Rosie Rushton Books

A witty, page-turning story about a typical angst-ridden teen by clever British author Rosie Rushton.

What would happen if Jane Austen's MANSFIELD PARK was set in the twenty-first century?When Frankie Price goes to live with her wealthy cousins, she finds herself part of a social scene that she'd only read about in magazines.

When Mrs Bennet inherits enough money to move into the kind of village she has always dreamed of, her daughters find themselves swept up in a glamorous life of partying and country pursuits. But Lizzie and her sisters soon discover that, beneath the very smart surface, lurks a web of intrigue and rivalries.

What would happen if the traumas of teenage life and love from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey surfaced in the twenty-first century? Caitlin Morland has always craved excitement. So when she wins an art scholarship to Mulberry Court College, she's delighted to be befriended by the glamorous Izzy Thorpe and intriguing Summer Tilney. As Caitlin finds herself swept up in their exotic lives, she becomes determined to uncover the secrets surrounding Summer. An invitation to join the Tilneys in Italy provides the perfect opportunity...

What would happen if you transferred the traumas of teenage love from Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility to the twenty-first century? How would Ellie, Abby and Georgie fare without the restraints of nineteenth-century England? Will Ellie's ever-sensible attitude towards life prevent her from ever snogging the gorgeous, but.

Three teenagers, all alike in misery, but in nothing else. One is boiling over with anger, grief, confusion and contrition as he relives his abandonment by his mother and the death of the little sister left in his (7 year old) care. The next has a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's, but does not realise, and so spends all his waking hours worrying about what she might be up to next. The third is the daughter of a successful business woman and a heart-throb soap actor, who are constantly at war with each other, while attempting to present a happy, united and quite bogus family picture to the world. Their worlds collide when disaster strikes at the annual fair.

Full of wry observations of the plight of 15-year-olds, this is an amusing story of five teenagers, their trials and tribulations. It is the first title in a trilogy, from author Rosie Rushton who has her own teenage column in The Times.

Zum einem fürchtet Georgie, dass die äSchandeä von Mutters Aufenthalt in der Psychiatrie zutage tritt, zum anderen wird sie von Ängsten geschüttelt, selbst durchzudrehen.

In diesem Doppelband von Rosie Rushton kämpfen Chloë und Sinead um Nick, während Sanjay und Jasmin trotz elterlichen Widerstands zueinander finden wollen. Freundschaft und Gefühlswirrwarr stehen im Mittelpunkt der Geschichten "Liebesschwüre und andere Peinlichkeiten" sowie "Liebesleid und andere Freuden".

Holly will eine Geburtstagsparty veranstalten, doch ihre Mutter lehnt eine Party ohne Eltern strikt ab. Gemeinsam mit ihren Freundinnen überlegt Holly, wie das Ereignis doch stattfinden könnte. Zum Glück fällt Hollys Geburtstag auf den Dunchester Battle Day. Pech für ihre sozial engagierte Mutter, die beim Protest gegen einen Supermarkt-Neubau festgenommen wird. Pech auch für Hollys Vater, einen eigenwilligen Historiker, der bei einer Meinungsverschiedenheit verletzt und ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert wird. Denn das bedeutet Bahn frei für Hollys Party, auf der sie ihren Angebeteten Scott endlich rumkriegen will! Doch es kommt trotzdem alles anders als geplant: Scott hat nur seinen verschwundenen Hund im Kopf, und dann stellt sich heraus, dass er Jade mehr mag als Holly.