LoveReading4Kids Says
Perfect for the summer holidays or as revision comfort reading, Girl Out of Water is a sparkling comedy, with a great central character. Lou is just about keeping her head above water: she’s lost her chance for Olympic swimming stardom after flunking the time trials and what’s worse, her best friend Hannah didn’t. Now Lou is on her own at school with a sinking feeling – all that training hasn’t left room for much else. So when a trio of the school’s fittest boys ask her to help them develop a synchronised swimming routine for a TV talent contest, of course she says yes. Lou has a brilliant line in self-deprecation and the dialogue glistens; and if the plot is far-fetched, who cares when it’s this much fun.
Andrea Reece
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Nat Luurtsema Press Reviews
This irreverently funny debut by BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Nat Luurtsema is brutally honest and truly LOL - read it and weep (with laughter) by the pool. Family Traveller
...a brilliant, funny mix of swimming, boys, and a TV talent show. The Express
The ensuing drama is pin-sharp in its observation of teenage angst and pressures. A perfect summer read for teenage girls. Daily Mail
The Louise Rennison of the next generation. Rachel Kennedy, YA-BBERINGBOOKLOVER Blogspot
If you loved Four Weddings and a Funeral or Bridget Jones’ Diary then this book is for you. I really enjoyed this story and hope that Nat Luurtsema writes more in this vein. The School Librarian
I really enjoyed this book, as I personally understood the main character, Lou Brown. [...] Her funny, outgoing and bubbly personality has great effects on the reader. [...] I would definitely recommend this book to any reader of any age. Teen titles, reader review
About Nat Luurtsema
Nat Luurtsema was a stand-up comic for eight years and is now a comedy writer,author and film-maker. She was nominated for a BAFTA for her first short film and she has since writtenand/or directed four more shorts. She regularly collaborates in comedy writers’rooms and is an occasional co-host on the podcast The Guilty Feminist.
She writes funny books for children and teenagers, with Opie Jones being her first middle grade book.
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