Girls on the Up
By (Author) Linda Newbery
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
4th June 2019
4th April 2019
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Art and artists
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Space, stars and the solar system
823.92
Paperback
208
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 25mm
180g
Discover the extraordinary lives of the inspiring girls who have lived throughout history at 6 Chelsea Walk.Andie loves living in Chelsea. Amongst the fashion, music and art galleries along the trendy King's Road, she dreams of becoming an artist. There's even a real artist living in the flat downstairs. Andie's best paintings are inspired by the moon, and she can't wait for the first moon landing. But can Andie find the courage to reach for the stars and show her paintingsAn irresistible novel set against the vivid backdrop of the moon landing - one of the most thrilling moments in modern history.
Linda wrote her first novel during the summer holidays from her job as a secondary school teacher. Now a critically acclaimed full-time author, Linda has written over twenty novels, been shortlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal, and is the winner of a Silver Medal Nestle Childrens Book Prize and the Costa Childrens Book Award. Linda does much of her work in her writing hut in her garden but is often distracted by her own furry feline friends...