{"id":48212,"date":"2024-03-21T13:13:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2012906"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:57:31","slug":"jacqueline-wilson-announces-adult-girls-series-sequel","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/jacqueline-wilson-announces-adult-girls-series-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Wilson announces adult Girls series sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Ellie, Magda and Nadine are back! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 21 March 2024 at 12:13 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Jacqueline Wilson fans are in for a treat, as the author has announced that an adult sequel to her beloved Girls series will be released this September!<\/p>\n<p>The novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/think-again-by-jacqueline-wilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Think Again<\/a>, will revisit Ellie, Magda and Nadine, now aged 40, and explore what they\u2019ve been up to since readers were last introduced to them.<\/p>\n<p>As per the official synopsis, being an adult isn\u2019t what Ellie thought it would be, but she\u2019s ready for that all to change.<\/p>\n<p>It reads: \u201cBeing an adult isn\u2019t quite what Ellie Allard dreamed it would be when she was fourteen years old. Though she\u2019s got her beautiful daughter Lottie, life-long best friends in Magda and Nadine and her trusty cat Stella, her love life is non-existent and she feels like she\u2019s been living on auto-pilot, just grateful to be able to afford the mortgage on her pokey little flat.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBut this year on her birthday, the universe seems to decide it\u2019s time to for all that to change \u2013 whether Ellie wants it to or not. As she navigates new, exciting and often choppy waters, she\u2019s about to discover that life will never stop surprising you \u2013 if only you let it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/books\/dune-books-in-order\/\">How to read all the Dune books in order<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/books\/david-nicholls-books\/\">Best David Nicholls books to read before you watch the new One Day Netflix series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The adult novel will be released on Thursday 12th September and it is available to pre-order now!<\/p>\n<p>While the cover is yet to be revealed, the provisional shows a green background that reads: \u201cYou think life\u2019s done surprising you? THINK AGAIN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, best known for her popular children\u2019s novels including The Story of Tracy Becker, Hetty Feather and many more, announced the exciting news on her social media channels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--full\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% * (1400 \/ 2095));\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-624636284-befb69a-e1711022890335.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-624636284-befb69a-e1711022890335.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=600%2C401 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-624636284-befb69a-e1711022890335.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=900%2C601 3x, 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https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-624636284-befb69a-e1711022890335.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=1112%2C743 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-624636284-befb69a-e1711022890335.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=1668%2C1115 3x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <img class=\"wp-image-2012929 align size-full image-handler__image image-handler__image--full no-wrap js-lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-624636284-befb69a-e1711022890335.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C414\" width=\"2095\" height=\"1400\" alt=\"Jacqueline Wilson in a blue blouse and cream coat. She is wearing glasses and is smiling ahead.\" title=\"BAFTA Children's Awards - VIP Arrivals\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Jacqueline Wilson. <em>David M Benett\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"\/><\/div>\n<p>In a minute-long video posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackyWilsonHQ\/status\/1770752216187744367?s=20\">X<\/a> (formerly Twitter), the author said: \u201cI\u2019m very excited to tell you about my new novel, Think Again, which is coming this September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly 30 years ago, I wrote a quartet of novels about three 13-year-old best friends \u2013 Ellie, Magda and Nadine. Still today, young women come up to me in the street to tell me how much those books meant to them, and they often ask me what happened to these characters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy new novel, Think Again, will answer those questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are thrilled to announce the adult sequel to the beloved Girls quartet, Think Again, is coming this September! \ud83c\udf89<br\/><br\/>Revisit Ellie, Magda and Nadine, now aged 40, and see how their lives have changed&#8230; \u2728<br\/><br\/>Pre-order your copy here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/obG4dpsWXz\">https:\/\/t.co\/obG4dpsWXz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransworldBooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TransworldBooks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0GuXOgixH1\">pic.twitter.com\/0GuXOgixH1<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Jacqueline Wilson (@JackyWilsonHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackyWilsonHQ\/status\/1770752216187744367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The original book in the Girls series was titled Girls in Love and was followed by Girls under Pressure, Girls out Late and Girls in Tears.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-two years after the final book was published, the girls are back!<\/p> <p><strong>Listen up bookworms, we\u2019ve got some more books to add to your reading list! <\/strong><strong>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/books\/best-harlan-coben-books\/\" rel=\"noopener\">best Harlan Coben books to read this year<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/books\/richard-osman-books-in-order\/\" rel=\"noopener\">how to read Richard Osman\u2019s The Thursday Murder Club books in order<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <a id=\"OWAd6a6c3ba-49f5-0b08-841b-80c9962943d5\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\">subscribe now<\/a>. 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