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Product Description Jolene is happier now than she has been for ages. She loves Darren, her new stepdad, and her two half brothers and she's going to spend the summer holidays with Brody, which means hanging out with all her old friends at ZAPS After School Club. The only thing bothering her is her mum, whoseems to do nothing but shout and nag at Darren these days. Things are getting so bad that Jolene asks her stepbrothers to go with her. They can hardly wait to get out of the house.But while Jolene and the boys are having a great time at ZAPS, things are going from bad to worse at home. And when Mum rings Jolene to say that she's collecting her early and that Darren will be coming separately for the boys, Jolene fears the worst... Review `Pielichaty tackles real issues that worry real kids with both sympathy and humour and finds the extraordinary in the very ordinary.'Guardian About the Author Alex; Brody; Jolene; Sammie; Alex's Back; Brody's Back; Sammie's Back; Simone's Letters; Simone's Diary; Simone's Website; There's Only One Danny Ogle and, for older readers, Never Ever; Getting Rid of Karenna; Jade's Story and Vicious Circle.Simone's Letters was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.Simone's Diary was a World Book Day recommended read.