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Withering Tights


The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey

School year: Year 10, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 368

Published: 2011

Great for age 7-18 years

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Winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 The first book in the hilarious series from the original Queen of Teen. Youll laugh your tights off . . . Picture the scene: Dother Hall Performing Arts College ,somewhere Up North, surrounded by rolling dales, bearded cheesemaking villagers (male and female) and wildlife of the squirrely-type. On the whole, its not quite the showbiz experience Tallulah was expecting but once her mates turn -p and they start their FAME! Im gonna liiiiive foreeeeeever, Im gonna fill my tiiiiights summer course things are bound to perk up. Especially when the boys arrive. (When DO the boys arrive?) Six weeks of parent-free freedom. BOY freedom. Freedom of expression cos its the THEATRE dahling, theatre! The hilarious misadventures of Tallulah Casey

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called The Misadventures Of Tallulah Casey .

This book has been graded for interest at 11 years.

There are 368 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Louise Rennison is the bestselling award-winning author of the phenomenally successful 'Confessions of Georgia Nicolson' series, translated into over 34 languages and to the stage and big screen as 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'. She has won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize, the Michael L. Printz Honor Book and the Roald Dahl Funny prize for 'Withering Tights'.

 

This book is in the following series:

The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Roald Dahl Funny Award - Funniest Book For Children Ages 7-14 Years
This book was recognised in the Funniest Book for Children Ages 7-14 Years category by the Roald Dahl Funny Award.

"I don't know how, but Louise Rennison has done it again. Tallulah is even funnier, warmer, and sweeter than her cousin Georgia Nicolson. I fell in love with Withering Tights, and you will too!" - Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and Abandon series

"Wickedly entertaining." - Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian

"It's all a hoot." - Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times

Praise for Confessions of Georgia Nicolson:

"Raucously fun." - The Times

''You'll be falling about laughing at this." - Mizz