Confessions of a Hollywood Star

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor Cadvan, pursued by both the Light and the Dark, are seeking the Ridd... show more ▼le of the Treesong. This mysterious Riddle holds the key to restoring peace to her ravaged kingdom and defeating the enemies she is fated to battle. But what is the true nature of those enemies, and of the Riddle? And is Maerad herself the greatest riddle of all?

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• Published: 2011

One or Two Things I Learned About Love

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

One or Two Things I Learned About Love is a wise, sometimes hilarious, always witty new novel from Dyan Sheldon, in which our heroine learns that 'love' is not always what it seems... show more ▼...Hildy D'Angelo is seventeen and this is the summer she falls in love for the first time. She isn't what you'd call experienced when it comes to boys, but Connor is good looking, smart, charming and sweet (with a melt-that-ice-cap smile). Hildy is a sarcastic and funny, down-to-earth girl with lots of friends, and yet she proves to be a little bit of a fool for love. When Connor uses the L word, Hildy, already half in love with the idea of falling in love, releases her hold on the Earth. And because it's all very new to her, she thinks that Connor's irrational bursts of jealousy are signs of affection. Teething pains. No big deal. She ties herself in knots trying to appease him and not let on to her suspicious friends (or herself) that there is anything wrong. Until, finally, poor tortured Connor...

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• Published: 2012

Planet Janet in Orbit

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

Return to Planet Janet in this witty, diary-style novel about a self-obsessed teenage girl and her attempts to deal with love and life.Exams are over, love is in the air, and Janet... show more ▼'s summer is already down the pan. Not only has her mother (The Mad Cow) got a new, right-on boyfriend with two daughters from hell, but she is expecting Janet to get a summer job! Add to that a lovesick dad, a best friend going gooey over a gorgeous Australian and a suffering, pregnant, lesbian aunt - and you have enough to send anyone into orbit. Welcome to Janet's Planet...

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• Published: 2011

And Baby Makes Two

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

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• Published: 2010

The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

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• Published: 2012

Away for the Weekend

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

The only thing Gabriela and Beth have in common is that they are in LA for the weekend. Gabriela is there for frivolity, fashion and fun; Beth for lectures, learning and literature... show more ▼. But what neither girl knows is that they are not alone. Two angels are in LA with them. And the angels have other ideas... A fast and funny body-swap comedy from a best-selling author.

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• Published: 2011

I Conquer Britain

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

Sixteen-year-old Cherokee Salamanca is thrilled with the idea of visiting London. She's fed up with her family and with Brooklyn. Brooklyn is about as romantic and as interesting a... show more ▼s a hot dog; London is old and cultured and very close to Europe. But when she swaps lives with British teenager Sophie Pitt-Turnbull, she gets more than she bargained for. Dealing with her London misadventures takes humour and determination; but, as her adopted family realize, you can take the girl out of Brooklyn, you can't take Brooklyn out of the girl!

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• Published: 2011

Planet Janet

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

An entertaining diary-style novel about a self-obsessed teenage girl and her attempts to navigate the choppy waters of life! Watch out Bridget Jones - here comes Janet!Meet Janet. ... show more ▼She's determined to explore Life's True Essence, despite the countless hurdles in her way (i.e. her mother (The Mad Cow), a tragically lost mobile, the trials of Romantic Love, etc.). But while she splashes around the Deep End of the Pool of Life, could Janet be missing what's happening on dry land?

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• Published: 2011

My Perfect Life

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

Everything in Ella's life is perfect ... or is it?With perfect parents, perfect friends and perfect poise, it seems like Ella Gerard has it all. But when Ella's eccentric best frie... show more ▼nd, Lola Cep, nominates Ella to run for school president against the wickedly popular Carla Santini, many of the less-than-perfect aspects of Ella's life begin to surface. Will Ella come out a winner without losing face? A fast and funny look at high-school politics by a best-selling author.

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• Published: 2011

Undercover Angel Strikes Again

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

Twelve-year-old Elmo Blue just wants to fit in. His environmental-activist mother has agreed to buy him some new Nike trainers and it looks like at last he may have a chance of bei... show more ▼ng accepted. But his angel friend, Kuba, seems to have other ideas... When the class go on a history trip to a remote part of Wales, Elmo, thanks to Kuba's promptings, finds himself embroiled in a war against bully Eddie Kilgour and his sidekick Mark. It looks as though Elmo himself could be history, unless Kuba can come up with some heavenly intervention!

