Sweet-talking TJ - 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 bookealswith the move from town to seaside and the leaving behind ofbest friend, Frankie. Peaches is the new character, a big. uglginger cat, who turns out to be possibly the most important characterof all!Karen is thinking of STELLA ETC as a 6-book series.A friend in need?Stella knows life in Portbay will be easier once she makes some friends.Trouble is, her new mate TJ only seems to want to be withher when there's no one else around! But why's he so keen to hagout with a bunch of scary, older lads who spend most of their timelaughing at him?