| Notes from the Teenage Underground
Simmone Howell
(Pan Macmillan)
Judges report
Simmone Howell’s debut, Notes from the Teenage Underground, captures with near perfect pitch the edgy, wild voices and antics of three teenage girls, counterpointed by their bursts of anguish and despair. They intend to make their mark by creating a Warhol-inspired ‘happening’ and making an ‘underground’ (UG) movie. The book pays tribute to popular culture and the desire to be ‘cool’, as well as to the protagonists’ intellectual pursuits (movies and writing). Add sizzling wit and a sharp understanding of teenage concerns and we have a book equally attractive to boys and girls. |
