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by Holly Smale


  As always, my infinitely awesome family deserve a shout-out. Mum and Dad, I owe you: thank you for never reminding me of just how much. Tara and Autumn, Grandad, Louise, Charlie, Adrian, Veronique, Caroline, Dan, Vincent, Simon, Lesley, Romaine, Dixie, Lorraine, Ellen, Freya, Robin, Judith and Grandma – thanks for always cheering me on, even if it’s where I can’t see you.

  And finally, to my readers: old and new. I hope you love the Valentine family as much as I do.

  Thanks for coming on this adventure with me too.

  Loved the Valentines? Read Holly Smale’s bestselling, award-winning Geek Girl series …

  Harriet Manners knows a lot of things.

  • Cats have 32 muscles in each ear

  • Bluebirds can’t see the colour blue

  • The average person laughs 15 times per day

  • Peanuts are an ingredient in dynamite

  But she doesn’t know why nobody at school seems to like her. So when she’s offered the chance to reinvent herself, Harriet grabs it. Can she transform from geek to chic?

  Click on the cover to read more.

  The geek is back!

  Harriet Manners also knows:

  • Humans have 70,000 thoughts per day

  • Caterpillars have four thousand muscles

  • The average person eats a ton of food a year

  • Being a Geek + Model = a whole new set of graffiti on your belongings

  But clearly she knows nothing about boys. And, on a whirlwind modelling trip to Tokyo, Harriet would trade in everything she’s ever learnt for just the faintest idea of what she’s supposed to do next …

  Click on the cover to read more.

  Geek girl goes Stateside …

  Harriet Manners knows a lot of facts:

  • New York is the most populous city in the United States

  • Its official motto is ‘Ever Upward’

  • 27% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon

  But she has no idea about modelling Stateside. Or, even more importantly, what to do when the big romantic gestures aren’t coming from her boyfriend …

  Click on the cover to read more.

  The original geek returns …

  Harriet Manners has high hopes for the new school year: she’s a Sixth Former now, and things are going to be different. But with Nat busy falling in love at college and Toby preoccupied with a top-secret project, Harriet soon discovers that’s not necessarily a good thing …

  Click on the cover to read more.

  Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is:

  • Fourteen squirrels were once detained as spies

  • Snakes and Ladders and Chess were both invented in the same country

  • Astronauts’ hearts become rounder in space

  And, for once, Harriet knows exactly how her life should go. She’s got it ALL planned out. So when love is in the air, Harriet is determined to Make Things Happen! If only everyone else would stick to the script …

  Has GEEK GIRL overstepped the mark, and is following the rules going to break hearts all over again?

  Click on the cover to read more.

  Don’t miss the final book in the Geek Girl series!

  My name is Harriet Manners and I’ll be a geek forever …

  Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is …

  • Modelling isn’t a sure-fire route to popularity.

  • Neither is making endless lists.

  • The people you love don’t expect you to transform into someone else.

  • Statistically you are more likely to not meet your Australian ex-boyfriend in Australia than bump into him there.

  So on the trip of a lifetime Down Under Harriet’s to-do lists are gone and it’s Nat’s time to shine! Yet with nearly-not-quite-boyfriend Jasper back home Harriet is completely unprepared to see supermodel ex, Nick. Is the fashion world about to turn ugly for GEEK GIRL?

  It’s time for Harriet to face the future. Time to work out where her heart lies. To learn how to let go …

  Click on the cover to read more.

  About the Author

  HOLLY SMALE wanted to write from the age of five when she discovered that books didn’t grow on trees like apples. Her passion for stories led her on a number of adventures, including modelling, teaching children in Japan, PR and backpacking across dozens of countries around the world. She has a degree in English literature and an MA in Shakespeare from Bristol University.

  The Valentines series is the much anticipated follow-up to the number-one, internationally bestselling Geek Girl series, which sold over three million copies in thirty languages and won the Teen and Young Adult category of the Waterstones children’s Book Prize.

  Happy Girl Lucky is the first in a brand-new series that follows the famous Valentines series.

  This is Hope’s story.

  Follow Holly on Twitter and Instagram @holsmale

  Follow Greek Girl on Facebook/GreekGirlSeries

  Books by Holly Smale

  The Valentines series in reading order:

  HAPPY GIRL LUCKY

  The Geek Girl series in reading order:

  GEEK GIRL

  MODEL MISFIT

  PICTURE PERFECT

  ALL THAT GLITTERS

  HEAD OVER HEELS

  FOREVER GEEK

  Geek Girl novellas:

  ALL WRAPPED UP

  SUNNY SIDE UP

  About the Publisher

  Australia

  HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

  Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street

  Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

  http://www.harpercollins.com.au

  Canada

  HarperCollins Canada

  Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower

  22 Adelaide Street West, 41st Floor

  Toronto, ON, M5H 4E3, Canada

  http://www.harpercollins.ca

  India

  HarperCollins India

  A 75, Sector 57

  Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201 301, India

  http://www.harpercollins.co.in

  New Zealand

  HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited

  P.O. Box 1

  Auckland, New Zealand

  http://www.harpercollins.co.nz

  United Kingdom

  HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

  1 London Bridge Street

  London, SE1 9GF

  http://www.harpercollins.co.uk

  United States

  HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

  195 Broadway

  New York, NY 10007

  http://www.harpercollins.com

 

 

 


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