Refugee becomes fashion success
Threads Sophia Bennett Published by Chicken House ISBN 978190529498 5
Sophia Bennett's classy debut novel is aimed directly at one specific group of readers and it hits them smack in the middle of the target.
If you aren't a teenage fashionista with an eye on what is happening in fashion magazines and on the catwalk, then Threads is definitely not for you.
Nonie, Jenny and Edie are three best friends blessed not only with trendy names but also with a comfortable lifestyle in London, the fashion capital of the world. Nonie's mother used to be a top model and her elder brother is a handsome heartthrob out of the Zac Efron mould.
Jenny's father is in the theatre and Jenny herself has just made an impressive debut in a film starring Hollywood's hottest couple.
Then there is Edie, who is on a mission to save the world and stamp out all the injustice.
In her spare time, Edie gives reading lessons to Crow, a 12-year-old dyslexic refugee from the war-torn African country of Uganda. The girl has an amazing talent for drawing and designing clothes.
Threads tells the highly improbable but persuasive tale of how Nonie and her friends and family help Crow to fulfil her talent and become a runaway fashion success in a cutthroat world.
