The Taming Of The Tights

The Taming Of The Tights
Louise Rennison

The tights run wild and free in this hilarious new novel from the Queen of Comedy!Tallulah Casey is putting all thoughts of wild boy Cain behind her. He is literally an animal in trousers… oo-er. Not like nice boy Charlie (who she’s totally not thinking about either).The Tree Sisters are chasing those golden slippers of applause at performing arts college but Dr Lightowler seems hell-bent on spoiling everything for Tallulah.And with all her mates loved up, can Tallulah resist the call of her wild boy?

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First published in Great Britain in hardback

by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2013

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Dear Eagle-eyed mates,

Some of you may remember that in ‘A Midsummer Tights Dream’

I hilariously (in my opinion) mentioned that my mum and sister

would not let me have the dead rabbit in Cain’s hand wave its

paw bye-bye to Tallulah.

I said at the time (and I’m not wrong) that it is a tip-top comedy idea.

But oh no – my so-called family said it would make me seem ‘childish’ – which clearly I am not. Anyway, I hid this book from them so

the crying rabbit is in, see here (#ulink_a498d4b7-f1bc-51d0-8a9b-2b014448a552).

So ha ha ha ha for calling me childish.

Peace.

To my Family Tree and my Tree Sisters and Tree Brothers and

to the various saps – I mean – saplings. Also to the naughty

Skipton Flossies (Katie and Eve).

And of course to the Tree Doctors with their Tree pruning,

Tree mulching and their Tree hugging: Gillie, Lizzie, Tara,

Elorine, Clare, Cassie (actually officially a sap) and Gillon xxxx

CONTENTS

Title Page (#u7bf01355-2fc4-53fe-8588-a2f994733565)

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Dedication (#u47ad8f04-2432-592f-862f-6b07b541deab)

Chapter 1: Filling my tights again

Chapter 2: Lullah’s Lulu-luuuve List

Chapter 3: Return of the lunatic twins

Chapter 4: Snogs ahoy!

Chapter 5: The Blubberhouses Large Ladies Who Pole Dance For Fun Society

Chapter 6: Boy Ambush

Chapter 7: You don’t want to do any more winking back

Chapter 8: The fire escape of desire

Chapter 9: I’ve eaten snail shells

Chapter 10: Snogging and Jazzles

Chapter 11: The magic of puppetry

Chapter 12: Return of the beast in trousers

Chapter 13: See you there, cheeky miss

Chapter 14: My inner snogger

Chapter 15: Naughty bumberskite