Little Black Cloud in a Dress

Little Black Cloud in a Dress

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I'm a writer of children's and young adult fiction, partly because I find writing for young people comes naturally and partly because it's great fun. As well as writing whenever I can,I'm studying for a 'Creative and Critical Writing' MA at Winchester university and feeding my passions for the arts, music, good food, old clothes and good books when time allows.
As to returing reads- I will do as often as I can.
I DON'T do picky-picky comments about people's grammar/spelling
I DON'T do backings for the sake of it-anybody I've backed, if they've been 'unshelved will go on my watchlist and stay there)
I DO look for potential, originality and promise

favourite books

'Dizzy' by Cathy Cassidy ( or any of her books-I'm a massive fan)
'26a', by Diana Evans
'Lady Oracle' by Margeret Atwood
'Girlfriend in a Coma' by Douglas Coupland
'Wuthering Heights,' by Emily Bronte
'Pretty Things' by Sarra Manning
'White Oliander' by Janet Fitch
'The Hanging Garden' by Ian Rankin
'About a Boy' by Nick Hornby
'Hotel World' by Ali Smith
'Bumface' by Morris Glietzman
'Ruby Holler' by Sharon Creech
'The Language of Others', by Claire Morrell
'The Only Boy for Me', by Gill McNeil
'Lime Street Blues' by Maureen Lee
'Junk' by Melvin Burgess
'Lunar Park' by Bret Easton-Ellis
'The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox' by Maggie O'Farrell
'The Pinballs' by Betsy Byers
'Marshmallow Magic and the Wild Rose Rouge' by Karen McCombie
'Granny the Pag' by Nina Bawden
'Rebecca' by Daphne du Mourier
'Goodnight Mr Tom' by Michelle Magorian
'Famous with Smoky Joe' by Chris Powling
'Where Did It All Go Right?' by Andrew Collins
'On the Black Hill' by Bruce Chatwin
'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy
'Inconceivable' by Ben Elton
'Pattern Recognition' by William Gibson
'Puberty Blues' by Kathy Lette and Gabriella Carey
'Anita and Me' by Meera Syal
'Blue Like Friday' by Sibhoan Parkinson
'Our Day Out and Other Plays' by Willy Russell
'The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid' by Bill Bryson
'HAPPY' by Keith Grey
'Loving Danny' by Hilary Freeman
'Buddy' by Nigel Hinton
'Love, Aubrey" by Suzanne LeFleur
'The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil' by Fay Weldon
'The Abstinence Teacher' by Tom Perrotta
'A Drink with Shane MacGowan' by Victoria Mary Clarke
'Kiss Me Softly, Amy Turtle' by Paul MacDonald
'Saturday Night, Suinday Morning' by Alan Silitoe
'The Atrocity Exhibition' by J.G.Ballard
'Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers' by Antonia Quirke
'Billy Liar' by Keith Waterhouse
'Piggy Monk Square' by Grace Jollife
'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac
'Stealing Heavan' by Elizabeth Scott
'Last Exit to Brooklyn' by Herbert Selby Jr
'The Collector' by John Fowles
'Buddha Da' by Ann Donovan
'Honey, Baby, Sweetheart' by Deb Coletti
'Lady's Maid' by Margaret Forster
'Personality' by Andrew O'Hagan
'Mother Country' by Libby Purvess
'The Vistors' Book' by Caroline Upcher
'Other People's Children' by Joanna Trollope
'Jude the Obscure' by Thomas Hardy
'Bad Blood' by Lorna Sage
'How to Breathe Underwater' by Julie Oranger
'Veronika Decides to Die' by Paolo Coello
'The Stories of Eva Luna' by Isabella Alende
'We Need to Talk About Kevin' by Lionel Shriver
'Drinking Coffee Elsewhere' by Z.Z. Hacker'
'Homecoming' by Cynthia Voigt
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon
'The Electric Michaelangelo' by Sarah Hall
'Light a Penny Candle' by Maeve Binchy
'Sick Notes' by Gwendalyn Riley
'Shake!' by Yvonne Roberts
'Plan B' by Emily Barr
'Starter for 10' by David Nicholls
'Tango's Baby' by Martin Waddell
'The Believers' by Zoe Heller
'Silas Marner' by George Eliot
'The Throwback' by Tom Sharpe
PG Wodehouse's 'Jeeves' stories
'Brassaville Beach' by William Boyd
'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger
'The Bonesetter's Daughter' by Amy Tan
'Desperate Measures' by Laura Summers
'Jake's Tower' by Elizabeth Laird
'Everything Will Be Alright' by Tessa Hadley
'Avatar' (not as in the movie) by Paul Bryers
'Freaky Green Eyes' by Joyce Carol Oates
'Still Here' by Linda Grant
'Driving Big Davey' by Colin Bateman
'The Writing on the Wall' by Lynne Reid Banks
'The Fruit odf the Lemon' by Andrea Levy
'Speak,' by Laurie Halse Anderson
'I See You Baby', by Catherine Forde and Kevin Brooks
'My Mum's From Planet Pluto," by Gwyneth Rees
'Solace of the Road,' by Sibhoan Dowd
'Forever', by Judy Blume
'Sushi for Beginners,' by Marian Keyes
'Just Listen', by Sarah Dessan
'Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac,' by Gabrielle Zevin
'The 12th Day of July' by Joan Lingard
'The Book of the Banshee' by Anne Fine
'There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom' by Louis Sachar
'Danny, the Champion of the World' by Roald Dahl
'Notes from a Liar and Her Dog,' by Gennifer Choldenko
'How Not to Be Popular' by Jennifer Zeigler
'Sid Vicious: Rock and Roll Star' by Malcolm Butt
'Grow Up' by Keith Allen
'The Other Country' by Carol Ann Duffy
'Bunny' by Selima Hill
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
'The Whitsun Weddings' by Philip Larkin
'Is That The New Moon?' (various women poets collected by Wendy Cope)
'Serious Concerns' by Wendy Cope
'Funky Chickens' by Benjamin Zephaniah
'Summer with Monika' by Roger McGough
'Gargling with Jelly' by Brian Patten
'Forbidden' by Judy Waite
'My Best Friend's Girl' by Dorothy Koomson

