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Threads Trilogy #2
Wie Marshmallows mit Seidenglitzer
Krähe schwebt im Designerhimmel, Nonie wird von einem umwerfenden Jungen umschwärmt und Jenny spielt die Hauptrolle in einem Theaterstück. Nur Edie steckt in der Klemme – auf ihrer Website tauchen unglaubliche Anschuldigungen Krähes Kollektion soll durch Kinderarbeit hergestellt worden sein! Natürlich streitet das Label Miss Teen, das Krähes Mode produzieren lässt, die Vorwürfe ab. Doch Nonie, Edie und Krähe wollen der Sache auf den Grund gehen. Sie fliegen kurzerhand selbst nach Indien. Und dort machen sie eine unglaubliche Entdeckung …
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Sophia Bennett
128 books259 followersMy name’s Sophia, and I write about girls discovering their inner power. Sometimes they’re fashion designers, sometimes they’re would-be pop stars and sometimes they’re spies. They’re always a lot braver than they know, and I love it when they finally figure that out.
Since I won the Times/Chicken House competition in 2009 my books have been published around the world, from Germany to Brazil and Japan. When I’m not writing them, I tend to be at home in London with my family, or travelling around the place, talking about writing. (More about that here … ) As a writing teacher, I have been a visiting lecturer in writing for children at City University and City Lit, and a Consultant Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
Occasionally, people ask me what my advice would be to aspiring writers. Check out my writing tips page, on my website. Write every day, and rewrite even more. Follow your heart.
Since I won the Times/Chicken House competition in 2009 my books have been published around the world, from Germany to Brazil and Japan. When I’m not writing them, I tend to be at home in London with my family, or travelling around the place, talking about writing. (More about that here … ) As a writing teacher, I have been a visiting lecturer in writing for children at City University and City Lit, and a Consultant Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
Occasionally, people ask me what my advice would be to aspiring writers. Check out my writing tips page, on my website. Write every day, and rewrite even more. Follow your heart.
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April 29, 2020I read this a real long time ago. I was possibly 13 at the time. So I can't be expected to rate this now.
June 19, 2010
'Beads, Boys & Bangles' is set in two places, initially London (where the first Threads story is set) and then Mumbai in India. These two settings are very different and I like this because it feels as if the reader is going on a journey too, experiencing the diversity of the fashion industry first hand.
The characters in this second book are all two years older and it is clear that Crow has grown up a lot. Jenny is an a play that ends up in the West End and there's a lot of drama surrounding it. Although I wasn't too keen on Jenny in the first book, I think she's a much better character now. She seems to have more of a personality and I like how she leads such an unusual lifestyle.
There are new characters in this book and I think that they really enhance the story. There's Phil (from the No Kidding organisation), Nonie's new 'friend' Alexander who she meets in Paris and the children that Nonie, Edie, Crow and Harry meet in India. I thought it was nice how new characters were introduced but that this was done slowly so that old characters could be developed too.
Like in Sophia's first book, I felt I really learned something from reading 'Beads, Boys & Bangles'. I also think that the gorgeous cover and the title will draw in the targeted audience and make teenagers (and even younger children), who may not be aware of the issue of slave children forced into the industry of fashion, think about the clothes they buy and where they really could have come from.
The characters in this second book are all two years older and it is clear that Crow has grown up a lot. Jenny is an a play that ends up in the West End and there's a lot of drama surrounding it. Although I wasn't too keen on Jenny in the first book, I think she's a much better character now. She seems to have more of a personality and I like how she leads such an unusual lifestyle.
There are new characters in this book and I think that they really enhance the story. There's Phil (from the No Kidding organisation), Nonie's new 'friend' Alexander who she meets in Paris and the children that Nonie, Edie, Crow and Harry meet in India. I thought it was nice how new characters were introduced but that this was done slowly so that old characters could be developed too.
Like in Sophia's first book, I felt I really learned something from reading 'Beads, Boys & Bangles'. I also think that the gorgeous cover and the title will draw in the targeted audience and make teenagers (and even younger children), who may not be aware of the issue of slave children forced into the industry of fashion, think about the clothes they buy and where they really could have come from.
June 22, 2020
Superficial, carregat de tòpics.
April 14, 2017
More compassionate, more humanitarian, more fashionable, more romantic-carries on the legacy of "Threads"! It's just the perfect teenage drama!
August 9, 2015
This book was a great follow-up to Threads. It wasn't one of those awful sequels, it was brilliant! It was another great page-turner from Sophia Bennett - I couldn't put it down. Well, sometimes I did have to but I didn't want to.Beads, Boys and Bangles made me laugh so much and it had some unexpected twists and turns. The descriptions of all the amazing clothes were fantastic, I could see them all in my mind and I wanted everything.
