Desperate Measures
Published on 2. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84812-050-1 (ISBN)
Description
They've got to stick together - whatever it takes . . .
Vicky and Rhianna are twins but they couldn't be more different. For their fourteenth birthday, Vicky wants a card from the hottest boy in school. Rhianna wants a Furby.
Instead, they get a nasty shock - their foster parents can't cope and it looks as if Vicky and Rhianna and their younger brother Jamie will have to be split up.
How can they stay together? Desperate times call for desperate measures . . .
Vicky and Rhianna are twins but they couldn't be more different. For their fourteenth birthday, Vicky wants a card from the hottest boy in school. Rhianna wants a Furby.
Instead, they get a nasty shock - their foster parents can't cope and it looks as if Vicky and Rhianna and their younger brother Jamie will have to be split up.
How can they stay together? Desperate times call for desperate measures . . .
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bonnier Books Ltd
Target group
Young adult
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 132 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84812-050-1 (9781848120501)
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Laura Summers grew up in South London and was a teacher before turning full time to writing. She has written for many popular children's television series including The Story of Tracy Beaker and The New Worst Witch, and was nominated for a children's BAFTA for one of her scripts for The Little Princess. Her first book, DESPERATE MEASURES, was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. It also won the prestigious Literature Ability Media International Award run by Leonard Cheshire Disability and supported by Orange.
Laura now lives in North Devon with her husband and children and when not writing loves to draw and paint.
Laura now lives in North Devon with her husband and children and when not writing loves to draw and paint.