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Leehampton #1
Just Don't Make a Scene, Mum!
Full of wry observations of the plight of 15-year-olds, this is an amusing story of 5 teenagers, their trials and tribulations. It is the first title in a trilogy, from author Rosie Rushton who has her own teenage column in The Times.
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First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Rosie Rushton
117 books59 followersRosie 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.
The Leehampton series
Best Friends
Best Friends Together (1998)
Best Friends Getting Sorted (1999)
Best Friends in Love (1999)
What A Week series
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)
The Leehampton series
Best Friends
Best Friends Together (1998)
Best Friends Getting Sorted (1999)
Best Friends in Love (1999)
What A Week series
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)
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September 27, 2012
5 orang remaja dengan masalah yang beda diceritain dengan gamblang oleh Rosie. Chelsea yang punya ibu kelewat 'centil, Sumitha yg bapaknya protektif, &Laura yang 'krisis identitas' mesti menghadapi masa remaja dimana ortu jadi masalah terbesar. Kalo yang udah kerja, pasti inget masa SMA dulu.
October 8, 2012
Worst book I have ever came across.
May 16, 2016
The first time I read this book I thought it was amazing. However, I was in primary school at the time and years below the target audience. I later read this book when I was the age it was intended for and I thought that it was OK. Now, as I read it one final time (I’m reading some books I’m getting rid of) I find that I no longer like this book, finding the characters incredibly annoying, seeming to only see their own side of the story and not thinking about others.
Just Don’t Make a Scene Mum is the first in a series of books set around the day-to-day lives of several teenagers and their parents and looks a lot at the relationships between them and simply, growing up. We can all relate to being embarrassed to our parents, though we may not all be able to relate to be entirely selfish and only thinking of ourselves as some of the characters seem to be (I didn’t think very highly of any of the characters) and I hope to dear god that I was not like that as a teenager.
Each character seemed caught up in their own little worlds and didn’t seem to think much about anyone else. They were always complaining about the actions of others and, especially the teenagers, seemed to think that they were entitled to everything and that they should get anything they wanted. Often, I just wanted to slap them around the face and tell that that the world does not revolve around them. The adults were better but they still didn’t seem brilliant.
The whole concept of the book is around the problems in communication that all teenagers have with their parents. It was useful in having both points of view as it helps teenagers see things from their parent’s point of view and perhaps help them understand things a little better. However, the reasons behind the problems seem to stem from each character seeing themselves as the centre of the universe and not even bothering to try and think of other. I found this incredibly hard to relate to. In fact, I found it really hard to relate to any of the characters in this book.
I did really enjoy this book when I was younger, but I think it had more to do with the expectations of becoming a teenager. The reality never met my expectations and my expectations sort of matched this book. So perhaps, if I had felt like a ‘normal’ teenager when growing up, then this book would have been more relatable to me.
This book is one that I wouldn’t really recommend to anyone, unless I felt that they were unable to even attempt to see things from a different point of view and thought that they were at the centre of the universe. But would it help? I don’t feel that I have been able to explain my exact feelings, or more accurately, my reasoning behind my feelings towards this book. I felt I could relate to the situations in the book but not how the characters dealt with them.
Just Don’t Make a Scene Mum is the first in a series of books set around the day-to-day lives of several teenagers and their parents and looks a lot at the relationships between them and simply, growing up. We can all relate to being embarrassed to our parents, though we may not all be able to relate to be entirely selfish and only thinking of ourselves as some of the characters seem to be (I didn’t think very highly of any of the characters) and I hope to dear god that I was not like that as a teenager.
Each character seemed caught up in their own little worlds and didn’t seem to think much about anyone else. They were always complaining about the actions of others and, especially the teenagers, seemed to think that they were entitled to everything and that they should get anything they wanted. Often, I just wanted to slap them around the face and tell that that the world does not revolve around them. The adults were better but they still didn’t seem brilliant.
The whole concept of the book is around the problems in communication that all teenagers have with their parents. It was useful in having both points of view as it helps teenagers see things from their parent’s point of view and perhaps help them understand things a little better. However, the reasons behind the problems seem to stem from each character seeing themselves as the centre of the universe and not even bothering to try and think of other. I found this incredibly hard to relate to. In fact, I found it really hard to relate to any of the characters in this book.
