Girls in Love

I totally agree with Kate - Girls In Love is nothing like the books! I've got all the books at home and Ellie is meant to be plump, bespectacled girl with frizzy brown hair. How come other programmes and films that are adapted from books do try to find actors and actresses that fit the characters, but on this particular Jacqueline Wilson book, they get it wrong! Harry Potter, for example, the characters look similar to how the characters are described in the books. Also, I'm not racist 'cause I'm black myself, but in the books, Magda's supposed to be a blonde-haired white girl! I'm VERY sure they couldn't change the race of a character in another book, like the Harry Potter books just because the casting director wants to! The story lines in the series are different too. I much prefer The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum and the recent Best Friends, all of which are true to Jacqueline's books. Anyway, all that said, the series is still very enjoyable, as long as you cast a blind eye on the irregularities in the series and don't expect it to be just like the books.