"A fresh, funny and honest story about what happens when one girl’s life literally turns to sh!t"
After collapsing during her exams and waking with a temporary ileostomy bag, Freya is angry. She’s meant to be enjoying the summer of her life before she starts sixth form. But instead of hot summer holidays abroad with her best friends and fit boyfriend, she’s at a midge-infested “Poo Camp” for young people with bowel problems.
Unable to accept that her life has irreversibly changed and sickened by her own body, Freya is resentful, miserable, and self-absorbed. Slowly though, new friends and a potential new love interest help her see that her future may be different, but it can still be hopeful.
This is a sharp book full of dark humour, that doesn’t shy away from the truth about an often-taboo subject: poo. When Freya returns to school not everybody reacts with kindness, instead she must deal with cruel bullies and a deceitful ex. She does so with strength and an impressive level of sass.
With authentic disability representation, Sh!t Bag highlights a subject rarely covered in YA and is a refreshing read, perfect for empathy building. Full of embarrassing moments to make you cringe, Freya’s journey is far from easy, but it’s definitely worth travelling with her. A fresh, fierce book about self-acceptance that older teens will love.
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Come along with me on this sh!tty ride or bail out now. It's your choice . . .
When Freya collapses and wakes up with a temporary ileostomy bag on her stomach, her dreams of the perfect summer go down the toilet. Instead of partying in the Algarve, she's packed off to 'Poo Camp' - a place for kids with bowel disease to 'bond'. And things can only get worse. Someone has started calling her 'Sh!t Bag' . . . and it's catching on.
Freya decides to live up to the nickname, raging at her friends, her ex and the world. Only her campmate Chris seems to see past her new attitude . . . Can Freya get her sh!t together or will she end up with just her bag by her side?
A fresh, fierce and funny story about what happens when life literally goes to sh!t.
SH!T BAG features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Debuts, Romance / Relationship Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Illness and specific physical health conditions, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommendations, Fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics
SH!T BAG is available in Paperback
SH!T BAG was written by Xena Knox and published by Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
SH!T BAG has 295 pages
£8.99
