Eva Gordon likes fashion, fun and hanging out with friends, so she can't believe she is stuck all summer with Kate, who doesn't care about being cool. But when the girls have to pull together to solve a problem, Eva finds out that there's more to life than having the right hair or clothes and sometimes 'weird' girls can make the best friends.
Themes:
Bullying, Environmental Care, Humour, Family Relationships, Friendships, Personal Challenge, Difference, prejudice, intolerance, Cultural Diversity, Other People and Lands
Series:
The Eva Series
Eva Gordon likes fashion, fun and hanging out with friends, so she can't believe she has to spend the entire summer in a cottage in the countryside with her parents and eight-year-old Joey. Worse, it looks like she's going to be stuck with Kate, the girl next door who doesn't care about being cool … it's Eva's worst nightmare come true! But when the girls have to pull together to solve a problem, Eva finds out that there's more to life than having the right hair or clothes and sometimes 'weird' girls can make the best friends.
Judi Curtin is the best-selling author of the ‘Alice and Megan’ series, the 'Eva' series and the 'Time After Time' series, about Beth and Molly, accidental time-travelling best friends. Judi won the Children's Book of the Year (Senior) at the Irish Book Awards in 2017 for Stand By Me. Her current series, about Lily, is set in the famous Lissadell House in Co Sligo.
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'A sharply-observed study of the values and attitudes of the Irish pre-teen girls who make up much of her readership'
'It will be as popular as her other books and will certainly keep girls of 10-12 reading.'
'enlightening read'
'Curtin has a deliciously warm touch and this book is perfect for girls aged 8+ ... highly recommended'
'Curtin’s sense of ... friendship issues is spot-on, especially regarding what’s important and how misunderstandings can throw things off course'
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