Love Lessons (novel)

Love Lessons is a British novel intended for older readers by Jacqueline Wilson, first published by Doubleday in 2005.

Some of the characters in Love Lessons are similar to those in one of the author's previous books, Waiting for the Sky to Fall (1983).

She also does not have many friends after some girls at school harass her for the lingerie she bought using money she was given to pay for maths tuition.

She makes friends with a boy called Toby, who soon develops feelings for Prue despite having a girlfriend, Rita.

She helps him with his reading as he is dyslexic at the weekend however Rita finds out after her friend Aimee spots Prue and Toby together.

Life at school becomes more difficult for Prue as she doesn’t have anyone to talk to, and the girls have all turned against her because Toby dumped Rita for her.

Rax later tells Prue that he doesn’t want her to babysit his children anymore due to her feelings for him, claiming it is dangerous for both of them to continue.

Prue promises she won’t make things awkward or discuss her feelings for him if he lets her continue to babysit.

Rax agrees to let Prue babysit one last time, as long as she promises to tell his wife, Marianne, that she can’t do it again.

Toby visits Prue, and finds a box of Victorian erotica books amongst all the other stock in the bookshop.

Grace and Mrs King see Toby leave, and invite him to come upstairs to the flat for some cakes.

Toby discovers that the Victorian erotica books in the family bookshop are very valuable, and tells Mr and Mrs King.

Due to an underage student kissing her teacher, who then somewhat reciprocates her romantic feelings, the book has become more controversial in recent years.