Rockoholic - Softcover

C.J. Skuse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906427526 ISBN 13: 9781906427528

Publisher: Chicken House, 2011

Synopsis

Jody loves Jackson Gatlin. At his only UK rock concert, she's right at the front. But when she's caught in the crush and carried back stage she has more than concussion to contend with. Throw in a menacing manager, a super-wired super-star, and a curly-wurly, and she finds herself taking home more than just a poster. It's the accidental kidnapping of the decade. But what happens if you've a rock-god in your garage who doesn't want to leave Jody's stuck between a rock-idol and a hard place! From the pen of C.J. Skuse, author of 2010's super cool debut "Pretty Bad Things", comes a tale of rock star obsession gone nuts.

About this title

About the Author:

C.J. SKUSE loves graphic novels, '80s sitcoms, Gummi Bears, My Chemical Romance, and malamutes. She hates omelettes, carnivals, and coughs. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University in England. BCCB called her novel PRETTY BAD THINGS "a fast-paced action adventure [that] provides a subtle sociolgical study of the effects of living in a hyper-mediated culture"! ROCKOHOLIC is her second book.

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From Rockoholic

No...it's not Jackson. It can't be Jackson. Jackson never goes backstage to visit the fans.

But it is Jackson.

O. M. G.

Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, Jesus please no. Oh no. Oh no, I'm not ready. Oh I look a mess. Do I still smell of puke? This is too much. I'm going to faint. What will I do, what am I going to do?! This man is the most perfect man in the world and I look like crap! My mind is blank. I should be squeeing. I should be about ready to bungee jump off Cloud Nine, but I feel sick. I do want to meet him, ask him if it was a dream that he gave the moon rock back to me, tell him how much he means to me, how I'm an outcast like him, how my parents got divorced too, tell him about the Stephen King books I've read, about the thirty-seven times I've watched their DVD, how his birthday is twenty-six days before mine. Tell him I'm his Number One Fan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicken House
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1906427526
• ISBN 13: 9781906427528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368