Rebecca Is Always Right

The Real Rebecca #4

by Anna Carey

Life is complicated enough already, but when you try to solve your big sister’s relationship problems, it can only mean trouble!

Rebecca isn't looking forward to school after a summer full of music and excitement. To make it worse, her most annoying classmate Vanessa gets the starring role in a new ad campaign: now she's going to be on television, on posters, on the radio and even in the charts!

Luckily a new arts and music studio space for teens has opened up where Hey Dollface and their summer camp friends can practise.

Then Rebecca’s sister Rachel is dumped by her longtime boyfriend Tom, and Rebecca is determined to cheer her up.

Throw in a dad who is trying to take over his amateur musical, a mum who keeps reminding her that it's a big exam year, and an English teacher who has decided to become a novelist, and it's another eventful term for Rebecca.

304 pages, Paperback

First published September 22, 2014

About the author

Anna Carey is a freelance journalist from Drumcondra in Dublin who has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent and many other publications. Anna joined her first band when she was fifteen and went on to sing and play with several bands over the next fifteen years. Her last band, El Diablo, released two albums and toured all over the country.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

First things first: I must admit that I chose to review this book entirely based on its title. What I did not realize is that it is the fourth book in a series that began in 2011 with The Real Rebecca, for which Anna Carey won the Senior Children’s Book prize at the Irish Book Awards. This has its advantages and disadvantages. On the plus side, you can tell that the characters are established and well-rounded. On the other hand, there are such frequent references to past events – presumably, adventures from the previous three books – that it is clear this is an installment in an ongoing story and not a stand-alone book.

This fourth book in Carey’s YA series sees Dublin teenager Rebecca Rafferty falling for a comic strip artist, nursing her older sister’s broken heart, and helping her dad not make a fool of himself in amateur dramatics. Good fun for younger teens.

See my full review at The Bookbag.

[Rebecca Travers · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book whole shelving at work and instantly tucked it under my arm to take home with me. I loved this, so cute and happy, tale about friendship and fancying people you can't and eagerly awaiting a simple hug at the end of the day, in the times when life was simpler and I was very much like Rebecca, except I didn't have a band (I wish). The characters and plot were wistful and i found it utterly adorable.

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book as a giveaway. I thought this book was very good. It's all about a 15 year old Rebecca and it's basically her diary entry's for a few weeks at the start of a new year at school. It was funny and definitely worth the read. It sort of took me back to when I was a t that age and all the drama of the world around me.

I didn't actually realise until I got to the end that it was 4th in a series so is definitely ok to read as apart of a stand alone, you wouldn't have to read the other books to understand the story. I think that's something else I enjoyed about the book too. I would recommend it to younger YA readers though, but well worth the read.

[Ilonita50 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received the book through Goodreads giveaway.

I give the book three and a half stars.

This was my first book with Rebecca's character. She is smart, judgemental, jealous-before she even realises, teenage girl. At first I didn't like her at all and then eventually through her diary pages I get close to Rebecca's life. The storyline goes around her school mates, family members and her own theories about each and every matter. A nice, sometimes funny and it draws me back when i was a teenager.

The book is a fast read-interesting and I am glad to discover a new writer.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was a good book but i feel there could have been a bit more at the end as it is the end of the series