This novel is so tuned in to the teenage psyche - sharp, full of humour and a touch subversive - that it's hard to believe it's not written by one. In fact it comes from the pen of Simmone Howell whose Notes from the Teenage Underground was published in 2008 and garnered impressive reviews. Everything Beautiful tells the story of Riley, atheist and all-round rebel who has been tricked by her father and his irritating new girlfriend into spending her summer at a spiritual holiday camp. Here she meets recent paraplegic Dylan who like Riley is hell-bent on turning the camp upside, until that is she has a life-changing experience.
If you enjoyed this then check out Simmone's debut novel Notes From the Teenage Underground.
| Primary Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
When Riley's Dad gets a new girlfriend, life turns upside down for
Riley. She doesn't like Norma and Norma doesn't like her. But it is not
until Riley finds herself shipped off to 'camp' that she realises just
how bad things have become.
Determined to continue on her path
of bad behaviour and general obnoxiousness, Riley Rose is sure that she
can turn this 'spiritual camp' upside down. And when she meets Dylan
Luck, recent paraplegic, she thinks she has found a fellow
troublemaker. What follows is a very surprising week for Riley.
Truths
are told and secrets revealed, and sex, cigarettes and booze prove to
be a potent cocktail, but in the end Riley has learnt quite a lot about
herself, Dylan and exactly why she appeared hell-bent on
self-destruction.
Everything Beautiful features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Everything Beautiful is available in Paperback
Everything Beautiful was written by Simmone Howell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
