Drama Queen - Softcover

When Jessica's parents split up, she is confused. Jessica can't understand how people can fall out of love any more than she can understand how her best friend can fall in love with a boy called Cedric who wears a luminous anorak, when Jessica herself will settle for nothing less than complete perfection. And what about her art teacher, Mrs Mills? How can she be single when she's so pretty without her glasses? Jessica can see that her help is needed and just like a modern day Emma, sets about interfering with the love lives of those closest to her (when she really should have known better). This is a very funny, very touching exploration of a teenager getting to grips with the complicated rules of attraction, and quietly deals with much bigger themes of family, friendship and responsibility.

Chloe Rayban has published books for children of all ages, ranging from early readers to novels for young adults, both under her pen name Chloe Rayban and her real name Carolyn Bear. Love in Cyberia was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and The Carnegie Medal and her novel Virtual Sexual Reality was runner up for the Guardian award and was made into the film Virtual Sexuality. Formerly an advertising copywriter, she now writes full-time and lives in a Manoir in France. She has two grown-up daughters.