Chelsea High
by Jenny Oliver
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Pub Date 6 Aug 2020 | Archive Date 1 Feb 2021
Egmont Publishing | Electric Monkey
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Description
For all fans of Cecilia Aherne and Jenny Han comes the YA romantic Read of the Summer from bestselling contemporary fiction author, Jenny Oliver!
Norah Whittaker’s upbringing has been charmingly unconventional: she’s grown up on a houseboat spending her days fishing, cherry picking and helping her mum out at her vintage market stall. As well as laughing at her chaotic dad. But when her dad’s latest get-rich plan ends up getting him arrested, everything changes.
Grandparents (incredibly rich ones) that Norah never knew had existed enrol her at exclusive Chelsea High. There are polo lessons, ski trips and parties photographed by Tatler, not to mention Coco Summers, Instagram sensation, who is determined to make Norah feel utterly unwelcome. Luckily there is also handsome Ezra who is cast opposite her in the school play.
But is he enough to persuade Norah that she belongs?
Chelsea High is Jenny Oliver's YA debut. She is the bestselling author of The Summerhouse by the Sea which the Express call 'a must-read' and a RONA shortlisted author. Jenny wrote her first book on holiday when she was ten years old. Illustrated with cut-out supermodels from her sister's Vogue, it was an epic, sweeping love story not so loosely based on Dynasty. She wrote her first bookThe Parisian Christmas Bake Off on the beach in a notebook that would end up covered in sand each afternoon and damp from the sea. Follow Jenny @JenOliverBooks
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781405295048 |
PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 336 |
Featured Reviews
A perfect summer read! It's the story of Norah, a teen girl whose Bohemian life is turned upside down when her dad is arrested, she and her parents are forced to move to London and Norah is enrolled in a exclusive school by her uber-rich Grandparents she has never met before. She doesn't fit in at her new school and everything else in her life is so confusing & strange, but the school play and her co-star Ezra might just help her feel like she belongs.
This was such a charming book. Norah is a great character, easy to sympathise with and immensely likeable. Her story felt like The Princess Diaries in the sense of fish-out-of-water discovering family secrets meets the school drama of Gossip Girl via High School Musical. I binged this as I was so desperate to find what would happen next - this feels like the start of an incredible compelling new series that I'll be recommending to my students. Perfect for students in year 7 and above, I know many young people who will love this book just as much as I did. Endearing, sweet, funny yet not without sadness or drama - delightful!
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General Fiction (Adult), Romance, Women's Fiction