Falling Apart

Julia Jones: The Teenage Years #1

by Katrina Kahler

"I stared in horror at what confronted me. The likeness was uncanny. It had the same long, brown hair and hazel eyes as my own, but the ghoulish grin was hideous. Numb with shock, I stood there, my mind reeling with confusion and panic. It took every last reserve of self-control, to contain the frightened screams that I felt bubbling inside. My mouth agape, I could not take my eyes from the ugly figure that had been shoved into the back of my locker..." This extract begins the story of "Julia Jones - The Teenage Years." Book One, 'Falling Apart' continues on from the suspenseful and best selling "Julia Jones' Diary" series but is even more gripping and exciting than ever before. Julia is now a typical teenage girl but has abruptly and unexpectedly been thrown into turmoil by the forced relocation of her family back to their old home in the city. She attempts to come to terms with her dilemma by reconnecting with her old friend, Millie Spencer and also the love of her life, Blake Jansen. However, on arrival at her old house, she soon learns that circumstances have changed dramatically during the time she was away and the days that follow seem to unravel in a series of escalating drama and events. Although Julia tries to maintain control, her life seems to snowball towards an all consuming disaster which she appears powerless to prevent. Julia finds that her choices surrounding love, friends, wild parties and rebellious teenage behavior tend to result in dire consequences and repercussions of the worst kind. What is the cause of Julia's misery and how does she deal with the challenges in her path? This is a book filled with unexpected plot twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen next. For die-hard Julia Jones' fans as well as those who are new to the series, this book will not disappoint. Don't miss out on the suspenseful journey of Julia Jones, complete with romance, drama, friendship issues and much, much more. This fabulous book for teenage girls contains all the elements of an exciting story that girls of all ages will enjoy.

Genres: Young Adult

72 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 2015

About the author

Hi, so excited about being on Goodreads and sharing my Middle School books with you! I live in beautiful Noosa, in Australia. For most of my life I was a teacher of Middle School kids, and what an awesome experience that was. It gave me the opportunity to understand the problems that kids go through.
My writing partners are Kaz and Bill Campbell, they were also Middle School Teachers.
We hope you enjoy our books as much as we love writing them for you!!!

Reviews

[Theresa beckett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spelling Mistakes

It's okay but it has a ton of spelling mistakes. It made me wonder if it was a real book.

[Lorie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring read and immature

This was a waste of my time. Julia was a weak character with no backbone. All she did was cry and be scared of her nemesis bullying her. Not realistic or relatable at all. Everything was against her. An example of how unrealistic the storyline is when Julia was almost abducted her mom didn't even care. The author just ignored it. I won't be buying any books from this author. Can't recommend this book. I don't understand the 5 stars rating.

[Mygsasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un libro recomendable para adolescentes. La vida de una chica, de sus miedos y sus sueños.
Tengo dos adolescentes en casa y creo que eso ayuda a entender su forma de ver el mundo a esa edad y las cosas que les preocupa.
Un libro recomendado para ellos y a todos los que quieren saber de esa edad.

[Gopi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This sucks I can't get the other books for free!!!!!! UNFAIR UNFAIR I SAY UNFAIR!!!!!!

This book earns 5 stars but the way they sell them sucks not even one star

[Daphne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good!!!

[maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was AMAZING!

I love this book, I read it MORE than a million times! I wonder what happens next oooo. I love ur books Katrina Kahler

[Yanna]

Very interesting because the book talks about a teenage girl's life and while at school.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really engaging. I really enjoyed this book. Although I did not appreciate the curse word in it.

[Bookgobbler 33 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a nice book. Can't understand why she didn't want to move back to her old house

[Lisa Bentley · Rating 1 out of 5]

With the above blurb I was genuinely looking forward to reading the Julia Jones series. After reading the 87 pages of Julia Jones – The Teenage Years (Book One – Falling Apart) I am actually kind of bummed out that I spent time on it.

Our main character, Julia is extremely unlikable. I would go so far as to say she is an insufferable brat. She explodes when things don’t go her way, causes drama, and throws herself on her bed in fits of rage. Then when situations happen around her she comes across as pious and morally righteous; she tries to distance herself from disasters of her own making. Overall, she is a narcissistic whiny little monster.

The problem I have with the series is that it could have been really good. It has all the makings of being like Mean Girls – a fun teenage romp if ever there was one – but it just fails every time a new challenge gets in the way. Unfortunately with such a two dimensional protagonist it was just not likely to happen. I won’t be reading the rest of the series.

