When your dad gets married again, its a good thing, right? Everybody happy all round? Not when your new stepmother can't stand you. And when you don't think too much of her, it doesn't help either. That's bad enough but then other stuff happens, like new babies, and people going nuts.

So that's where Marty found herself. Dealing with all this stuff and trying to keep something special between her and both her mum and her dad. "Marty's Diary" is a title in the highly contemporary "Cutting Edge" fiction series for young adults.

The series features fast paced quick reads. Each book focuses on difficult topics and situations, one that many teenagers will have experienced first hand or through friends and will be able to relate to.