Natasha Devon – Toxic

Description

Llewella has straight-A grades, a lead in the school play, a prefect badge, a successful blog and a comfortable life. Despite this, she feels like a brown, chubby square peg at a school full of thin, white girls. She’s never had a best friend. Could the new student at sixth form – glamorous, streetwise Aretha – be the one? Llewella and Aretha get tight, quick. Before long, Llewella is following a diet Aretha has designed for her and has abandoned her own passions to dive headfirst into Aretha’s world. She’s determined to be the most loyal, greatest friend she can be, even when Aretha says and does things which make her feel the opposite of great. Even when the anxiety disorder she thought was cured starts to re-emerge. Isn’t that how friendships work?

‘A hugely accomplished debut novel about the complexities of teenage girlhood. Menacing, heartfelt and oft very funny, Natasha Devon is a new YA voice to watch’ Juno Dawson

‘Natasha is the cool older sister all teens need in their lives. She truly cares about the mental wellbeing of young people and this makes her such an exciting new author of YA fiction’ Holly Bourne

About the Author

Natasha Devon MBE is a writer, presenter & activist. She tours schools and events throughout the UK and beyond, delivering talks and conducting research on mental health, body image, gender & equality. She presents on LBC every Saturday and writes regularly for Grazia Magazine. Natasha is a fellow of the University of Wales and the Royal Society of Arts, a trustee for Student Minds, an ambassador for Glitch UK and a patron for No Panic. She is a certified instructor for Mental Health First Aid England and eating disorder charity Beat.