I did really enjoy this book when I was younger, but I think it had more to do with the expectations of becoming a teenager. The reality never met my expectations and my expectations sort of matched this book. So perhaps, if I had felt like a ‘normal’ teenager when growing up, then this book would have been more relatable to me.
This book is one that I wouldn’t really recommend to anyone, unless I felt that they were unable to even attempt to see things from a different point of view and thought that they were at the centre of the universe. But would it help? I don’t feel that I have been able to explain my exact feelings, or more accurately, my reasoning behind my feelings towards this book. I felt I could relate to the situations in the book but not how the characters dealt with them.
March 2, 2021
"Yo no estaría tan segura -murmuró Chelsea, cuya experiencia personal le habia enseñado que las personas de más de veinticinco años raramente tienen en cuenta las sugerencias de los demás".
"Su madre no respondió. Había montones de cosas que habría querido hacer a la edad de Jon y no había hecho ni una sola. Por eso era tan importante que Jon no desaprovechara ni la más pequeña oportunidad. Pero también quería verlo feliz, y últimamente estaba más cabreado que de costumbre, como si tuviese algo dentro que no lograra expresar. Igual que le pasaba a ella durante los primeros años de casada..."
"Laura había notado que la gente con una abultada cuenta en el banco era más propensa a sonreír que los que siempre estaban atormentados por la duda de si pagar la factura de la luz o comer".
"Laura no tenía en cuenta que haber arrollado a alguien con la bici e intercambiado con él media docena de frases no podía constituir un derecho exclusivo de posesión de la persona".
Le doy 4 estrellas porque intento verlo desde una perspectiva adolescente. Para un adulto es un poco simple en cuanto a forma. Pero las ideas son buenas y el melodrama juvenil es muy entretenido. Desde la distancia, claro. La adolescencia es una fase que no hecho nada de menos. (¿Se llamará adolescencia por el hecho de adolecer???)
"Su madre no respondió. Había montones de cosas que habría querido hacer a la edad de Jon y no había hecho ni una sola. Por eso era tan importante que Jon no desaprovechara ni la más pequeña oportunidad. Pero también quería verlo feliz, y últimamente estaba más cabreado que de costumbre, como si tuviese algo dentro que no lograra expresar. Igual que le pasaba a ella durante los primeros años de casada..."
"Laura había notado que la gente con una abultada cuenta en el banco era más propensa a sonreír que los que siempre estaban atormentados por la duda de si pagar la factura de la luz o comer".
"Laura no tenía en cuenta que haber arrollado a alguien con la bici e intercambiado con él media docena de frases no podía constituir un derecho exclusivo de posesión de la persona".
Le doy 4 estrellas porque intento verlo desde una perspectiva adolescente. Para un adulto es un poco simple en cuanto a forma. Pero las ideas son buenas y el melodrama juvenil es muy entretenido. Desde la distancia, claro. La adolescencia es una fase que no hecho nada de menos. (¿Se llamará adolescencia por el hecho de adolecer???)
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November 19, 2012A rappresentanza di tutti i libri di questa collana che ho.Non erano certo alta letteratura, ma mi piacevano moltissimo quando ero alle medie;anche a dargli un'occhiata adesso riescono sempre a strapparmi un sorriso.
May 1, 2011
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Deze Tina Topper (nummer 47) is nog een van de laatste van het oude design. Niet veel later zal het over gaan naar een nieuwe soort kaft die een stuk moderner aan doet. Maakt het uit? Persoonlijk vond ik de nieuwe kaften iets mooier, maar die zijn tegenwoordig ook weer vervangen door nieuwere die ik persoonlijk niet mooi meer vind.
Ik heb hem via internet en rommelmarkten gezocht totdat ik hem uiteindelijk gevonden heb, en zoals ook bij alle andere Tina Toppers, zijn dit vermakelijke boekjes voor een middagje als het buiten regent ofzo, en het leest erg makkelijk en snel. Vooral leuk voor de leeftijdscategorie 10-13 jaar.
Deze Tina Topper (nummer 47) is nog een van de laatste van het oude design. Niet veel later zal het over gaan naar een nieuwe soort kaft die een stuk moderner aan doet. Maakt het uit? Persoonlijk vond ik de nieuwe kaften iets mooier, maar die zijn tegenwoordig ook weer vervangen door nieuwere die ik persoonlijk niet mooi meer vind.