I also like the ethical side of it too. I learnt about all these bad things that are happening and how we can all change it.
This book definitely deserves five out of five, it was completely incredible and I can't wait to start reading the next one (in fact, by the time I've typed this up I already will have started it) which is called Sequins, Stars and Spotlights.
The cover of Beads, Boys and Bangles is beautiful. I love all the patterns and pretty colours. And once again, like the one on the Threads cover, I like the dress. A lot. (Who is designing these? Seriously I want one).
I also like the ethical side of it too. I learnt about all these bad things that are happening and how we can all change it.
This book definitely deserves five out of five, it was completely incredible and I can't wait to start reading the next one (in fact, by the time I've typed this up I already will have started it) which is called Sequins, Stars and Spotlights.
The cover of Beads, Boys and Bangles is beautiful. I love all the patterns and pretty colours. And once again, like the one on the Threads cover, I like the dress. A lot. (Who is designing these? Seriously I want one).
February 18, 2013
Aw, this book was just delightful fun. I liked the first book in the Threads series that I just couldn't wait for the second and third books to be released in the US and I bought them from Book Depository.
This series is Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets Project Runway as four best friends continue their fashion escapades in London. From dating gorgeous superstar boys to traveling the world in search of the truth behind Miss Teen's reported ethical clothing factories, Nonie, Edie, Jenny, and Crow are at it again. This is fluffy chick lit with a social conscience and just a really enjoyable read.
Here's hoping that someone gets their act together and publishes these in the States soon!
This series is Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets Project Runway as four best friends continue their fashion escapades in London. From dating gorgeous superstar boys to traveling the world in search of the truth behind Miss Teen's reported ethical clothing factories, Nonie, Edie, Jenny, and Crow are at it again. This is fluffy chick lit with a social conscience and just a really enjoyable read.
Here's hoping that someone gets their act together and publishes these in the States soon!
January 28, 2022
I read Threads (the first book in this series) when I was about 12 and never got round to the second one until now. I loved the first one as a child and reading the second one as an young adult didn't disappoint. Bead's, Boys and Bangles really focuses on bringing prominent issues in our fashion industry to light in a way that is engaging and easy for children to understand and want to take action on. It encourages people to take steps to change and gives examples on how this can be done e.g. op shopping.
One thing that I do find a bit concerning though is that although the majority of this book is very realistic the fact that Crow the designer who is only 13 doesn't have any adult support in board meetings. I know that she had Nonnie, her business manager, but she is only 14 too and this just wouldn't happen. I feel that it sometimes makes the story a little mystical and idealistic when it is tackling topics that are VERY real and the way that people talk and engage with them can have serious impacts on peoples lives (e.g. child slavery). I just worry that children will read it and assume that it is all made up when a lot of it is true too.
One thing that I do find a bit concerning though is that although the majority of this book is very realistic the fact that Crow the designer who is only 13 doesn't have any adult support in board meetings. I know that she had Nonnie, her business manager, but she is only 14 too and this just wouldn't happen. I feel that it sometimes makes the story a little mystical and idealistic when it is tackling topics that are VERY real and the way that people talk and engage with them can have serious impacts on peoples lives (e.g. child slavery). I just worry that children will read it and assume that it is all made up when a lot of it is true too.
November 21, 2016
SO very amazing, and I have started loving everything bout fashion as I read through the thread series
August 23, 2019
3.5 stars
December 31, 2019
It took me a while to get into this book as my favourite chapters were probably the last two. But overall a great book :)
May 12, 2024
This is still one of my favourite books god, the colorful descriptions of Mumbai, the whole fashion vibes. 10/10
April 17, 2015
Eigentlich läuft alles super: Krähes Kollektion geht weg, wie die sprichwörtlichen warmen Semmeln, Nonie trifft sich mit einem gutaussehendem Typen, Jenny spielt die Hauptrolle in einem extra für sie geschriebenen Theaterstück und Edie ist mit ihrer Website sehr erfolgreich. Bis eines Tages auf eben dieser schwere Anschuldigungen auftauchen: Krähes Kollektion soll durch indische Kinder in Kinderarbeit hergestellt worden sein! Obwohl das Label Miss Teen behauptet, dass an den Anschuldigungen nichts dran ist, fliegen die Mädels persönlich nach Indien um sich anzusehen, wie die Kollektion tatsächlich entsteht…
„Wie Marshmallows mit Seidenglitter“ von Sophia Bennett ist der zweite Roman um Krähe, Nonie, Jenny, Edie und ihr chaotisches Modeleben in der Hauptstadt Groß Britanniens.
