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A girl called Simone Wibberley, her friends, family and school. The book is set out as a series of letters, first between Simone and Jem Cakebread, the director of a theatre company and then between Simone and her best friend Chloe Shepherd. It is illustrated throughout with drawings by Sue Heap.
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'Wickedly perceptive about school life, the 10 year old female psyche and parental separation, this is a laugh-out-loud, feel good book written with a vivacious wit.'
Michael Thorn, TES Primary
'This would be a good choice for a class read aloud.'
Junior Education
'I got Simone's Letters for Christmas and thought it was excellent. Simone was really funny. I have read lots of books written in letters but this one is my favourite. I also like the illustrations.'
Connie Primmer, age 11 |
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I was still at Besthorpe when we took the school to see a production of Rumpelstiltskin. It was brilliant but being a typical teacher I ruined it all by making everyone write about it afterwards. We posted the letters to the theatre company but they never wrote back. As a teacher I thought that was rude but as a writer it gave me this great idea for a story...
| Nominated for the Carnegie medal |
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