Faking Sweet
  • Published: 1 September 2006
  • ISBN: 9781741661934
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $22.99

Faking Sweet

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1 Sep 2006
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Best friends, betrayal and bitchiness. It's all part of surviving year nine . . .

Best friends, betrayal and bitchiness. It's all part of surviving year nine . . .

Holly might be new, but she already knows who to watch out for: Jess Flynn, the most popular girl in year nine. Holly's best friend back in Melbourne, Calypso, says Jess is a liar, a shoplifter and a boyfriend-stealer. Calypso wants revenge for her ex-friend's betrayal, and Holly's only too happy to oblige.

But it's not proving easy to follow Calypso's plan and catch Jess out. And then there's the fact that as Holly gets to know her, Jess isn't fitting the terrible picture Calypso has painted of her.
  • Published: 1 September 2006
  • ISBN: 9781741661934
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

J.C. Burke

J.C. Burke was born in Sydney in 1965, the fourth of five sisters. With writers for parents, she grew up in a world of noise, drama and books, but she decided to become a nurse after her mother lost a long battle with cancer. Since Burke started writing in 1999, she has published a number of acclaimed books for teenagers and young adults, including Children's Book Council Notable Books White Lies and The Red Cardigan, Aurealis Awards finalist Nine Letters Long, The Story of Tom Brennan, Faking Sweet, Starfish Sisters, Ocean Pearl, Pig Boy and Pretty Girl. The Story of Tom Brennan won the 2006 CBC Book of the Year - Older Readers and the 2006 Australian Family Therapists Award for Children's Literature and it is currently on the NSW HSC syllabus list. Pig Boy won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction in 2012. Jane lives in Sydney with her family.

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Also by J.C. Burke

The Story Of Tom Brennan
Pretty Girl
Pig Boy
Ocean Pearl
Starfish Sisters
Nine Letters Long
The Red Cardigan
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Praise for Faking Sweet

JC Burke has ensured that Faking Sweet is the sort of read where you can’t help but get caught up in the drama.

The Courier Mail

The honest accounts of teen bitchiness make for a humorous read…Girls 13 -16 will love this great story of friendship and being true to your own feelings.

Reading Time

The author has captured perfectly the dialogue of adolescent girls along with their ability to fluctuate between bitchiness and tolerance in an instant. The plot is engaging and often funny, with ironic parallels between Shakespeare’s play and the girls’ lives.

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