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www.annefine.co.uk/Publisher
Egmont Books Ltd an imprint of Egmont UK LtdPublication date
4th June 2007ISBN
9781405233224Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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How to Write Really Badly
Anne Fine
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Selected by Julia Eccleshare
Chester Howard can see Joe's project 'How to Write Neatly' can only be a disaster. Joe makes a terrible mess of his work, jumbling letters and numbers up together. But a project called 'How to Write Really Badly' - now there's something Joe can do better than anyone else. And Chester is about to find there's a lot more to Joe than he expected.
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Synopsis
How to Write Really Badly by Anne FineThis is a classic, prize-winning story from one of our best-loved authors. Chester Howard can see Joe's project 'How to Write Neatly' can only be a disaster. Joe makes a terrible mess of his work, jumbling letters and numbers up together. But a project called 'How to Write Really Badly' - now there's something Joe can do better than anyone else. And Chester is about to find there's a lot more to Joe than he expected...
Reviews
'Screamingly funny'
Herald
'Fine has a rare genius for building a funny, enriching and moving story around the nuts and bolts of school life'
The Times
* 'A remarkable writer
British Book News
* 'Anne Fine is an author who knows how to make readers laugh
Guardian
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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