The Big Pink
Style: Good
Attitude: Unobjectionable
In Brief: There is some rather vulgar indelicacy making it especially unsuitable for boys, but on the whole it's a readable teenaged girls' school story.
Age Range: Young Teens
Period: Contemporary
Genres: Girls , Growing-Up , School
Synopsis:
Angela, a fat 13-year-old, is sent to her aunt's girls' boarding school when her parents go to Pakistan as missionaries. The book is about her relations with the other girls, the teachers, and Sebastian, a local sixth- former.
Tuesday 1st January 2002