Lainey’s Lot

Author(s): Lisa Tenzin-Dolma

Location(s): Bath

Genre(s): Young Adult

Era(s): Modern

When Lainey Morgan (aged 14 years and 8 months) bumps into gorgeous Kieran Kamau, it’s love at first sight for both of them. But Lainey’s eccentric mum, nicknamed the Word Magpie for her love of collecting words out of the dictionary, insists that they move from Bath to spooky Ivy House, a weird residential community in Deepest Nottinghamshire. Lainey is miserable there, and news that Kieran’s band, Dark Matter, have won the Teen Star television series changes both their lives. In between getting bullied by the vile Dorm Demons at Ivy House, hounded by paparazzi keen to snap her Bad Hair Days, and horrified by her Mum’s budding relationship with a community member, Lainey finds herself facing more challenges than she can count, as the demands of fame are changing Kieran and the pressure start to take their toll on everyone. Soon, Lainey finds that first love is only one step along the path to growing up.

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