Julia Jones – The Teenage Years (Book One – Falling Apart) by Katrina Kahler is available now.

[Andrea McCue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

It was a really good I really enjoyed it I.
Especially liked it about the horse it's a good book

[La Griffith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a good book. It touched on many of the issues teenagers face as they are growing up.
I look forward for book two to see how it all unfolds!

[Clementine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not know that is was this good very good and very hard to take your eyes off of

[Taylor Pagliaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julia Jones Rocks

I had read Julia Jones when I was younger. To get more of a Teenage sequel to it is AWESOME

[Sienna · Rating 1 out of 5]

it felt to me as if this author had never been a teenager before. she used phrases like "our romance" and "he was my soulmate" when the girl in the book was probably about 12 at the time. maybe even younger. the author also described the average teenager stereotype for julia: moody. like when her mother is chatting it up with the mechanic, she storms to her room and cries. idek how many times she storms up to her room and cries.

another big red flag about this book is that its only 100 pages. for the people who don't like to read, this one's perfect for you to force yourself through.

it also starts on a huge trope. boy meets girl. they fall in love. but she has to move away. then she moves back and everything is different but boy and girl are still in love. and things only start getting romancey in the last 10 or so pages.

i dont really recommend this book. i mean it has its good points and a lot of bad points, but i still managed to read it in two sittings.

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another story involving bullying. She starts off living in the country but, due to money problems, her mother has them move back to where they lived previously, even into the same house. She finds, though, that changes have been made such as the fact that her boyfriend is no longer her boyfriend and is seeing someone else.

She had been bullied before and she's worried that the same thing might happen. Add to this the fact that her mother seems interested in a creepy repairman (the father is off working.) Things go from bad to way worse when she attends a party and things go bad there.

Questions aboud. Will she and Blake get back together? Is her mother cheating on her father with the repairman? What is it in her locker? It all keeps the book interesting and moving along.

[Cevyn Wiggins · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay. I like that it was short because if it was longer, it would have been boring. Sometimes it was interesting, but the storyline was basic and recycled from other teenage books: Girl moves back to hometown and mopes around about it, then meets a boy and gets bullied by a mean girl in school. I didn’t like the main character Julia because she kept feeling sorry for herself on every page of this 70 page book (about 70 pages in ebook version) and it got old especially when she kept getting picked on by Sara and then almost got kidnapped at night and didn’t bother to tell her mom even though it was a very traumatic event that would have struck some kind of ptsd in her. I’ll still try the next book though.

[niamh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julia Jones The Teenage Years Book 1 by Katrina Kahler.
Julia Jones grew up in the big city but has been living on her family farm for 3 years and due to her father's new job is forced to move back to the city. She tries to fit back into her old life but something is not quite right.
A fabulous read. Very quick and fast moving. I would recommend reading Julia Jones Diary by Katrina Kahler before reading this as this is like a follow up series. I loved it and cannot wait to read the rest of the series. 5/5*

[Asmicitywrites · Rating 2 out of 5]

The basic concept of this book is in fact, cliche. This book would probably be suited towards 6-8 year old children, considering the plot is extremely easy to follow. (Apart from the romance, etc.) The description is like any other book. The art looks like it was made by AI. The language use is quite mild, which strengthens the point of suiting it towards 6-8 year old children.
Not that bad, but not that good either.

[Donna Midgley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its an interesting story line. A bit short as i feel like after finishing it, i'm still yet to dive in to the story. All the characters seem interesting and i'm looking forward to finding out more about them.

[Jasmine Janéa Burrus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

This was a good book and I really liked it. I wish it would've had more excitement but that's okay.

[Chloe Chan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I seriously love and adore this book because she was in her happy life but then her life falls apart making her leave her friends. It was sad it gets better.

[Aisha Rahman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not to amusing....

Yes, there is a lot of tension but it just feels to me that if Julia wasn't that stupid and instead went with the flow she would have not have had any problems.

[Himangi Agarwal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book very much.... it was quite addictive...... but was disappointed as i was not able to get the 2nd part..... I wish that I get a chance to read the 2nd part also

[Detrick Barlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Addicted

I am so addicted to this series i have read it like four times!
There should be a fifth book

[Dishita Saha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book by katrina kahler

I have no words to describe this book
This is the best book I have read by
Katrina kahler will enjoy the series

[Abiodun Odusote]

Nice book

[chia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don’t judge me, I’m reading it for the sake of childhood nostalgia

[May · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 i guess

[Teena Blackmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute ! So so so cute 🩷