i was fifteen when i read my first sarra manning book; it was Guitar Girl, and it was given to me by my boyfriend at the time for christmas. i kindof looked at it and thought to myself, it looks ok... we'll see. i devoured it. at this point i was very into all things british/and french [still am...] and so it was the perfect book. i still have it sitting on my shelf, but now it is joined by 2 of her others, Pretty Things and Lets Get Lost.
side note: i just found out that guitar girl came out on my birthday in 2004. kismet.
what i love about sarra is, she writes about teen angst like she lives it. she isn't condescending, she doesn't preach at all. she just tells it like it is. i've read many many books in my short life, some very memorable, some not so much. but i could tell you what every single one of her books is about out of the ones i've read so far. she uses music to guide much of her writing, even giving her books a playlist [yes many authors do this but she's one of the first authors i ever saw doing this actively and posting her playlists in the back of the books... she was doing this way before stephenie meyer popularized it.]
i recommend sarra's books to anyone who is,was, or ever will be a teenager with a restless heart.
read guitar girl if you like music and want to imagine what it would be like to be thrust into musical fame.
read pretty things if you are a gay boy or a straight girl or something in between and you like theatre camp.
read let's get lost if you hate your life and your parent[s] and need some new music to listen to.
and read nobody's girl if you hate mean girls, love paris, and cute american boys.
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