Amber and the hot pepper jelly - Karen McCombie

Dry your tears - Ally's World might be ending, but Stella Etc isjust beginning| A brilliant new series from top combo Karen McC andSpike Gerrell, Stella Etc is a must for Ally's World fans whoneed their fix of Karen's humour and warmth, her spot-on depictionof pre-teen girls' lives and fresh, original voice but with a wholenew cast of characters to get to know and love.Welcome to Ally's-World-on-Sea!Stella has just moved from London to a paint-peeling, past-its-sell-by-date,seaside resort town, which feels just around the cornerfrom the back of beyond after Kentish Town. She comes to loveit and its eccentricities and the characters she meet there - onenew friend is added to the group in each book. This first book dealswith the move from town to seaside and the leaving behind ofbest friend, Frankie. Peaches is the new character, a big. uglyginger cat, who turns out to be possibly the most important characterof all!Stella Etc. is a must for Ally's World fans who need their fix ofKaren's humour and warmth, her spot-on depiction of pre-teen girls'lives and fresh, original voice but with a whole new cast ofcharacters to get to know and love.In the fifth title, Stella sees grumpy waitress Amber's big-hairedmum trying to force her into wearing a horrible bridesmaid dressdisaster to her all too perfect cousin's wedding. Amber looks miserableas a very miserable thing and is trying everything to getout of the wedding ... including telling a few teeny white lies.Stella thinks Amber could really do with some sympathetic, normalmates, like her, Rach and TJ. But Rachel isn't so sure - she thinksthe wedding's not the only thing Amber's told a few fibs about...