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Anne Fine

ANNE FINE

  (1947 - )
Nationality:    English
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Anne Fine leads a double life as an author. Of her eight novels for adult readers, she describes seven as black comedies and the first, The Killjoy, as simply 'dead black'. These adult novels cause readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. It's therefore perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not more common. A great favourite for discussions in reading groups, Anne Fine's work has been published in over forty-five languages. Despite this, she remains best known in her home country, Britain, as a writer principally for children. She has twice won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Awards, the Guardian Children's Book Prize and numerous other prizes and awards. She was the second Children's Laureate from 2001-3, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded an OBE for services to children's literature. Anne Fine is an entertaining and engaging speaker on the subject of books and reading, and is in demand the world over for her tireless enthusiasm, common sense approach to literacy, and for the deliciously wicked humour that permeates all her writing

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below is a list of Anne Fine's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bill's New Frock         Book Of the Banshee         Celebrity Chicken         Country Cake         Country Pancake, The         Devil Walks, The         Flour Babies         Goggle-Eyes         Granny Project, The         Step By Wicked Step         Stranger Danger?         Tulip Touch, The

Bill's New Frock

Bill's New Frock
Bill wakes up one morning and finds he has changed into a girl. His mother sends him to school in a pink frilly dress

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BBC Books, London / Longmans, London, 1998   978-0582095564

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adaptation

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Book Of the Banshee

Book Of the Banshee
Will Flowers lives in a war zone and his parents are making battle plans. He has to decide whether to join in with the war

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Collins educational   978-0003303100

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Genre:
Youth play

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Celebrity Chicken

Celebrity Chicken
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based on the book the Chicken Gave It To Me

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Longman 1995   978-0582122481

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Childrens Youth audience

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Country Cake

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Ginn 1998   978-0602284527

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Country Pancake, The

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Devil Walks, The

Devil Walks, The
Anne Fine's adaptation of her chilling gothic novel tells the story of Daniel, a young foster boy, who discovers that his mother's doll's house holds the key to a sinister family secret Daniel has never known the outside world Raised in a dark, secluded room by his reclusive mother, his only comfort is a beautiful doll's house - a replica of his mother's childhood home However, the unexpected arrival of a local doctor changes everything and Daniel begins to realize just how many secrets his mother has sheltered him from His discovery of a sinister doll hidden within the doll's house, and the sudden appearance of his mysterious uncle, Captain Severn, reveals a chilling family secret that Daniel must confront

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OUP Oxford (10 Jan 2013)   978-0199138012

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TYA

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Male:  9+            Female:  9+            Other:  -

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Flour Babies

Flour Babies
Simon's class have to make flour babies. Simon starts to care for his "baby" and looks after it. He wonders why his father left him when he was a baby. All he can remember is a song his father sang

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Collins Educational 1997   978-0003303124

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Youth play

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Goggle-Eyes

Goggle-Eyes
Kitty and Jude have a nice life with their hippy mother Rosie. The house is untidy, they can do more or less what they want. Rosie and her daughters are activists. Then Rosie brings back her new boyfriend. He is fussy and like tidiness and order

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Heinemann 1995   978-0435233099

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Youth play

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Granny Project, The

Granny Project, The
It has been decided to put Granny in a home. But two of her grandchildren Ivan and Sophie do not want this - they decide to look after her themselves. Sophie drops out leaving Ivan to care for her

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Collins Educational 1986   978-0003302349

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Childrens Youth audience

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Step By Wicked Step

Step By Wicked Step
Five teens are trapped in the haunted tower of Harwick Hall. They talk about their lives and discover they are all from broken homes

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Collins Educational 2004   978-0007178964

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Stranger Danger?

Stranger Danger?
Never go with a stranger

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Ginn 1998   978-0602284381

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Tulip Touch, The

Tulip Touch, The
A disadvantaged girl goes to the bad

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Collins Educational 2002   978-0007130863

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Youth play

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