| Shrinking Violet Contributor(s): Ure, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0007143907 ISBN-13: 9780007143900 Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: Lily and Violet are twins-physically identical but quite opposite in character. Lily is brash, up-front and in your face. Lily Loudmouth, her dad calls her. Violet is timid and shy. She lives very much in Lily's shadow-a shrinking violet. Finding it difficult to make friends, Violet finds the perfect solution in Katie, her new pen pal. Soon the two are writing at a fast and furious pace and become very attached to each other. That is, until Katie suggests that they meet. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The fifth gloriously funny and poignant book in Jean Ure's series of 'secret' diary stories. Lily and Violet are twins - physically identical but quite opposite in character. Lily is brash, up-front and in your face. Lily Loudmouth, her dad calls her. Violet is timid and shy. She lives very much in Lily's shadow - a shrinking violet. Finding it difficult to make friends, Violet finds the perfect solution in Katie, her new pen pal. Soon the two are writing at a fast and furious pace and become very attached to each other. That is, until Katie suggests that they meet... |
Contributor Bio(s): Ure, Jean: - Jean Ure was born in Surrey and, when growing up, knew that she was going to be a writer or a ballet dancer. She began writing when she was six years old and had her first book published while she was still at school. Jean is a vegan and animal lover. She lives with her husband, seven dogs and four cats in a 300 year old house in Croydon. |