My Worst Best Friend (27 page)

Dyan Sheldon is the author of many books for young people, including
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
;
My Perfect Life
;
And Baby Makes Two
and
I Conquer Britain
, as well as a number of stories for younger readers. American by birth, Dyan lives in North London.

For Chiqui and Judy

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously. All statements, activities, stunts, descriptions, information and material of any other kind contained herein are included for entertainment purposes only and should not be relied on for accuracy or replicated as they may result in injury.

First published 2010 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ

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Text © 2010 Dyan Sheldon
Cover photograph © 2010 Nonstock/Photolibrary Group

The right of Dyan Sheldon to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

This book has been typeset in Berkeley

Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmittedor stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:
a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978-1-4063-0420-6

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