Festival

by David Belbin

The Glastonbury Festival. Three days in June. For many, it's the event of the summer - for three Glastonbury virgins and one fourteen-year-old veteran, it’s going to be a life-changing experience. Leila, exams over, just wants to have fun. But first she has to find a way to get there... Jake is playing the festival. This could be his big break. Or his biggest nightmare... Wilf is forced to sell his ticket, so his only way in is to jump the fence. And there's a big surprise waiting on the other side... Holly gets in free. It's her tenth Glastonbury. She's promised herself it'll be the last... David Belbin's much loved novel, set in 2000, has been the introduction to Glastonbury for generations of new festival goers and is now available as an e-book for the first time, with an improved map of the festival site and an extensive new afterword about the experience of researching and writing the novel. 'As soon as the characters reach Glastonbury the plot unfolds at a fast pace. The ending was beautifully breathless and twisty. An easy, entertaining read that lets you experience the highs and lows of the festival away from the tents, mud and portable toilets.' Chicklish.

Genres: Young Adult

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Belbin's work is known for breaking boundaries and dealing responsibly with difficult social issues that affect teenagers. He first attained success with a number of books for Scholastic's Point Crime series.

Reviews

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was just dull. It followed several different people as they went to Glastonbury. The most interesting was probably Wilf who had been screwed over by this guy Stu who he then saw at Glastonbury and decided to get even with. Jake's story was also okay his manager told him he was booked for Glastonbury but he actually wasn't and his manager was going bankrupt so he snuck in, got his guitar nicked, met a pretty girl, and got to play after all. Most of it was pretty dull though, like when you're waiting for something and you just wait and wait, that's how this book felt 😂

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book for my daughter but couldn't resist reading it myself once I realised what it was about, I'm glad I did as I really enjoyed this book. I loved the intermingled character stories and the fact that the book was set in Glastonbury. A perfect fun read for any age.

[Sian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice quick, fun easy to read book with a kind of "love actually" feel of overlapping characters. A good summer read in time for a British festival!