Auch wenn anfangs alles harmonisch erscheint, weil sich viele Träume erfüllen, nimmt die Geschichte schnell Fahrt auf. Die Anschuldigungen wiegen schwer, nicht nur weil Edie sich für Menschenrechte einsetzt.
Wie schon im ersten Teil konnte ich wunderbar mit den Mädchen mitfühlen. Es wird zwar aus Nonies Perspektive erzählt, doch auch die anderen drei kommen nicht zu kurz. So versteht man Edies Verzweiflung über Hacker Angriffe und deren Vorwürfe. Aber Nonie kann auch Krähes ruhige Art in Worte fassen, sodass man auch sie besser kennenlernt. Von Jenny ist hingegen etwas weniger zu lesen, da sie viel mit den Proben für ihre neue Rolle beschäftigt ist. Aus Nonies Sicht zu lesen ist außerdem sehr angenehm, da sie die „normalste“ der vier Mädchen ist: Sie kann zwar unglaublich gut organisieren, ist aber nicht so eine Intelligenzbestie wie Edie, verschlossene Künstlerseele wie Krähe oder so eine exzentrische Schauspielerin wie Jenny. Dadurch konnte ich mich während des Lesens sehr gut mit ihr identifizieren und mich mit ihr freuen, ekeln, leiden und lachen.
Die Reise nach Indien ist nicht nur für die Mädchen ein Abenteuer. Die Straßen, die Bahn und die Gebäude, wie das Taj Mahal, werden so wunderbar beschrieben, dass sie vor meinem inneren Auge auftauchten und ich mich ins Land der Maharadschas wünschte. Es werden Geschichten erzählt, die eine wunderbar orientalische Stimmung erzeugen. Dadurch hat es einfach Spaß gemacht, die Geschichte zu lesen. Außerdem wurde sie dann auch sehr spannend, denn ganz ungefährlich ist die Reise nicht… Leider fand diese erst im hinteren Teil des Buches statt. Ich hätte mir gewünscht, mehr über die Reise zu lesen und dafür etwas weniger vom Vorgeplänkel, das manchmal etwas zu ausführlich war.
Die Autorin hat es wieder geschafft eine Modegeschichte mit Tiefgang zu schreiben, denn man lernt so einiges über Kinderarbeit und wie schrecklich das Leben der so ausgebeuteten Kinder ist. So wird man auf jeden Fall angeregt darüber nachzudenken, ob man nicht bereit ist, lieber etwas mehr Geld für nicht in Kinderarbeit hergestellt Kleidung auszugeben und sich weiter über das Thema zu informieren. Dieser schwere, traurige Stoff wurde mit einer teils sehr lustigen und immer wieder spannenden Modegeschichte verbunden, wodurch ein meist fesselnder und berührender Roman entsteht.
„Wie Marshmallows mit Seidenglitter“ von Sophia Bennett ist der zweite Roman um Krähe, Nonie, Jenny, Edie und ihr chaotisches Modeleben in der Hauptstadt Groß Britanniens.
Auch wenn anfangs alles harmonisch erscheint, weil sich viele Träume erfüllen, nimmt die Geschichte schnell Fahrt auf. Die Anschuldigungen wiegen schwer, nicht nur weil Edie sich für Menschenrechte einsetzt.
Wie schon im ersten Teil konnte ich wunderbar mit den Mädchen mitfühlen. Es wird zwar aus Nonies Perspektive erzählt, doch auch die anderen drei kommen nicht zu kurz. So versteht man Edies Verzweiflung über Hacker Angriffe und deren Vorwürfe. Aber Nonie kann auch Krähes ruhige Art in Worte fassen, sodass man auch sie besser kennenlernt. Von Jenny ist hingegen etwas weniger zu lesen, da sie viel mit den Proben für ihre neue Rolle beschäftigt ist. Aus Nonies Sicht zu lesen ist außerdem sehr angenehm, da sie die „normalste“ der vier Mädchen ist: Sie kann zwar unglaublich gut organisieren, ist aber nicht so eine Intelligenzbestie wie Edie, verschlossene Künstlerseele wie Krähe oder so eine exzentrische Schauspielerin wie Jenny. Dadurch konnte ich mich während des Lesens sehr gut mit ihr identifizieren und mich mit ihr freuen, ekeln, leiden und lachen.
