Books in series
#1
Jo in the Middle
1990
Starting high school brings problems over friendships and hobbies for Jo.
#2
Fat Lollipop
1991
Guilty at taking Lol's place in the Laing gang Jo believes she is doing a good turn by encouraging Lol to diet.
#3
Bossy Boots
1991
In the third book in the "Peter High" series, Jo is elected form captain, but only because the rest of the class are sick of Gerry Stubbs always having the job. Jo takes her responsibilities seriously - too seriously for her friends, who think she's become a teacher's pet and a bossyboots.
#4
Jam Today
1992
Jo hero worships Sarah Bigg, a glamorous prefect, but finds her efforts to impress Sarah are not working.
#5
The Matchmakers
1992
The fifth of the Peter High stories, set in a girls' comprehensive school. Jo's gang have set up an introduction agency which promises true love and bliss for all the lonely hearts at Peter High. What started as a good idea turns into a series of hilarious disasters.
Author
Jean Ure
Author · 61 books
Prolific English children and young adult author. Had her first book published while still in high school, then studied theater at Webber-Douglas in London. Her most well-known work is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Others include Plague 99, After the Plague (previously "Come Lucky April"), Big Tom, Family Fan Club and Shrinking Violet, as well as the fantasy The Wizard In the Woods. Today, Ure is very popular with British female teenage readers with novels such as Shrinking Violet, Family Fan Club and Passion Flower. Ure has also translated Danish writer Sven Hassel's WWII novels to English.
