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www.annefine.co.uk/Publisher
Corgi Childrens an imprint of Random House Children's BooksPublication date
1st June 2006ISBN
9780552553032Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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The Book of the Banshee
Anne Fine
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It's war in the Flowers household. Will's sister Estelle has turned overnight into a screaming, screeching banshee whose moods explode throughout the household. Mum and Dad have surrendered. Inspired by an author visit to his school, Will decides to keep a record of his life on the front line...
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The Book of the Banshee by Anne FineIt's war in the Flowers household. Will's sister Estelle has turned overnight into a screaming and screeching banshee, whose moods explode throughout the household. Mum and Dad have surrendered. Inspired by an author visit to his school, Will decides to keep a record of his life on the front line...
About The Author
Anne Fine was our Guest Editor in July 2011. Click here to see the books she selected.
Anne Fine was born and educated in the Midlands and now lives in County Durham. She has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults.
Her novel The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal and was adapted for television by the BBC; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize, and Madame Doubtfire became the major feature film 'Mrs Doubtfire' starring Robin Williams. Anne was named Children's Laureate in 2002 and made an OBE for services to children's literature in 2003.
Click here to read a Q&A with the author or click here to read an extended biography in which Anne talks about her writing.
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