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Charm School

By: Anne Fine

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Paperback | 1 August 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Paperback
192 Pages

Age
9 - 11

Dimensions(cm)
19.6 x 13.2 x 1.3

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'I am NOT going to Charm School...' But Bonny has no choice. Her mother needs her to take a one-day class and Charm School is the only possibility.

Bonny's not expecting to enjoy herself, but it is even worse than she could ever have imagined. Not only does she have to listen to Mrs Opalene's Helpful Handy Hits (like 'how to bleach your elbows'!), she also has to cope with the other girls - the awful, self-obsessed little princesses who really want to win the 'Glistering Tiara' and are prepared to do almost anything to get it. But Charm School will never be the same again after Bonny's day there...

About the Author

Anne Fine has been an acknowledged top author in the children's book world since her first book was published in the mid l970s, and has now written more than forty books and won virtually every major award going, including the Carnegie Medal (more than once), the Whitbread Children's Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize and others. The Children's Laureate from 2001-2003, Anne is also very funny and young readers love her lack of hypocrisy about the family and her honesty about how people can behave.She lives in the North-East.

Industry Reviews

Anne Fine is an excellent writer with strong feelings where it really matters. Her latest novel tears into the whole tacky business of juvenile beauty pageants . . . Facts as well as fur fly as the whole silly business is brought to its knees * Independent *
Assured and lively . . . A comical clarion call against the idea that girls should simply be decorative * The Sunday Times *
This ultra-modern tale sparkles and crackles from page one to a dramatic finale * The Bookseller *
All of Fine's usual pace and verve * TES *

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