Lily B 2 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141317620 ISBN 13: 9780141317625

Publisher: Puffin Books

Synopsis

Lily B is back and is ever closer to her debut into the unbelievably glamorous world of publishing! Oh yes. Lily is going to be an assistant to a REAL writer. But two shocking revelations knock Lily's literary destiny dramatically off course. First there is horrible realisation that perhaps Ellis Parson, Real Writer, does not realise Lily's creative capabilities? After all a Writer's Assistant's only job can't be just to fetch coffee from Starbucks, can it? And then there is The Boy. A vision of angelic perfection without wings, a song without words and, quite frankly, a rather fit young specimen of teenage boy. How on earth can Lily concentrate on writing (and emptying crud out of Ellis's keyboard) when it seems for once there are greater (and cuter) ambitions for a girl out there...?

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About the Author

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel is a very exciting new addition to the Puffin list. An established author in the US, she has also written non-fiction and picture books. LILY B - ON THE BRINK OF COOL and LILY B - ON THE BRINK OF LOVE are her first novels to be published in the UK. She currently lives in New York, USA.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8 -Lily Blennerhassett, introduced in Lily B. on the Brink of Cool (HarperCollins, 2003), is back, diary in hand, to record all of the events in her life. The eighth grader has taken on the job of advice columnist for her middle school paper, and her columns set the tone: mild, lighthearted troubles met with Lily's sense of superiority. She has also landed a job as an assistant to novelist Ellis Parsons, only to discover that her crush, who figures strongly in her journal as The Boy, is Ellis's son, Coulter. When he makes fun of her vocabulary and her aspirations to write, she learns that he is not The Boy for her. Lily's reports of her loving but uncool parents and her future-corporate-leader pal, Charlotte, are as witty and precocious as in the first book. As the narrator's friendships unfold at a quiet pace, the plot gains depth and speed from the mysteries of Ellis's fainting dog and possible acts of plagiarism. New friend Bonnie and her brother, Jake, introduce the challenge of mountain climbing and some sensible thoughts about not accusing Ellis prematurely. Lily's journal entries and advice columns, and her continued growth in learning to judge the character of would-be friends, deliver laughs and substance.-Wendi Hoffenberg, Yonkers Public Library, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• ISBN 10: 0141317620
• ISBN 13: 9780141317625
• Binding: Paperback