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Finding Fizz (White Wolves: Issues)

Finding Fizz (White Wolves: Issues)

by JennyAlexander (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

Finding Fizz is a story about bullying and being 'one of the gang'. Carly hasn't been herself lately - it seems that she's 'lost her fizz'. She is being teased and excluded by the girls who were once her best friends, and feels there is no one she can talk to about her problems. Then Carly finds a stray dog that needs a home and suddenly her so-called friends don't matter so much any more...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 64
 Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 05 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 0713676256
ISBN 13: 9780713676259
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
 Book Overview: Jen Alexander has written a number of books on bullying, all of which been approved by ChildLine. Your Child: Bullying is used by counsellors and recommended by anti-bullying organisations including Families Against Bullying. Jen Alexander's non-fiction focuses on child self help and self improvement. She has already established herself on A&C Black's non-fiction list, and this is her first fiction title for A&C Black. Part of the specially-commissioned White Wolves fiction range for 7-11 year olds, written in consultation with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. Each year group will have three stand-alone titles and accompanying Teachers' Guides to support guided reading lessons in the classroom. Ties in with themes demanded by the NLS for Year 4: stories which raise issues. The series is already garnering praise in the press: 'It's a pleasure to read commissioned work which fulfils its brief so imaginatively' (Books for Keeps).

Media Reviews
J Alexander's 'Finding Fizz' deals sensitively with the story of girls excluding and teasing one of their own. TES (November/December 2006)
Author Bio
Jen Alexander is author of more than 100 fiction and nonfiction titles, including a serious work of non-fiction about bullying. She has written two non-fiction titles for A&C Black Going Up! the no-worries guide to secondary school, and How to be a Brilliant Writer. Jen is married to a primary headteacher and has four children.