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Gwen Grant

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At a Glance
Engaging children's fiction
Sequel in popular series
Classic coming-of-age story
Portable paperback format
Description

A forgotten classic brought back into print for the first time in decades the missing literary sister to Anne of Green Gables and Tracy Beaker, a tough and spirited girls adventures growing up in a northern postwar mining town.I told our Lucy Im going to be a writer when I grow up and she said, You should be a good one then. You tell enough lies.Psst! We know you shouldnt really read something labelled private but this book is special. Its written by young girl growing up in a mining town in 1948 who is practising to become a writer when she grows uppossibly. Its hard work being a writer. Theres no privacy in a house with six kids and theres no time, especially if you have to go to school and to dancing class (and wear frilly knickers) and Sunday school (and sing about being a sunbeam). Youre supposed to write about what you know, which means this book is about annoying sisters with no sense of humour and brothers who think they know everything, and bullies and chicken spots and being run over. Sometimes you can write about good things that happen, like going to the seaside or Christmas Eve, but mostly the stories end with being sent to bed early in disgrace. But when the writer is a tough, spiky and funny as this one, her adventures will always be worth reading.

SKU: M9781784875039
Product Details & Care

Binding: Paperback;176 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: YFC; Weight: 262 g; Dimensions: 194 x 139 x 12

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