The Big Book of Betsey Biggalow - Softcover

Blackman, Malorie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903015693 ISBN 13: 9781903015698

Publisher: Barn Owl Books, 2007

Synopsis

Betsey is a delightful, gutsy, inventive child, who leads a happy life with the ups and downs of any child, losing things, being tricked by siblings, having mixed experiences at school, all the little dramas of life everywhere. There are some big dramas too, like a terrifying hurricane. These lively books have enough humour and zest to appeal to any child.

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Review:

The West Indian setting ensures a lively dramatic edge, not least when the heroine's family face the onslaught of a hurricane that turns out to be less trouble than Betsey herself. --The Guardian, 5th February 2008

About the Author:

Malorie Blackman has shot to fame since she published her first book in 1990 and prizes have come in thick and fast. In 2002 she won The Children's Award for Noughts and Crosses and earlier she won the W. H. Smith Mind-Boggling Award for Hacker, in which she used her knowledge of computing to full dramatic effect. Recently Malorie was shortlisted for the Carnegie Prize. Several of Malorie Blackman's books have been turned into successful television series and she enjoys a second career writing TV scripts. A former computer database manager, Malorie lives in south London with her husband and daughter and plays music in her spare time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barn Owl Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1903015693
• ISBN 13: 9781903015698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240