Electra's family is falling apart. Her dad's moving out, her mum's given in to her daytime TV addiction, and her little brother (aka The Little Runt) has just been caught shoplifting. Even the guinea-pig's gone mental.

And all Electra can think about is whether green eyeliner compliments or clashes with blue eyes.

Where can a girl turn in her hour of need? To her best friends, of course. Together, they think up a plan: persuading the class geek to stalk her dad seemed like a good idea at the time ...

This is book 1 in Electra Brown .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton General Division .

Helen Bailey was born and brought up in Northumberland, a county she still regards as home.