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The Illustrated Mum

The Illustrated Mum

by Jacqueline Wilson (Author), Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)

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    Paperback 2007

    $3.41

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    Paperback 2000

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    Hardcover 1999

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    Paperback 2007

    $10.07
Synopsis

Dolphin adores her mother, Marigold. She's got wonderful clothes, bright hair and vivid tattoos all over her body - a colourful lady, to match her colourful life. But Dolphin's older sister, Star, is beginning to wonder if living with Marigold's fiery, unpredictable moods is the best thing for the girls ...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Yearling
Published: 01 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 0440867819
ISBN 13: 9780440867814
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: A powerful novel about two sisters living in a very dysfunctional household with their tattoo-crazy mum, who is struggling to cope.

Media Reviews
Undoubtedly her best yet - single mum, feisty daughter, jaunty style - but there is a darker thread running through it * Sunday Telegraph *
A book that children will respond to and be empowered by . . . A powerfully portrayed, sometimes shocking but ultimately uplifting story, this is a book not to be missed * The Bookseller *
Darker, shocking in its exposure of the vulnerability of streetwise kids who have to seem tough, luridly well-written yet curiously as sentimental as Dickens * Financial Times *
More than lives up the expectations of the many readers eagerly waiting for her new book . . . disturbingly perceptive and provocative * Guardian *
Wilson is doing something important and rare. Not content to stand still, she's widening and deepening the scope of her work while maintaining its central hold on her readers. She's so good, it's exhilarating * Guardian *
Author Bio
JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade. 'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES. 'She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY. 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER.