I Conquer Britain

  I bent down to pet Bruce Lee. He growled.

  “You see?” said Bachman. “Even he knows.” This time he bent down to pet Bruce Lee. He wagged his tail. “What’s the matter? You don’t want to go to Europe?”

  “Me?”

  “Well, yeah, you. You don’t think I’d go without you, do you?”

  “You wouldn’t?”

  “Of course not.” He scratched Bruce Lee behind the ears. “I missed you.”

  I shuffled over so our shoulders were touching again. “Really?”

  “Yeah, really.”

  I took his hand from Bruce Lee and held it in mine. “I missed you, too.”

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  Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

  I Conquer Britain

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  My Worst Best Friend

  Planet Janet

  Planet Janet In Orbit

  Undercover Angel

  Undercover Angel Strikes Again

  Coming in 2012

  One Or Two Things I Learned About Love

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  Dyan Sheldon says that her writing for young adults “comes from personal experience. I just make the characters younger. I thought I would outgrow these experiences – but they keep happening.” She is the author of many books for young people, including Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (the prequel to My Perfect Life); And Baby Makes Two; The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love; and My Worst Best Friend, as well as a number of stories for younger readers. American by birth, Dyan Sheldon lives in North London

  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.

  First published 2006 by Walker Books Ltd

  87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ

  Text © 2006 Dyan Sheldon

  Cover illustration © 2006 Phil Hankinson

  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

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or 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 978-1-4063-3921-5 (ePub)

  www.walkerbooks.co.uk