Ik heb hem via internet en rommelmarkten gezocht totdat ik hem uiteindelijk gevonden heb, en zoals ook bij alle andere Tina Toppers, zijn dit vermakelijke boekjes voor een middagje als het buiten regent ofzo, en het leest erg makkelijk en snel. Vooral leuk voor de leeftijdscategorie 10-13 jaar.
December 22, 2022
Lagi butuh bacaan yang ringan dan cepet, jadi pas lagi bongkar lemari buku i decided to reread this book, kayakny buku dr jaman aku masih sd-smp deh wkwk seriously aku bahkan udah lupa kenapa aku punya buku ini 😅
Ceritanya tentang 5 remaja umur 14-15 tahun dengan masalah mereka masing2 dengan ortu mereka. Jujur aku ikutan malu baca narasinya kayak berasa aku yg jadi mereka dengan kelakuan ortu mereka yang malu-maluin 😂
I found some typos in the book dan ada beberapa translations yang “aneh” krn jarang denger kata2 itu dipake di percakapan sehari2, but overall sih buku ini oke kalau lg reading slump dan perlu bacaan ringan yg ga bikin kepala mumet mikir lagi
Ceritanya tentang 5 remaja umur 14-15 tahun dengan masalah mereka masing2 dengan ortu mereka. Jujur aku ikutan malu baca narasinya kayak berasa aku yg jadi mereka dengan kelakuan ortu mereka yang malu-maluin 😂
I found some typos in the book dan ada beberapa translations yang “aneh” krn jarang denger kata2 itu dipake di percakapan sehari2, but overall sih buku ini oke kalau lg reading slump dan perlu bacaan ringan yg ga bikin kepala mumet mikir lagi
June 16, 2007
Rosie Rushton did an amazing job in writing this book. The chapters are divided among different characters, all about what life is like as a teenager. It's full of emotion, and humor.
April 10, 2011
401st - 2011
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August 10, 2011if you liked georgia nicolson, you will most likely like this chick.
August 27, 2011
excellent..
December 21, 2012
Teen lit. Girls obsessed with looks and embarrassed by their Mums. Read this before trying to work through it with a pupil. Not my kind of book. Not hers either as it transpired!
April 24, 2013
Mother and daughter thingy. Father and son thingy. Well that's messy.
Well packed. Well written. Well told.
Oh and there's a part where Indonesia is mentioned. PROUD.
Well packed. Well written. Well told.
Oh and there's a part where Indonesia is mentioned. PROUD.
March 27, 2014
A good book, entertaining, would make a very good TV series methinks. :)
November 20, 2021
Una compañera de colegio (que hoy es una famosa actriz) me prestó este libro cuando teníamos 13 años, y me identifiqué tanto con todos los personajes femeninos de mi edad (algo raro de encontrar en esa época), que me lo devoré en un día.
Ok, el libro no es muy largo, pero me sentí orgullosa de mí misma, y lo volví a leer 3 veces más antes de devolverlo.
No sólo eso, comencé desesperadamente a buscar todos los libros de esta sega y la colección Chicas.
Eventualmente me los compré todos, y -para qué negarlo- a veces los re leo en día o dos por el sólo hecho de ser lo más reconfortante y nostálgico que hay.
Ok, el libro no es muy largo, pero me sentí orgullosa de mí misma, y lo volví a leer 3 veces más antes de devolverlo.
No sólo eso, comencé desesperadamente a buscar todos los libros de esta sega y la colección Chicas.
Eventualmente me los compré todos, y -para qué negarlo- a veces los re leo en día o dos por el sólo hecho de ser lo más reconfortante y nostálgico que hay.
September 30, 2018
Mungkin review nya di lain waktu ya😅
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March 3, 2021Zamaninin ideal beyaz sehirli ergen kitabiydi. Kitap okumayi sevdirdi, ergenligime ergenlik katti.
April 24, 2022
Als 21-jarige deed het oprecht pijn om te lezen, maar 8-jarigen vinden dit vast fantastisch. Het was in ieder geval weer een leeservaring.
February 19, 2024
Book is for teens , I personally liked it . Very similar to babysitters club in terms of the way its written and characters
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October 12, 2024Follow me for more highbrow literary content.
May 2, 2020
Second read, still the same rating. It's dated and a bit annoying at times but brings back a lot of memories. It's a cozy read for me and I love to be in this world again ;)
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