Barrington Stoke Fiction: Sweetness and Lies by Karen McCombie (author)

A charming story of growing up and making friends, ideally suited to dyslexic and struggling readers. Perfect for girls who love the style of Jacqueline Wilson but require a simpler reading format. Tilly has just started at her new secondary school, and she’s the luckiest girl in the world. She’s found her new Best Friend Forever, Mia. But when Amber joins their class a few days later, Mia starts to act a little oddly…

Reading age: 8. Interest age: 8-12.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781781121993

Publisher

Barrington Stoke Ltd

Date published

April 9th, 2013

Lexile measure

660L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.4; Middle years; 1.0 points

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Karen McCombie

Karen McCombie is from Aberdeen but now lives in North London with her husband and four fat cats.

Karen is now a full-time writer but before that she worked for several teen magazines such as J17 and Sugar in a variety roles – everything from Fashion Editor to Features Editor!

Her highly successful series is Ally’s World. Ally Love is thirteen and lives with her weird family in a falling down house in Crouch End. Her eccentric mother’s not around so it’s just Dad, the four Love children and an array of pets including a three-legged cat, a vicious hamster and some stick insects.

When not writing Karen spends her time belly-dancing!