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Paperback272 pages
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www.chrishigginsthatsme.comPublisher
Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's BooksPublication date
4th February 2010ISBN
9780340970775Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Tapas and Tears
Chris Higgins
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RRP: £5.99 Saving £1.50 (25%)Julia Eccleshare's comment:
A must read for anyone thinking of going on a school exchange… Jamie is shy so, of course, she dreads going on the school’s exchange trip to Spain. Coerced into it, all the things she thinks will go wrong do – and more – but there are also compensations! Jamie’s acutely observed first person narrative is delightful and hilarious.
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Synopsis
Tapas and Tears by Chris HigginsJaime never wanted to go on the school exchange trip to Spain in the first place. She finds life awkward enough as it is and, because of her embarrassing blushing habit, she tries to avoid drawing attention to herself. Living in someone else's home, and in a foreign country, is way out of her comfort zone! But persuaded by her mum and her best friends she reluctantly agrees to go and stay with the carefully selected and colourfully-named Concepcion Inmaculada. After all, a girl named after the Virgin Mary has got to be quiet, kind and gentle ...Wrong! Concha is a scary, rebellious, boy-mad loner with a mind of her own. Jaime is going to have to be prepared for anything and everything! Ole!
Reviews
PRAISE FOR CHRIS HIGGINS:
'Chris Higgins gives her loyal audience another tremendously enjoyable read in Love Ya Babe. She has a light touch and an easy style that absorbs you right from the very start.'
- The Bookbag
'This a funny, interesting, heart-warming story.'
- Chicklish
'...exciting and engaging and its a hard one to put down when youve started.'
- The Bookbag
'A thundering good read'
- The Cornishman
'A touching tale of romance, friendship & family -- Publishing News A poignant novel... A moving, honest & most of all positive story about friendship, family & trust. Will make you laugh and cry. -- Shop! Scotland A touching debut.'
- First News
About The Author
Chris Higgins was born and brought up in South Wales. She now lives in Cornwall with her husband, 4 children, a sheepdog, a rabbit and a goldfish that is very old – well over 20 in fact!
For many years she worked as a Secondary school teacher in English and Drama. Chris loves theatre and between writing helps at the Minack, the open-air theatre on the cliffs near Lands End. Chris also loves to travel and is a great believer in taking control of your own life and making the most of your opportunities. Like her first novel, 32C, That’s Me her subsequent ones are right on the buzzer in getting under the skin of young teenage girls, each of them with characters they can easily identify with. It shows that just when things are going your way, life can deal you some nasty surprises. But coping with them can make you stronger. Love ya Babe is her fifth novel and is just out in paperback.
Here's some advice from Chris Higgins for aspiring writers:
a) Write! So many people say they would like
to write but they don't. They make excuses, saying they haven't got
enough time, but you always find time for things you really want to
do.
b) Read!
c) Show don't tell. The old chestnut! It's so much more fun for readers to work something out for themselves than be told.
d) Read!
e) Always give your reader a good reason to turn the page or move onto the next chapter.
f) Read!
g)
Write about the world you know. It's more interesting than you think.
People like to read books to confirm their own thoughts, feelings and
experiences, to say, I know what that feels like!
h) Read!
i)
Write about what you imagine. People like to be taken to other worlds
too. Then they can say, Wow! I'd never thought of that!
j) Read!
k) Don't explain too much. Give your readers credit for being intelligent.
l) Read! Read! Read!
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