Jacqueline Wilson Slipcase: "Bad Girls", "The Bed and Breakfast Star", "The Suitcase Kid" - Softcover

Wilson, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440866936 ISBN 13: 9780440866930

Publisher: Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books), 2005

Synopsis

"Bad Girls": Mandy has always been picked on at school, so she's delighted when Tanya picks her as a friend. But, Mum thinks Tanya is a bad girl..."The Bed and Breakfast Star": Elsa is a joke-teller extraordinaire, but even she can't cheer up her family when they have to move from their home into a bed and breakfast hotel. "The Suitcase Kid": Andy's parents have split up and now she has two homes - and has to move between them every week. But, she just wants to go back to Mulberry Cottage, their old home...This work is a collection of three utterly compelling tales from the highly acclaimed Jacqueline Wilson. She has won dozens of prestigious accolades, including the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award. Having sold over twenty million books in the UK, Jacqueline Wilson is one of the most popular children's authors ever.

About this title

Review:

A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES; 'Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER

About the Author:

JACQUELINE WILSON is a vastly well-known and hugely popular author. THE ILLUSTRATED MUM was chosen as British Children's Book of the Year in 1999 and was winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2000. Jacqueline has won the prestigious Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award for DOUBLE ACT, which was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. Jacqueline was awarded an OBE in 2002 and was the most borrowed author from British libraries in 2004. * 'A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES * 'Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emtional issues' BOOKSELLER Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children and won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed great success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson books. Nick lives in Brighton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0440866936
• ISBN 13: 9780440866930
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Sharratt Nick