I Think I'll Just Curl Up and Die (Leehampton Trilogy) - Hardcover

Rosie Rushton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853403024 ISBN 13: 9781853403026

Publisher: Piccadilly Press

Synopsis

Well, what could be worse than having a pregnant mother (and by Melvyn) like Laura? And they're not even married! Perhaps having a wannabe chef as a father and a mini-skirt clad mother who writes about you in the local paper, like Chelsea? What about Jemma's parents, who tell her she's too young to have a boyfriend - in front of her boyfriend? Or Sumitha's, who tell her boyfriend how suitable he is? And then there's Jon's mother, who seems to be getting on just a bit too well with a fellow interior design student

About this title

From School Library Journal

Gr 7-10-Two series paperbacks first published in the U.K. in 1995. Book one introduces the "Fab 5": Chelsea, whose mother is a radio "Dear Abby" type; Laura, an overly dramatic budding writer; Jemma, who is new in town and has a mother who can't quite clip the apron strings; Jon, an aspiring artist whose overbearing father has other plans for his career; and Sumitha, a beautiful girl with a strict and traditional Bengali father. This title centers primarily on the teens' subterfuge in escaping to The Stomping Ground, a favorite disco. Will they make it? Will Sumitha's parents find out that they lied? Will the girls get the boyfriends that they want? Will Jemma's mother ever stop calling her "Petal"? So it goes. There is not a lot of depth in this novel, but the plot does move quickly. The next installment is not as lighthearted. Laura's mother is about to have a baby with her "geek" boyfriend. Sumitha falls in love with Bilu, a proper Bengali boy, which pleases her father tremendously. Unfortunately, he is a phony and a cad. Late-bloomer Jemma finally gets a boyfriend-and subsequently dumps him-while spiraling downward into anorexia. Jon fears that his mother is having an affair. The books are typical series fare, and the dialogue-which is full of British slang-seems forced and unnatural. The plots are decent, but not terribly engaging.-Roxanne Burg, Thousand Oaks Library, CA

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Edition details

• Publisher: Piccadilly Press
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853403024
• ISBN 13: 9781853403026
• Binding: Hardcover