by Carmen Reid
Gina looked at the phone in her hands.
‘OK,’ she agreed finally, then slowly and carefully tapped out the words: I AM SO SORRY. I DON’T WANT US TO BREAK UP. GINA XX
As she looked at them, totally unsure as to whether to send them or not, Amy leaned over and hit the Send button for her.
‘Amy!’ Gina stormed.
‘That’s what friends are for,’ Amy replied with a smile.
‘Give me your phone?’ Niffy asked Gina.
‘NO!’ Gina replied, sure that Niffy was going to send Dermot something even worse.
‘No, nothing to do with Dermot. I want to send a message to Angus.’
Gina handed the mobile over.
Niffy texted, reading the words aloud: HEY, ANGUS, GET FINN TO CALL AMY ASAP. TOTALLY OK WITH ME. NIFF XX
Despite the shriek of protest from Amy, Niffy hit Send before the phone could be wrestled from her hands.
‘That’s what friends are for,’ Niffy said with a grin. Then, all of a sudden:
‘Action stations. Headlights approaching driveway.’
‘It’ll just be another taxi . . . it’s like Waverley Station out there at this time of night,’ Amy said.
‘No, no, up to the window.’
Gina saw the message symbol appear.
Dermot?
Callum?
Probably her mom leaving something cheerful and encouraging.
Her hand hovered over the button, but finally she pressed it.
SORRY 2. CALL ME. D XX
Gina couldn’t help shrieking with excitement at this.
‘Shhhhhh!’ Niffy urged. ‘Come over here.’
The three girls peering out through the window saw a big blue car pulling smoothly into the driveway at the front of the house.
‘Action stations, action stations,’ Niffy whispered. ‘The Jaguar has landed. The Neb in festive floral frock is in the passenger’s seat.’
All three watched, faces pressed to the glass, as Mrs Knebworth leaned over towards Jaguar man and, right there in front of their very eyes, illuminated by the bright interior light, Mrs K and Jaguar man puckered up and kissed each other long and hard on the lips.
‘We’ve done this,’ Amy whispered. ‘We’ve driven her into his arms. It was our wine bottle . . .’
With a cheeky giggle, Niffy added: ‘That’s what friends are for.’
Read all the Secrets at St Jude’s titles . . .
New Girl
by Carmen Reid
Ohmigod! Gina’s mum has finally flipped and is sending her to Scotland to some crusty old boarding school called St Jude’s – just because she spent all her money on clothes and got a few bad grades! It’s so unfair!
Now the Californian mall-rat has to swap her sophisticated life of pool parties and well-groomed boys for hockey in the rain, school dinners and stuffy housemistresses.
And what’s with her three new dorm-buddies . . . could they ever be her friends?
‘Raucous, hilarious and heart-warming . . . Packed full of friendship, fun, entertainment, love and hope’
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ISBN: 978 0 552 55706 1
Jealous Girl
by Carmen Reid
Goodbye L.A., pools, malls and sunshine!
Hello Edinburgh, rain, hockey and school dinners!
Californian Gina is back in Scotland for a new term at stuffy girls’ school, St Jude’s, and she’s returned with a secret jealousy.
But all the dorm girls have a reason to be jealous: glamour-puss Amy is all green-eyed about Jason, swotty Min longs to be like her cool friends and Niffy, stuck at home, is jealous of everyone back at school.
The girls will have to stick together to make it through this term!
ISBN: 978 0 552 55707 8
Drama Girl
by Carmen Reid
St Jude’s – stuffy, dreary and dull? So wrong!
This term the dorm girls are in for some serious drama!
Gina can’t wait for her mom and friends to visit.
But she’s about to find out that mixing two sets of best friends is trouble.
Niffy’s brother wants to date Amy, but if that happens Niffy’s never going to talk to her again! Min wonders if she will ever have the nerve to kiss her first boyfriend. Meanwhile, Amy will do anything to look fabulous for the school play, but she may be going too far.
Can the girls sort out their problems before something really dramatic happens?
ISBN: 978 0 552 56121 1
My Desperate Love Diary
by Liz Rettig
There’s G. Isn’t he gorgeous? I think he just looked at me – well he looked in my direction anyway. Do you think he’d ask me out if I dyed my hair and got breast implants? KELLY ANN
I think you need brain implants, Kelly Ann, then maybe you’d see what a complete idiot G is. STEPHANIE
Stephanie’s right. OK, G’s not ugly but he’s SO up himself! You’d be much better off with Chris. He’s gorgeous and crazy about you, if only you’d open your eyes . . . LIZ
Don’t be stupid! Chris is a good friend but that’s it. I’d rather snog my brother (if I had one). Now be serious, how do I get G to notice me? A blonde wig and a Wonderbra? KELLY ANN
Read the hilarious and excruciating diary of Kelly Ann, a teenage girl who wants bigger boobs, blonder hair – and the biggest idiot in school to fall in love with her . . .
‘Heartfelt but at the same time fantastically funny, this is a holiday must-read’ Mizz
ISBN: 978 0 552 55332 2
Split by a Kiss
by Louisa Plaja
I’m two different people. Literally. I’m split.
Jo has never been one of the popular kids . . . until she moves to the USA. Suddenly the coolest girls at her new high school adopt her, and the hottest boy, Jake Matthews, notices her. But when Jake picks her as his partner in the kissing game Seven Minutes in Heaven, it’s not half as heavenly as she imagined!
Jo has a choice: should she carry on going with Jake for guaranteed popularity – or should she tell him where to get off and risk losing her new friends . . .?
At this moment Jo splits. She’s Josie the Cool – girlfriend of Jake, member of the in-crowd. But she’s also
Jo the Nerd – rejected by the It girls, single . . . ordinary.
Will her two halves ever come together again?
ISBN: 978 0 552 55680 4
About the Author
Carmen Reid is a writer, journalist and mother. She is the bestselling author of How Was It For You?, Did The Earth Move?, Three In A Bed, Up All Night and The Personal Shopper for adult readers. After working in London as a news reporter for a decade, Carmen now lives in Glasgow, Scotland, with her husband and two children. You can visit her website at www.carmenreid.com to find out more. The St Jude’s series are her first titles for younger readers, and they draw on her own experiences in a Scottish boarding school.
Also available by Carmen Reid:
Secrets at St Jude’s: New Girl
Secrets at St Jude’s: Jealous Girl
Secrets at St Jude’s: Drama Girl
For adult readers:
The Personal Shopper
Did the Earth Move?
Three in a Bed
Up all Night
How Was it For You?
Late Night Shopping
How Not To Shop
Celebrity Shopper
www.carmenreid.co.uk
www.secretsatstjudes.co.uk
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