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The Rag Doll and her Brother J....

Jade Hamilton

No family. No home. Just some instruments, each other and a great record collection.
But, is that enough?


Ladies and gentleman, I give you...The Flying Bunny Rabbits!

Meet the Driscolls.

Jake's 15, he's the vegetarian drummer, innocent but unpredictable. He loves music, but thinks anything made after 'Nevermind' came out is rubbish, on principal. He also reckons school is a drag, trusts almost no-one and, some days, finds it a struggle just to get out of bed in the morning.

Velvet is 13, the guitarist and singer, and Jake's kid sister. She's looked after Jake ever since they were little. She adores her sweet, kooky, big brother but isn't it about time someone looked after her for a change?

With the help of a music therapist called Jo, some new-found friends and more strawberry gateux than you can shake a drumstick at, both Velvet and Jake learn that being apart might not be so bad after all.

 

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I wrote 608 days ago

I love your musical references- as you can probably tell from my work, music is a big influence on me. 'The Cheech Room' is dark, incredibly so, but beautifully written. One of the bravest YA books I've read in a LONG time. Backed and keep up the great work. LBCXxx ('The Rag Doll and Her Bro... view book

I wrote 609 days ago

Reminds me (in the best possible way) of both 'The Snow Goose' and Michael Morpurgo's best writing. Lovely. Backed LBCxx (The Rag Doll and her Brother Jake) view book

I wrote 610 days ago

Great fun- my 10 -year-old sister would love it. Backed LBCxx ('The Rag Doll and her Brother Jake) view book

I wrote 622 days ago

Beautifully writtten, hunny, as always Jadexx view book

I wrote 625 days ago

Very interesting stuff- not the kind of thing I would usually read, but well argued, with ideas that are expressed with gentleness `and clarity. view book

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