Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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.
<p>Passion Flower<br />‘A funny and realistic read – we loved it.’ Mizz</p>
<p>Pumpkin Pie<br />‘Pumpkin Pie has the heroine I've been waiting for.' Times</p>
<p>Shrinking Violet<br />Grown-ups love Bridget Jones’ diary, but youngsters will adore Violet Alexander’s.<br />Liverpool Echo</p>
<p>…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.<br />Books for Keeps</p>
<p>Excellent for any nine-up and will almost certainly lead to an addiction to Ure.<br />Observer</p>
<p>Becky Bananas<br />‘The writing transcends any trace of heaviness.’<br />Guardian</p>
<p>Fruit and Nutcase<br />‘Jean Ure never puts a foot wrong.’<br />Daily Telegraph</p>
<p>The Secret Life of Sally Tomato<br />‘Rhymes, sauciness, letters, irony, comedy, comic characters… a proper little turn-on for boys. A must-buy book.’<br />Books for Keeps</p>
<p>Is Anybody There?<br />“Ure skilfully turns a well-used formula into a thoughtful, thought-provoking novel.”<br />Books for Keeps</p>
Another brilliant story containing comedy, calamity and cool characters by acclaimed writer Jean Ure.
Even though Tash and Emily go to a nunnery (well, an all girls' school, which amounts to the same thing!), they are into boys in a BIG WAY. They're also stepsisters and the hugest of best friends. So when their mum and dad have to go Peru for work for a couple of months, leaving the girls in their own flat in Aunty Jay's house, they are seriously excited.
Of course they've got to take their weird elder sister, Ali, hundreds of her Star Trek videos and Fat Man the cat, but apart from that they are INDEPENDENT GIRLS. And when they find out that there's a dishy boy living in the flat downstairs, they just can't believe their luck…
• 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, Passion Flower, Is Anybody there? which have all received critical acclaim.
• Boys Beware is simply great fun – a 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
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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.