Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Rebecca is Always Right
Anna Carey
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Rebecca is Always Right
Paperback. Rebecca isn't looking forward to school after a summer full of music and excitement. Throw in a dad who is trying to take over his amateur musical, a mum who keeps reminding her that it's a big exam year, and an English teacher who has decided to become a novelist, and it's another eventful term for Rebecca. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Life is complicated enough already, but when you try to solve your big sister’s relationship problems, it can only mean trouble!
Rebecca isn't looking forward to school after a summer full of music and excitement. To make it worse, her most annoying classmate Vanessa gets the starring role in a new ad campaign: now she's going to be on television, on posters, on the radio and even in the charts!
Luckily a new arts and music studio space for teens has opened up where Hey Dollface and their summer camp friends can practise.
Then Rebecca’s sister Rachel ... Read moreis dumped by her longtime boyfriend Tom, and Rebecca is determined to cheer her up.
Throw in a dad who is trying to take over his amateur musical, a mum who keeps reminding her that it's a big exam year, and an English teacher who has decided to become a novelist, and it's another eventful term for Rebecca.
'It reminded me of being a teenager, the nice parts! It's a perfect piece of hilarious loveliness! Gold Star!!!!' Marian Keyes
Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
About Anna Carey
ANNA CAREY is a journalist and author from Dublin who has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent and many other publications. Anna’s first book, The Real Rebecca, was published in 2011, and went on to win the Senior Children’s Book prize at the Irish Book Awards. Rebecca returned in the critically acclaimed Rebecca’s Rules, Rebecca Rocks and Rebecca is ... Read moreAlways Right. The Making of Mollie (2016) was her first historical novel and was shortlisted for the Senior Children’s Book prize at the 2016 Irish Book Awards and was followed by the sequel, Mollie on the March, which received rave reviews. Anna’s most recent book The Boldness of Betty was also shortlisted for the Senior Children’s Book prize at the 2020 Irish Book Awards and features a cameo appearance from our favourite suffragette, Mollie. Show Less
Reviews for Rebecca is Always Right
an authentic teen voice for our times … lively, refreshing and entertaining
Books Ireland with this book, Carey has done something very important: she has really explored the many quirks, habits and interests of the younger generations, including their diverse sexuality and opinions, and made it obvious how important it is to embrace and enjoy those little things that ... Read moremake you unique
gobblefunked.com fun … feisty, off-the-wall individuals and a brisk plot
Sunday Independent Be warned: don't read this in public because from the first sentence this story is laugh out loud funny and only you'll make a show of yourself … this book is the funniest yet, and I can't wait for the next one in the series
Inis Magazine extremely entertaining
CBI Recommended Reads Guide 2014 portrays a recognisable world of adolescent ups and downs … Rebecca is at once participant in and observer of, what goes on in her circle, recording it all in a tone of voice in which humour, wryness and irony are shrewdly balanced
Irish Times a fun and lively story
parentsintouch.co.uk all told in Rebecca’s inimitable, hilarious diary form
Woman’s Way engaged us from the first page … We love this story because it effortlessly captures the universal pressures, worries and insecurities that are an inevitable part of teenage life. Rebecca's easy conversationalist diary entries detail day-to-day interactions with her family, teacher, friends and classmates in an endearingly upfront and entertaining manner
Leabhar Love Dublin author Anna Carey hits the female Irish pre-teen market spot-on with the right balance of humour, homework and hormones
Evening Echo Show Less