Die Reise nach Indien ist nicht nur für die Mädchen ein Abenteuer. Die Straßen, die Bahn und die Gebäude, wie das Taj Mahal, werden so wunderbar beschrieben, dass sie vor meinem inneren Auge auftauchten und ich mich ins Land der Maharadschas wünschte. Es werden Geschichten erzählt, die eine wunderbar orientalische Stimmung erzeugen. Dadurch hat es einfach Spaß gemacht, die Geschichte zu lesen. Außerdem wurde sie dann auch sehr spannend, denn ganz ungefährlich ist die Reise nicht… Leider fand diese erst im hinteren Teil des Buches statt. Ich hätte mir gewünscht, mehr über die Reise zu lesen und dafür etwas weniger vom Vorgeplänkel, das manchmal etwas zu ausführlich war.
Die Autorin hat es wieder geschafft eine Modegeschichte mit Tiefgang zu schreiben, denn man lernt so einiges über Kinderarbeit und wie schrecklich das Leben der so ausgebeuteten Kinder ist. So wird man auf jeden Fall angeregt darüber nachzudenken, ob man nicht bereit ist, lieber etwas mehr Geld für nicht in Kinderarbeit hergestellt Kleidung auszugeben und sich weiter über das Thema zu informieren. Dieser schwere, traurige Stoff wurde mit einer teils sehr lustigen und immer wieder spannenden Modegeschichte verbunden, wodurch ein meist fesselnder und berührender Roman entsteht.
February 14, 2012
I was so happy to find this in my Santa Sack on Christmas morning, because I've wanted this book for ages (well, 2 months, but still!). It's the follow-up to Threads which is my favourite book not-in-a-series ever! So you can probably imagine my excitement when I opened it!
Beads, Boys and Bangles is again narrated by the eccentric, fashion-mad , 15-year-old Nonie. Nonie likes to stand out from the crowd and gets most of her clothes in charity shops, or else she makes them herself. She's that girl! Nonie is probably my favourite character. She's witty, hilarious and makes a great narrator. Or maybe Nonie's older brother Harry.(is my favourite character). He's just like his sister and he certainly knows how to annoy her. I really hated Alexander, Nonie's supposed-to-be boyfriend. I can't say much more about him, or else I'll spoil it, but take it from me. He's just...grrrr!
Around the middle of the book, Miss Teen, the fashion label Crow works for, sends the girls on a trip to.....India!!! The girls are super excited, because, not only only do they get to see how the clothes are made, they get to go...shopping! Mumbai is a brilliant place for shopping so Nonie is in heaven and Crow loves it too, because Mumbai has amazing fabrics Crow would love to work with. But then they find something appalling is going on, and when they get back to England, set out to fix it...
This book really is super. I wouldn't say it's as good as the first one (but then, that's a lot to live up too), but it still is brilliant. It gets 5/5, because I was gripped the whole way through, since there was one or two supporting storylines, so you never get bored! So, all in all, it was great. I definitely recommend you read it, and the first book , Threads.
Beads, Boys and Bangles is again narrated by the eccentric, fashion-mad , 15-year-old Nonie. Nonie likes to stand out from the crowd and gets most of her clothes in charity shops, or else she makes them herself. She's that girl! Nonie is probably my favourite character. She's witty, hilarious and makes a great narrator. Or maybe Nonie's older brother Harry.(is my favourite character). He's just like his sister and he certainly knows how to annoy her. I really hated Alexander, Nonie's supposed-to-be boyfriend. I can't say much more about him, or else I'll spoil it, but take it from me. He's just...grrrr!
Around the middle of the book, Miss Teen, the fashion label Crow works for, sends the girls on a trip to.....India!!! The girls are super excited, because, not only only do they get to see how the clothes are made, they get to go...shopping! Mumbai is a brilliant place for shopping so Nonie is in heaven and Crow loves it too, because Mumbai has amazing fabrics Crow would love to work with. But then they find something appalling is going on, and when they get back to England, set out to fix it...
This book really is super. I wouldn't say it's as good as the first one (but then, that's a lot to live up too), but it still is brilliant. It gets 5/5, because I was gripped the whole way through, since there was one or two supporting storylines, so you never get bored! So, all in all, it was great. I definitely recommend you read it, and the first book , Threads.
December 23, 2012
Crow, a criança invisível do primeiro livro, é uma sumidade no mundo da moda. Sua nova coleção, lançada pela Miss Teen é um sucesso. Mas, algo aparece para embaçar esse brilho. No site de Eddie começam a chover denúncias sobre a produção das roupas da coleção da Crow. A acusação? Fábricas indianas fazem com que crianças trabalhem até 16 horas por dia (sem intervalo) na fabricação das roupas. Andy Elat, o dono da Miss Teen, por outro lado, fornece relatórios que desmentem essas acusações. Quem está mentindo? É preciso averiguar direto na fonte e Eddie, Nonie e Crow, acompanhadas do irmão fofo da Nonie (o Harry), partem para a Índia. Dessa vez, Jenny fica porque está às voltas com a produção de uma peça teatral.