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• Published: 2012

Just Friends

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

From the writer of Confessions of A Teenage Drama Queen and My Worst Best Friend comes this hugely entertaining teen read about falling for the wrong person. The first time Josh se... show more ▼ts eyes on Jena he's hooked. He can't stop thinking about her; looking for her wherever he is; hoping to turn a corner and find her there. The problem is she's completely out of his league, as his friends never tire of telling him, so Josh decides he will settle on simply being Jena's friend. But the more time he spends with her the more infatuated he becomes, despite the fact Jena only turns to him when she's had a fight with her on-again off-again boyfriend. Finally realizing he can't go on pretending he only wants to be her friend, Josh vows to tell Jena how he feels on Valentine's Day.

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• Published: 2015

Hello, I Must Be Going

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

A tender, witty ghost story – and an exciting new direction for the internationally bestselling author of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen."Dyan Sheldon is smart and generous, ... show more ▼tough and funny." The New York TimesCeleste and Sorrel, Reuben and Orlando: high school friends who hang out together all the time. When Sorrel gets hit by a car one rainy night, it's not surprising the others fall apart in various ways. But it's not just grief they're struggling with – it's parents. Unfair, demanding, challenging parents who are, quite frankly, making their lives a misery. That's why Sorrel decides she's not going to be properly dead till she's sorted out her friends' lives and can leave them with a clearer sense of what they want out of life. From the bestselling author of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, this is a tender comedic ghost story which touches on some important issues, like bullying, coming out, and the...

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• Published: 2018

More Than One Way to Be a Girl

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

From the writer of Confessions of A Teenage Drama Queen and My Worst Best Friend comes this hugely entertaining teen read, all about what it really means to be a girl. ZiZi likes t... show more ▼o think of herself as a girly girl: her wardrobe is almost exclusively pink, her daily makeup routine can take upwards of an hour and she loves a bit of a flirt. Her best friend Loretta is very different: all of her clothes are black, she doesn't wear any makeup whatsoever and she doesn't like the way ZiZi dumbs herself down for boys – or her old-fashioned ideas about "a woman's place". One day, they decide to make a bet. Can ZiZi stand looking like Loretta for longer than Loretta can bear dressing like ZiZi? As their summer unfolds – often hilariously – the pair are surprised to find they have a lot to learn from each other.

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• Published: 2017

The Truth about My Success

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

Paloma Rose is 16 years old and the star of one of the most popular TV shows ever. She has millions of fans and is the face of a hugely successful merchandising empire. But having ... show more ▼had too much too young, Paloma is growing into a notorious brat and beginning to behave really badly: inappropriate boyfriends, drunken incidents, suggestive photos on the internet. The resulting bad publicity could mean the end of the show and with that the end of the lavish lifestyles her family – and her agent – have grown accustomed to. Then her agent bumps into 16 year old Oona Giness in a coffee shop and, struck by the resemblance, decides to switch Oona for Paloma and trick the wayward brat into going off to a boot camp in the desert which he hopes will sort her out. Oona, who lives with her depressed dad in a run-down apartment block, agrees to the deal in the hope that it'll turn her life around. She quickly discovers that Hollywood is not for her, though Hollywood much prefers...

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• Published: 2013

Bursting Bubbles

Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon

Marigold Liotta, Asher Grossman and Giorgiana Shiller have got it all – money, looks and good grades. Life couldn't get much better ... until their principal, Dr Kilpaticky, decide... show more ▼s it's time to burst their bubble of advantage by assigning them tough community service placements as part of their school curriculum. And so the fun begins as Marigold finds herself tutoring a moody, silent nine year-old in a deprived part of town, Giorgiana is pushed to breaking point with an extremely sarcastic octogenarian in a nursing home and Asher is swamped with crying babies, flooded basements and the unemployed at a local community centre. With Dyan Sheldon's trademark irony and superb comic timing, Bursting Bubbles is a lively and touching story about how helping others can change you – for the better.

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• Published: 2014