible Ellegirl UK and the BBC's What To Wear magazine. Sarra now writes for ELLE, Grazia, Red, InStyle, the Guardian, the Mail On Sunday's You magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Stylist and the Sunday Telegraph's Stella. Her YA novels, which include Guitar Girl, Let's Get Lost, the Diary Of A Crush trilogy and Nobody's Girl have been translated into numerous languages and her first grown-up novel, Unsticky, was published in 2009.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pretty Things
• Author: Sarra Manning
• Publisher: Speak, 2006
• ISBN: 0142405396, 9780142405390
• Length: 263 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Europe; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship; Young Adult Fiction / LGBTQ; Young Adult Fiction / Performing Arts / Theater & Musicals; Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Sex