Polly Price's Totally Secret Diary: Mum in Love

by Dee Shulman

"I had been looking forward to going to France in the Easter holidays for weeks. Admittedly it meant going with Mum and her annoying, yuckily young, French boyfriend, Almond. But I knew we would be staying at Almond's parents' A CHATEAU! Everyone knows 'chat' means 'cat' in French -- so I couldn't wait... 2 whole weeks in a houseful of cats! I love animals!

"Tragically things NEVER work out as you expect. Instead of a houseful of cats it turned out to be a houseful of Almond's annoying, totally weird French family. Maybe if Piranha wasn't so evil, and Lucien (Almond's younger brother) wasn't so cool, things might have turned out differently -- but before I had time to squeak 'murder,' I was on the ghastly trail of a heartless criminal. Could I, Polly Price, uncover the truth? Well -- not if I was the chief suspect. And not if I starved to death trying to find my way through long, murky corridors to breakfast. I knew I was in a race against time. And I didn't even have a watch."

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 2012

About the author

Dee studied English at York University, and Illustration at Harrow School of Art. She began her career in magazines, book-jackets, cartoon strips and pop-video storyboards, and started writing for children when her own children were small. In spite of a diet of gummy bears and sherbet fountains her children have insisted on growing up - so her characters have had to grow up with them, and now even they refuse to do what they’re told!

Reviews

[Layla · Rating 4 out of 5]

chatto!! very funny Polly! good book

[aseriesofpages · Rating 4 out of 5]

RTC
I really enjoyed this and it was just a fun quick funny read. I just wish that I knew how old she’s meant to be! I want to read more of these though!

[Remy · Rating 2 out of 5]

jesus polly, find a dictionary!

[elif’ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Masterpiece

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Polly Price has such a strong feeling about everything and she really doesn't want to spend a holiday at her mums boyfriend's home in France! I absolutely loved this book and it is very funny, there are a lot of accidents in the book and I think there could've been a bit less. I would recommend this to everyone because it is such a funny book!

[lilly-maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was really good

[Loopy Rosie · Rating 1 out of 5]

cool but a bit boring