Large Mammals, Stick Insects and Other Social Misfits

Large Mammals, Stick Insects and Other Social Misfits

by Felicity Mc Call (Author)

Synopsis

It's Derry and it's the Hallowe'en break. And Aimee McCourt Logan's cross-border exchange partner (yeah, she goes to that kind of school) Caoimhe is coming to visit. More to the point, she's bringing her dream-god brother Darren with her. Meanwhile, Aimee is trying to keep her co-best friends' lives on track and she's implementing a new health and beauty regime (any day now). Armed with her trusty stack of lists, a hot chocolate and the all-powerful Facebook - and with a little hindrance from her cat, Rainbow - nothing is impossible. This is a hilarious and honest depiction of life as a fifteen-year-old, when virtual friends sometimes seem more important than real ones -

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Little Island
Published: 27 Jan 2012

ISBN 10: 1908195185
ISBN 13: 9781908195180
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
Felicity McCall has created a memorable protagonist. Written in the first person, Aimee's style is lively and exuberant, full of constant digressions, flights of fancy and teenage philosophy. . . . The narrative skittered along with zest and freshness. --Books Ireland
Mothers of young teenage girls will get a great understanding of how the teenage mind works on reading this novel. It is a tool to open up mother/daughter discussion. --Irish American News
Author Bio
A BBC staff journalist for twenty years during the Northern Ireland conflict, Felicity McCall began the millennium as a full-time writer as well as an occasional broadcaster, arts facilitator and actor. This is her fourteenth publication. Previous titles include fiction, non-fiction, plays and a graphic novel, and she has contributed to a number of anthologies. The co-founder and director of two theatre companies, she has had twelve plays staged professionally and four screenplay credits. Felicity has won the Tyrone Guthrie Award for stage and screenplay and was nominated for two Meyer Whitworth Awards and two Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters' Guild Awards for best new play. Felicity is the Ireland officer for the miscarriage of justice lobby group, Portia, and she continues to live and write in Derry and Donegal.