Fruit and Nutcase

Mandy Small has trouble writing, so her teacher suggests she tells her life story into a tape recorder. So begins Mandy's funny and sometimes sad, story of life with her irresponsible parents and interfering grandmother. With all these worries Mandy fears she might turn into a fruit and nutcase.

Jean, Ure

Literature & Fiction

Collins

Family Fan Club

In this lively, heartwarming story which has parallels with the classic Little Women, five sisters share one hope, that their actor father can come home and live with them all again. A delightful family story with echoes of a classic tale. Four sisters, each with their own particular hopes, ambitions and dreams, are living with their actress mother in London. As they listen to her learning her lines for her new play, LITTLE WOMEN, they realise the strong parallels between the sisters in the classic novel, and their own lives. Their father is away from home -- in the States trying to make it as an actor -- and the girls miss him dreadfully. Together, using all their individual talents,to devise a plan to try and reunite their parents. A hearwarming, funny and lively family story which, although it has parallels with LITTLE WOMEN, quickly establishes its own very contemporary voice.

Lily and Violet are twins - physically identical but opposite in character. Lily is up-front and in your face. Violet lives in Lily's shadow. Finding it difficult to make friends, she finds a solution in Katie, her new pen pal. That is, until Katie suggests they meet.

Shrinking Violet

Comets: the Great Safe Blag (Comets)

Romance

Historical

Collins Educational

Help! It's Harriet (Collins Red Storybook)

HarperCollins, Publishers

Cherry's mother has just married Roland Butter and his efforts to please her are almost enough to make her leave home. Skinny Melon, her best friend, knows most of Cherry's troubles, but it is her diary which bears the brunt of her feelings. A funny approach to the problem of stepfathers.

Skinny Melon and Me

Mandy Small has trouble writing so Cat, her teacher, suggests that she tells her life story into a tape recorder. Third in Jean Ure's series of zany books with a message following SKINNY MELON AND ME and BECKY BANANAS, THIS IS YOUR LIFE. This is the story of how Mandy learns to cope with her untidy life and finally emerges triumphant. Her life with her loving but chaotic parents -- Dad, the Elvis look-alike, and Mum, whose idea of a special meal is burnt toast! Then there's school, where the horrible Tracey Bigg picks on Mandy and her timid friend, Oliver, not to mention Old Misery Guts, the landlady and Nan, who htinks that Mandy's parents aren't fit to look after her. With so many things to worry about, Mandy begins to think that she's in danger of turning into a real Fruit and Nutcase! Mandy's story, told in the form of diary into a tape recorder, is a funny and often moving account of a child's everyday life, with all its difficulties, and is hilariously illustrated by Mick Brownfield.

Harper Collins Childs

Life in London during the second world war, as seen through the eyes of a lively nine-year-old boy. Neville Chamberlain has just made the announcement: Great Britain and Germany are at war. Mum worries about Derek in the army; Dad's thinking about the Andersen shelter he's just built in the garden; Elaine is thinking about boys and stockings and her job at the factory. Jenny, aged eleven is worrying about the animals. But Bobbie -- aged nine, has never been so excited in his life. He thinks the war is the most fantastic game. His only worry is that it will end before he is old enough to join up -- he wants to see the planes -- He knows the names of all of them; he wants to catch a German spy; he wants to be kept in the Andersen shelter over night. It's only when his beloved Big Tom, a cat, is missing believed dead, that Bobbie realises the truth about war. A wonderful picture of childhood and a sensitive portrayal of family loyalties in times of crisis. Excitement, terror, misery and humour -- the poignancy of Goodnight Mr Tom plus the humour of Hope and Glory in this beautifully crafted young novel.

Big Tom (Collins Red Storybooks)

Four sisters, each with their own particular hopes, ambitions and dreams, are living with their actress mother in London. As they listen to her learning her lines for her new play, LITTLE WOMEN, they realise the strong parallels between the sisters in the classic novel, and their own lives. Their father, too, is away from home - in the States trying to make it as an actor, and the sisters miss him dreadfully. Together, using all their individual talents, they devise a plan to try and reunite their parents. A hearwarming, funny and lively family story which, although it has parallels with LITTLE WOMEN, quickly establishes its own very contemporary voice.

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Fruit and Nutcase

Family Fan Club

Shrinking Violet

Comets: the Great Safe Blag (Comets)

Help! It's Harriet (Collins Red Storybook)

Skinny Melon and Me

Fruit and Nutcase

Big Tom (Collins Red Storybooks)

Family Fan Club

Skinny Melon and Me