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Teenager Lia is used to dealing with falling in love, arguing with her
family and shopping! In fact, her Mum has just kicked her out of the
house when her lottery numbers come up. Suddenly, Lia is £8 million
pounds richer. Her account of what money can – and can’t buy – is
hilarious. With money, teen life looks very different in this highly
entertaining but also thought-provoking novel written in a convincing
teen voice.
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Synopsis
Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery by Keren David
Money can't buy you love. But it can buy many other very nice things. Lia's mum is a nag, her sister's a pain and she's getting nowhere in pursuit of the potentially paranormal Raf. Then she wins GBP8 million in the lottery, and suddenly everything is different. But will Lia's fortune create more problems than it solves? Everyone dreams of winning the lottery - but what's it really like? Find out in this hilarious story by Keren David, whose acclaimed debut novel, When I Was Joe, was Highly Commended for the Booktrust Teenage Prize.
Reviews
A really funny and thought-provoking tale of a teenage Lottery winner - and the inevitable chaos that follows. Bookseller A laugh-out-loud story of family life turned upside down by Lia's winning lottery ticket. Masquerading as a light-hearted read, this delightful book introduces a larger-than-life family struggling to stay calm with two teenage girls in their midst! Bookseller A good example of sharp, sassy fiction about urban girls who have made an art form of shopping and self-absorption, but are proved not to be completely shallow! The message fo the story (that an GBP8m lottery win can only solve some of Lia's problems) contains few surprises but is told with excellent comic timing. The details of how she obtained the winning ticket make a killer punchline. Observer A thoughtful, salutary, well-researched tale. Independent on Sunday A modern 16-year-old girl and the issues and problems she contends with when she wins the lottery - including friendship, bullying, sex, family, guilt, suicide, binge drinking and jealousy. That makes it sound very heavy but the delight of this is the light touch and the page turning ease of reading this thought-provoking book. -- Tricia Adams, Chair of the SLA A great new read from a fantastic UK YA novelist, Keren David... will make a perfect Summer read. -- Nicole Burstein, Waterstone's Picadilly Told with humour and a light touch, there are some mysteries to explore and hints of danger, but essentially, this is a coming-of-age story. Tall Tales and Short Stories Wise, funny, ingeniously plotted and deeper by far than its chick-lit type exterior suggests. Jewish Chronicle Surely you can buy a perfect life with GBP8 mill? Lia knows differently. Sweet, sad and very,very funny. Bliss Having 8 million pounds in the bank plays havoc with sixteen-year-old Lia's relationships with her family, friends, neighbours and schoolmates in this believable and rather funny account of the aftermath of a huge lottery win. The tone of the book is light, but it provokes big questions about how we ascribe value to people and things, whether righes are corrosive and if having our fantasies come true is necessarily a good thing. Ibby Link
About the Author
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Keren David on Keren David:
'I'm a writer whose novel When I Was Joe will be published in the UK
by Frances Lincoln books in January 2010, with the sequel Almost True to follow later in the year. Both books will be published by dTV in
Germany. Some of the time I'm a journalist. I lived in Amsterdam for
eight years and Glasgow for two but London feels like home.'
Author photo copyright © Faye Thomas
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Book Info
Format
Paperback
352 pages Interest Age: From 12 To 15
Author
Keren David
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books an imprint of Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Publication
date
4th August 2011
 Categories
 NewGen - YA Fiction
eBooks
ISBN
9781847801913
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