The latest fabulous story by Jean Ure, a must for any girl's collection! At Parkfield High no one would have thought nerdy Ruth and super-cool Shayanne would be friends - but maybe there's more to Shayanne than meets the eye. Half a million copies sold of Jean Ure's work. Jean now has her own website: www jeanure.com Jean Ure is a well known, respected and high profile author whose other titles, Becky Bananas, This is Your Life, Fruit and Nutcase, Skinny Melon & Me, The Secret Life of Sally Tomato, Shrinking Violet, Pumpkin Pie, and Passion Flower, have received critical acclaim. Sugar and Spice is a highly quirky, fully illustrated story, with immediate appeal to children in the 9-12 age range. All of Jean Ure's books in this 'series' deal with very real problems in children's lives, but in a humorous, entertaining and accessible way, always leaving the reader full of hope. Jean is a local author for Croydon. Competition: Jacqueline Wilson
Jean Ure was born in Surrey and wrote her first novel when she was six years old. She spent her teenage years writing and had her first book published when she was sixteen. Jean lives in a three-hundred-year-old house in the centre of Croydon with her husband and their family of rescued dogs and cats.
Passion Flower 'A funny and realistic read -- we loved it.' Mizz Pumpkin Pie 'Pumpkin Pie has the heroine I've been waiting for.' Times Shrinking Violet Grown-ups love Bridget Jones' diary, but youngsters will adore Violet Alexander's. Liverpool Echo !the story is timeless, the descriptions of the girls and their relationship spot on and it does a great job of selling the empowering nature of language and story. Books for Keeps Excellent for any nine-up and will almost certainly lead to an addiction to Ure. Observer Becky Bananas 'The writing transcends any trace of heaviness.' Guardian Fruit and Nutcase 'Jean Ure never puts a foot wrong.' Daily Telegraph The Secret Life of Sally Tomato 'Rhymes, sauciness, letters, irony, comedy, comic characters! a proper little turn-on for boys. A must-buy book.' Books for Keeps
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