"Exploring envy, rivalry, anxiety and self-esteem, this accessible novella reveals there are always two sides to every story."
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.
Cousins Yasmin and Ruby have always been rivals, but both sides of the story are exposed in this cleverly composed clean-teen novella from Karen McCombie.
Ruby can't stand her "perfect" cousin Yasmin. Yasmin is pretty, popular and has a gorgeous boyfriend Max. She's set to get excellent grades in her GCSEs and her parents won't stop going on about how brilliant she is.
Ruby always feel small and hopeless around Yasmin, and whenever she gets any attention, Yasmin tries to make sure the spotlight turns back to her.
Or that's how Ruby feels anyway. But is there another side to the story?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 7.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed My Perfect Cousin and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-12 years old
My Perfect Cousin features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, School Stories, People / Places, PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 11+, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Teens, Books to Motivate Reluctant Readers age 9+, Books to Motivate Reluctant Readers age 11+, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
My Perfect Cousin is available in Paperback
My Perfect Cousin was written by Karen Mccombie and published by Barrington Stoke an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
My Perfect Cousin has 85 pages
£7.19
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