Author:Anne Fine
Madame Doubtfire by bestselling author Anne Fine is a wonderfully funny, punchy story about family life. Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their volatile mother, Miranda, and their out-of-work actor father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will look mind the children after work - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire.
This bittersweet, touching and extremely funny book inspired the highly successful film Mrs Doubtfire, starring the late Robin Williams.
Madame Doubtfire is reissued in 'A Puffin Book' series of Puffin modern classics.
Silo the Seer‘s secret weapon is its humour, which is dry, funny, and threaded right through the story, lightening all its darker corners. It ought to please young readers, older readers looking for something to read to young readers, and anyone else who enjoys this sort of thing . . . I hope there will be many more.
—— Philip Reeve, prize-winning author of Mortal EnginesThe dry humour and well drawn characters make for an exciting read
—— Parents in TouchHumour, likeable characters and gripping adventure combine to make this an enjoyable and entertaining read for tweens and early teens. Silo is a great new hero
—— John Millen , South China Morning Post