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David Fickling Books (2017), Edition: 01, 363 pages
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"One family, three sisters. Grace, the oldest, is a straight-A student. Audrey, the youngest, is a future Olympic swimming champion. Mia is in the middle. Mia is wild and daring, great with hair and selfies, and the undisputed leader of her friends, not attributes appreciated by her parents or teachers. When Grace makes a shock announcement, Mia hopes that her now-not-so-perfect sister will get into the trouble she deserves. But instead, it is Mia whose life spirals out of control -- boozing, boys and bad behaviour -- and she starts to realise that her attempts to make it 'All About Mia' might put at risk the very things she loves the most." -- Provided by publisher.
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realistic teen fiction (narrated by a 16y.o. party girl in Britain, who happens to be part of an unmarried mixed race family with an incidentally gay friend). I was trying hard to like Mia (I love that the cover actually depicts her face and hair and not a silhouette, or just her hands, or some
And also, Mia and Stella really need to be watching their drinks closely (from the moment the bartender mixes them through consumption) rather than letting those guys at the club buy them and bring them to them. I get that the sheer amount of drinking Mia does provides serious consequences, but teens and ladies IRL for sure need to be aware that date rape drugs are all too easy to get and a very real danger.
I would still recommend this book to others (esp. if they seemed like someone who would relate more to Mia) but would keep in mind that this book is pretty LONG compared to other teen fic fare (though might be riveting to a teen who was contemplating similar behaviors). Parental note: you probably aren't going to like this if you are asking, but there is a lot of drinking, a small amount of smoking (characters are trying to quit), and sex is overheard / mentioned (though Mia herself only gets as far as kissing in the first half of the book, she has had sex before and her older sister is pregnant at 19 y.o., but there are also clear consequences for most of these actions).
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other thing that publishers usually do to non-white MCs), but by the end of chapter 24 she had done very little to redeem herself. Yes, she's the seemingly marginalized middle child outshone by her two sisters' obvious talents, and yes, we all have self-esteem issues that make us do things we regret, but I found her impulsive self-destructive behavior very difficult to relate to (and hard to like, when she's not even that nice to her friends). I felt that the sweet moments she shared with her younger sister Audrey and the bonding and eventual growth from her friendship with her older sister's boyfriend (and the impending train wreck that would surely come along before Mia gets a grip on herself) were not enough for this far in the book to keep me reading.And also, Mia and Stella really need to be watching their drinks closely (from the moment the bartender mixes them through consumption) rather than letting those guys at the club buy them and bring them to them. I get that the sheer amount of drinking Mia does provides serious consequences, but teens and ladies IRL for sure need to be aware that date rape drugs are all too easy to get and a very real danger.
I would still recommend this book to others (esp. if they seemed like someone who would relate more to Mia) but would keep in mind that this book is pretty LONG compared to other teen fic fare (though might be riveting to a teen who was contemplating similar behaviors). Parental note: you probably aren't going to like this if you are asking, but there is a lot of drinking, a small amount of smoking (characters are trying to quit), and sex is overheard / mentioned (though Mia herself only gets as far as kissing in the first half of the book, she has had sex before and her older sister is pregnant at 19 y.o., but there are also clear consequences for most of these actions).
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Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 2018)
Language
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English
Physical description
363 p.; 8.46 inches
ISBN
191098910X / 9781910989104