The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl

It is that long, luxurious summer after high school is finished for ever and before the rest of your life starts. Alba lives in Eden Valley, a small no-place of a town where nothing ever happens, and is using the summer to hang out with her friends, draw awesome Cinnamon Girl cartoons and avoid thinking of what to do next. All changes when the End of the World is announced on youtube, and Eden Valley is named as the only safe place to be. Suddenly everyone is moving to Eden Valley, and Alba's life is changed dramatically. Daniel, Alba's childhood friend, returns to the town after years playing a screen heartthrob in a soap and starts to make romantic advances. Her best friend since forever, Grady, suddenly starts acting weird. Her mother's cafe is swamped by hippies and other colourful characters that've descended on the town. I loved the mixture of the approaching apocalypse and the approach of Alba's future in which everything is uncertain except the fact that her friends would all be moving away. So her world is ending one way or another and she's finding it difficult to cope with and, given the array of amazing friends she has, I'm not surprised. Melissa Keil has found a funny and novel way of approaching the coming of age book. Teen girls will love it. 369 pages / Ages 12+ / Reviewed by Melanie Chadwick, school librarian.

Suggested Reading Age 11+

At first whilst reading, I thought I was wasting my time. BUT, after reading further the plot was way too interesting to ignore and I ended up really enjoying it!!!

Suggested Reading Age 11+

This book will make you see life differently and show you how to live. If you're stuck with your life just like I am, read this book because it will show you to stop living in the future but live in the present. Alba is very relatable and every character has a story of their own, making you wonder if there probably is more to a person - Probably more than you will ever know?

Suggested Reading Age 14+