This is perfect young teenage escapist reading written in an engaging and witty style that really gets under the skin of teenagers today. Jess’s move with her family into a really smart apartment block in Knightsbridge, London sounds really exciting and when she hears about the A list celebs who live there too she can hardly contain herself. But when she actually meets them she finds it’s not all it’s cracked up to be and wishes for her own quiet life but can she admit this to her real down-to-earth friends?
Jess Hall's dad is the new general manager at Porchester Park, and is moving Jess, her brother and pet cat into a staff apartment there. Jess is dreading the move, until she learns the apartments are strictly A-list only and soon to be populated by actors, musicians, models and millionaires...But fraternising with the stars isn't all it's cracked up to be, and soon Jess is wishing for a return to real-life - but can she admit to her friends that the gilded cage isn't quite as golden as she'd anticipated?
Cathy Hopkins lives in North London with her husband and three mad cats. It took her until she was 35 to decide what she wanted to do when she grew up (be a writer), so she has had a variety of other jobs. She trained as a secondary school teacher but instead of teaching, joined a rock and roll band, "Driving Rock and the Rockettes", as one of the Rockettes. She’s also worked as an occupational therapist, a scriptwriter, a newspaper reviewer on Sky News, a script reader for the comedy unit at the BBC and an aromatherapist.
