Product Description

The latest fabulous story by Jean Ure, a must for any girl's collection! At Parkfield High no one would have thought nerdy Ruth and super-cool Shayanne would be friends -- but maybe there's more to Shayanne than meets the eye. Ruth is not enjoying her new school. Things were fine at her junior school, but here at Parkfield High, if you're not in a gang you're no one. Even her old mates don't want to know her any more and the bullies are making her life a misery. Enter Shayanne, the new girl. Shayanne is cool, collected and doesn't give a stuff about any silly gangs. Ruth is astonished and delighted when Shay pals up with her. The bullies leave her alone and it's great to have a special friend again. But is the supercool Shay as together as she thinks, and why has she been excluded from two other schools?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #299119 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-06
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 217 pages

Review
Passion Flower 'A funny and realistic read -- we loved it.' Mizz Pumpkin Pie 'Pumpkin Pie has the heroine I've been waiting for.' Times Shrinking Violet Grown-ups love Bridget Jones' diary, but youngsters will adore Violet Alexander's. Liverpool Echo !the story is timeless, the descriptions of the girls and their relationship spot on and it does a great job of selling the empowering nature of language and story. Books for Keeps Excellent for any nine-up and will almost certainly lead to an addiction to Ure. Observer Becky Bananas 'The writing transcends any trace of heaviness.' Guardian Fruit and Nutcase 'Jean Ure never puts a foot wrong.' Daily Telegraph The Secret Life of Sally Tomato 'Rhymes, sauciness, letters, irony, comedy, comic characters! a proper little turn-on for boys. A must-buy book.' Books for Keeps

From the Back Cover
Shay was totally drop-dead gorgeous. Why would a person who looked like a model want to sit next to me - an insignificant weed with a brace on her teeth? And glasses.

Geeky Ruth Spicer hates school. When super cool Shayanne Sugar comes along and - shock horror! - wants to be her friend, things begin to look up. But shay is hiding something. Do best friends tell each other everything...

About the Author
Jean Ure was born in Surrey and wrote her first novel when she was six years old. She spent her teenage years writing and had her first book published when she was sixteen. Jean lives in a three-hundred-year-old house in the centre of Croydon with her husband and their family of rescued dogs and cats.

Customer Reviews

Good Book
This book is quite good, though not the best book that Jean Ure has written but if you are a fan of Jean Ure (like me!) I'm pretty much sure you'll like it. It's all about this girl, Ruth, who hates school, is considered a nerd and has no friends. But then Shay Sugar comes along and things begin to change..interesting book!

Sugar and Spice Review 2007
Sugar and Spice is about a girl named Ruth Spicer who is a geek and has no friends whatsoever. But then Shayanne Sugar comes along and wants to be Ruth's friend, but soon Shay is hiding a secret and Ruth is thinking whether Shay really is her friend...