Being Bindy

Alyssa Brugman

Apr 2013 · Faber & Faber

About this ebook

What happens when your worst friend, who used to be your best friend, turns out to be your sister?

'Everywhere I looked I saw smirking faces, people whispering to each other, or whistling. Janey wouldn't even look at me. I overheard one of the others say, 'I don't know why you were ever friends with her,' to which she replied, 'I know. She's just so bleagh.'

Fifteen-year-old Bindy and her best friend Janey have been inseperable since they were babies. But the unthinkable has happened - Janey's in with a different crowd at school and she doesn't want to know Bindy anymore. The new crowd is loud, bitchy, in to boys, rebellious, daring. All the things that Bindy isn't. And then the really unthinkable happens - Bindy's dad starts dating Janey's mum . . .

About the author

Alyssa Brugman attended five different schools in New South Wales, Australia and completed a business degree at Newcastle University. She began writing at the age of twenty-two. Walking Naked is Alyssa's second published novel. Her first, Finding Grace, was shortlisted for a number of literary awards, including the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award (Older Readers) and the New South Wales Premier's Award (Ethel Turner Prize). She now lives in Sydney and works in public relations.