“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek.”MODEL MISFIT is the sequel to award-winning No. 1 UK debut GEEK GIRL.“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek.”MODEL MISFIT is the sequel to award-winning No. 1 UK debut GEEK GIRL.Harriet Manners knows a lot of facts.She knows that humans have 70,000 thoughts per day.She knows that Geek + Model = a whole new set of graffiti on your belongings.And that the average person eats a ton of food a year, though her pregnant stepmother is doing her best to beat this.But Harriet doesn’t know where she’s going to fit in once the new baby arrives. And with her summer plans ruined, modelling in Japan seems the perfect chance to get away.Can Harriet cope with the craziness of Tokyo, her competitive model flatmates and her errant grandmother’s ‘chaperoning’. Or seeing gorgeous Nick everywhere she goes?Will geek girl find her place on the other side of the world?The sequel to the award-winning debut GEEK GIRL.'Harriet's comical and cringeworthy misadventures in the world of fashion are guaranteed to get you laughing.' The Week Junior‘Genius.’ MaximumPop!'You can't fail to like Harriet.' Parents in TouchPRAISE FOR GEEK GIRL:"Loved GEEK GIRL. Wise, funny and true, with a proper nerd heroine you're laughing with as much as at. Almost." James Henry, writer of Smack the Pony and Green Wing"A feel-good satisfying gem that will have teens smiling from cover to cover, and walking a little taller after reading" – Books for Keeps“I would highly recommend Geek Girl to anyone who likes a good laugh and enjoys a one-of-a-kind story.” Mia,Guardian Children’s Books websiteHolly Smale is the author of Geek Girl, Model Misfit and Picture Perfect. She was unexpectedly spotted by a top London modelling agency at the age of fifteen and spent the following two years falling over on catwalks, going bright red and breaking things she couldn’t afford to replace. By the time Holly had graduated from Bristol University with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare she had given up modelling and set herself on the path to becoming a writer.Geek Girl was the no. 1 bestselling young adult fiction title in the UK in 2013. It was shortlisted for several major awards including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Branford Boase award, nominated for the Queen of Teen award and won the teen and young adult category of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the 11-14 category of the Leeds Book Award.• GEEK GIRL – the No. 1 children’s UK debut of 2013• GEEK GIRL – WINNER of the teen category of the Waterstones Children’s Books Prize 2014• The smart and sassy new voice in teen fiction – fresh and funny throughout• GEEK GIRL shortlisted for the ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZE 2013•Holly Smale was a teen model herself – get exclusive access into the closed world of fashion and modelling.• Geek Girl sales are going from strength to strength with over 30,000 copies sold in the UK in less than four months• Join Harriet Manners for her second adventure, this time she heads a little further afield…• Geek Girl has a fantastic and engaged following on Facebook which we will continue to build throughout the summer and in to the publication of book 2.• Marketing and PR will target our key demographic through online ads and social outreach, and a targeted partnership with Clothes Show Live 2013 will reach thousands of fashion hungry girls.Competition: The Look, Ten Things We Shouldn’t Have Done
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