Move over Georgia Nicolson, April-May has just enrolled. "Life is not a bowl of cherries. Suck it up." April-May loves boys with green eyes, reading at the back of class, and wearing non-regulation socks. April-May hates stuck up rich kids and two-minute noodles. Life at her new school would have been fine if Mrs. Ho, the English teacher, hadn't decided that April May was a no-good, trouble-maker, bursary-kid. April-May decides that Mrs. Ho has to go. Then April-May meets the drop-dead gorgeous Sebastian, befriends the total suck up mouth-breather Melly, and things get a little more complicated. A Month with April-May is a one-eyebrow-raised account of a teenager's trials and tribulations as she navigates a new school, a new family situation, and a whole new way of life.
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About the Author:
Edyth Bulbring attended the University of Cape Town where she completed a BA while editing the university newspaper Varsity. She has worked as a journalist for 15 years, including time spent as the political correspondent at the Sunday Times of South Africa covering the first ever democratic elections.
Review:
The hectic pace of the dramas and April-May's own largely benign view of them make this is a fresh and entertaining novel which reveals that teen trouble is the same the whole world over. -- Julia Eccleshare * Lovereading4kids * I devoured the book in one sitting, but it passed the acid test when my teenage daughter was compelled by the sheer excellence of the writing to keep reading. -- Aubrey Paton * The Times South Africa * Devoured in an evening and highly recommended. -- Leigh Andrews * Media Update (review for 100 DAYS WITH APRIL-MAY) * Move over Jacqueline Wilson - Edyth Bulbring is the new queen of fiction. -- Amanda Lorentz * The Weekender (review for TOFFEE AND GRUMMER) * The hectic pace of the dramas and April-May's own largely benign view of them make this is a fresh and entertaining novel which reveals that teen trouble is the same the whole world over. -- Julia Eccleshare * Lovereading4kids *
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- PublisherHot Key Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1471400298
- ISBN 13 9781471400292
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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