Author:Anne Fine
Flour Babies by Anne Fine, won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1992. When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get to work on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or the Exploding Custard Tins. To their intense disgust they get the Flour Babies - sweet little six-pound bags of flour that must be cared for at all times.
Funny and poignant, Flour Babies is a brilliant depiction of secondary school life.
The writing is brilliant and very readable . . . It's like Sophie Kinsella for younger audiences
—— Zoe Page , The BookbagLiz Rettig has magaged once again to capture the essence of a girl's teenage years, and all the confusing problems that inevitably accompany it
—— Wondrous ReadsA sensitive and beautifully observed story . . . Our young readers appreciated both the humour and the pathos
—— Federation of Children's Book Groups, 1991 Pick of the YearTracy is lively and spirited, and her narrative funny and moving
—— The BooksellerA breath of fresh air. It is entertaining yet tender but by no means sentimental when it confronts the need we all have for commitment in relationships, for trust, for love . . . A real bonus is that the book genuinely celebrates the act of writing - and not by preaching, I promise
—— The School LibrarianTracy is a marvellously feisty creation: she is arrogant and rude, but the occasional glimpses we get of the vulnerable girl behind the tough exterior are enough to endear her to the reader . . . The excellent spiky illustrations by Nick Sharratt on nearly every page are a perfect complement to the text
—— The BooksellerPoignant, funny and heartwarming first story about the damaged, demanding and delightful Tracy Beaker
—— Birmingham PostI think this is my favourite book of all
—— Junior Education
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