Caroline Plaisted

This is the sequel to "10 things to do before you are 16" which I have not read but I didn't realise it was a follow on until I finished the book, as the author explains the characters so well at the start! Beth & Anna are best friends who each have a boyfriend; in fact Beth is going out with Anna's brother Joey and Anna is going out with Joey's best friend Sam. But Beth is not happy as Joey seems to spend very little time with her, talks about football all the time, thinks a hot date is show more playing xbox and often forgets to ring her. What brings things to a head is their double-date to a horror museum, where the boys act like juveniles and then Joey gets mad at Beth for being scared! To make matters worse, that night, Joey dumps Beth by SMS! One for girls who have been pressured into having a boyfriend just because everyone else has one - like mobile phones, ipods and the latest clothes. show less

I had high expectations for a collection of ballet stories, but, for the most part, I was disappointed story after story. There were quite a few stories about people who hated ballet and got out of it. There were also stories about people who weren't any good at ballet- and I noticed that all the beginners wore pointe shoes to their first classes. This seemed almost to be an anti-ballet collection- with more than one story written by people who had no idea what they were talking about.

Submitted by Olivia...
I liked it because it was well-written and I could relate to it.
16-year-old Beth and Anna both have boyfriends, but can Beth handle her boyfriend?

it was the best 10/10