On Friday 16th May 2014, an article was published on The Bookseller website about Caitlin Moran talking about her latest novel, How to Build a Girl, which is being published in July. She claims, ‘“...it’s really important which sexy books you read - particularly when you’re a girl,”’. I have no issue with that statement. But a little later on, she goes on to say, ‘“You don’t see teenage girls anywhere unless they’re being bitten by vampires”’. Well, as an avid reader of YA, it appears to me that Moran has sadly not had the right people recommending YA to her. There are a plethora of YA novels where teenage girls are ‘“having adventures, particularly sex adventures”’ - without the vampires. I’m sure Moran would be happy to hear that if she came into Foyles and spoke to the fantastic Children’s Booksellers, they would be able to fill multiple baskets of such books for her. But I thought I would start her off with some recommendations here.
The Easy and Breakable by Tammara Webber has now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! Randomizer.org has done it's thing, and the winner is:
Where She Went by Gayle Forman (review copy) - 
Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi (review copy) - 
Code Red Lipstick by Sarah Sky - Models, spies and lipstick gadgets in this fast-paced new teen series. Jessica Cole is just your average teenager, except when she's strutting down the glamorous catwalks of Paris. When her father, a former spy, vanishes mysteriously, Jessica takes matters into her own hands. She's not just good at striking a pose, she's going to take on MI6 and beat them at their own game. Following her father's trail, Jessica's investigation lands her hot on the heels of a deranged former supermodel, Allegra Knight, who plans to unleash mayhem on an unsuspecting teenage population with the launch of her new miracle face cream, Teenosity. from Amazon.
