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My Perfect Cousin

"Exploring envy, rivalry, anxiety and self-esteem, this accessible novella reveals there are always two sides to every story."

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Interest Age 11+ Reading Age 7

Pitch-perfect for 11+-year-olds who enjoy accessible stories rooted in real life struggles, Karen McCombie’s My Perfect Cousin makes impactful use of an ingenious tale-of-two-halves structure to tell an empathetic story of misplaced assumptions and a teenager’s journey to selfhood.  

From Ruby’s perspective, her “perfect” cousin Yasmin has it all — beauty, brains and a lush lifeguard boyfriend, Max. As a result, Ruby always feels “small and helpless” around Yasmin, not least at family gatherings when Yasmin always seems to steal the show. Then, as Ruby’s best friend Kam goes cool on her for not turning up to support him at a local Pride parade, Max seems to have the hots for her…   

Cleverly, at this point the story flips to tell the same chain of events from Yasmin’s point of view, with her journey to becoming her own person swiftly unfolding as a thing of joy. 

Suitable for those with a reading age of seven and upwards, My Perfect Cousin packs a lot of punch into a pithy, pacey, relatable novella for readers on the cusp pf their teenage years.

Joanne Owen

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