Sophie is one of the in crowd, the kind of person others are jealous of. But she longs to have a proper friend to confide in. When her dad returns to London from Africa, she is swept up in a new life, but is it really what she wants?
Rosie Rushton began her career as a feature writer for a local paper. Staying Cool, Surviving School was her first book, published by Piccadilly Press in 1993. After writing another non-fiction title, You’re My Best Friend, I Hate You! (available from Puffin), Rosie turned to fiction.
21st century Austen The Secrets of Love (2005) Summer of Secrets (2007) Secret Schemes and Daring Dreams (2008) Love, Lies and Lizzie (2009) Echoes of Love (2010) Whatever Love Is (2012)
Other books Staying Cool, Surviving School (1993) You're My Best Friend - I Hate You! (1994) Poppy (1996) Olivia (1997) Sophie (1998) Melissa (1998) Jessica (2000) Life Line (1999) PS He’s Mine (2000) Break Point (2001) Tell Me I’m OK, really (2001) Last Seen Wearing Trainers (2002) All Change! (2000) Fall Out! (2002) Waving Not Drowning (2003) Friends, Enemies and Other Tiny Problems (2003)
Buku dengan alur yang sulit dimengerti di awal, apalagi karna ada banyak sekali tokoh. Tapi yang membekas di hati adalah konflik yang dialami Sumitha, yang sebagai keturunan Bengali, banyak terbentur dengan sifat konservatif ayahnya. Memang orang tua bisa sangat menjengkelkan dan tidak mau mendengarkan. That's why butuh banget komunikasi buat mengatasi generation gap ini. Endingnya, kompromi itu perlu dibangun sih.
I wasn't a fan of this set of Rosie Rushton books, but by far this was the most enjoayble and relatable one for me, mostly because of Sumitha's character was in the centre, and she was by far the most relatable and likeable out of the bunch for me. The others for me were either too stereotypical or stupid. (if someone is asking why I'm posting my review here, when there's the most popular edition where there are all the other reviews in English: I have the edition with this cover)