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Narinder Dhami spent nine years teaching in London before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of Bindi Babes and its companion novels and may be best known for her novelization of the hit British movie Bend It Like Beckham. Dhami also occasionally writes under the name of Daisy Meadows. She currently lives in Shropshire with her husband and pets.
Also by Narinder Dhami:
BOLLYWOOD BABES
BHANGRA BABES
SUPERSTAR BABES
SUNITA’S SECRET
DANI’S DIARY








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First published by Corgi Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children’s Publishers UK, 2003, reissued 2008 This edition published by Puffin Books 2024
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Text copyright © Narinder Dhami, 2008
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ISBN : 978–0–241–72393–7
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For Bambi and Sue, my sisters and best friends