“Alguns anos antes, eu teria perguntado por que Laskhmi e Ganesh não tentaram voltar para os pais, mas então conheci Crow e agora entendo que algumas coisas são mais complicadas do que podemos imaginar. [...] A história dela vai ser diferente da de Crow, mas seja como for, sei que não posso estalar os dedos e fazer com que tudo fique melhor. Gostaria de poder. De verdade.”
Em Brilhos, Sophia Bennett segue incluindo em suas histórias, temas controversos, chocantes e como comentei na resenha de Linhas, assuntos que muitos podem achar um tanto áridos para serem tratados na literatura juvenil. Só, que assim como no livro anterior, Bennet o faz com muita leveza e sensibilidade. A autora emociona, informa e conscientiza, tudo em meio a muito brilho, plumas, náilons, desfiles, lançamentos de coleções…
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“Alguns anos antes, eu teria perguntado por que Laskhmi e Ganesh não tentaram voltar para os pais, mas então conheci Crow e agora entendo que algumas coisas são mais complicadas do que podemos imaginar. [...] A história dela vai ser diferente da de Crow, mas seja como for, sei que não posso estalar os dedos e fazer com que tudo fique melhor. Gostaria de poder. De verdade.”
Em Brilhos, Sophia Bennett segue incluindo em suas histórias, temas controversos, chocantes e como comentei na resenha de Linhas, assuntos que muitos podem achar um tanto áridos para serem tratados na literatura juvenil. Só, que assim como no livro anterior, Bennet o faz com muita leveza e sensibilidade. A autora emociona, informa e conscientiza, tudo em meio a muito brilho, plumas, náilons, desfiles, lançamentos de coleções…
Leia mais em: http://feanari.wordpress.com/2012/03/...
April 18, 2014
Volvemos a encontrarnos con las protagonistas de
Hilos
, una vez terminada su primera aventura. Ahora, serán conscientes de lo absolutamente malvada que es la sociedad capitalista y la búsqueda de precios de producción realmente competitivos. Y es que si por algo se caracteriza este libro es por la visión tan clara que da de ciertos aspectos de la sociedad y de la producción. Sin embargo, el verdadero motivo para leerlo debería ser que los personajes os gustaran en el primer libro, porque lo que es la trama... no está mal, pero tampoco es para echar cohetes.
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May 21, 2013
I loved this book!!!!! India- so many different things to discover and this book is great. The girls are up to some brilliant stuff; visiting the Taj Mahal, falling in love and realising their true potential.
But Edie is in trouble. Crow is being accused of using slave children in India to make her clothes and people are having a go at Edie.
To find out what happens, pick up one in your local bookshop.
Witty, full of fun and knowledge.
But Edie is in trouble. Crow is being accused of using slave children in India to make her clothes and people are having a go at Edie.
To find out what happens, pick up one in your local bookshop.
Witty, full of fun and knowledge.
November 23, 2016
I found the first part of this book very slow, but once Nonie, Crow, Edie and Jenny arrived in Mumbai, India, the pace picked up and the story became far more interesting, and quite educational at times. The four girls, especially Nonie, were all likeable characters, and teenagers who enjoy novels dealing with friendship groups and fashion will enjoy "Beads, Boys and Bangles."
October 7, 2014
It was a great light read, full of fluff but thats what I wanted. I liked how this booked focused on Nonie more, and it makes it really interesting and more realistic how Sophia talks about school and exams. I enjoyed this a lot, if you want something light and fashionable, read it!
February 3, 2011
A very enjoyable read: London, Paris, fashion... fantastic.
October 13, 2012
reread 23/09/12
January 18, 2013
Amazing! Can't wait to read the next one.
February 12, 2014
It wasn't quite as good as the first book, but I really want to visit the Taj Mahal now!
April 20, 2016
Fofo! A autora trata de temas bem sérios de uma maneira leve, mas o suficiente para que nos faça pensar sobre o assunto.
February 4, 2011
by reading this book I'm 16 again... love, love. love......
January 27, 2015
Enjoyed this instalment
January 24, 2015
4.5 STARS
April 17, 2017
Continuing the feel-good series. This is definitely my favourite book in the trilogy; it makes you feel so empowered and motivated and also travel to India. So worth reading this if you liked Threads.
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