Candyfloss

Candyfloss, New edition--------------------------------------------------Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spendingfive days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother.The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run hisgreasy spoon cafe. But their simple arrangement is thrown into disarraywhen Floss's mum decides to move to Australia. Making the difficultdecision to stay at home, Floss moves in permanently with her dad andthey muddle along happily together, surviving on chip butties and enjoyingvisits to the local funfair. But disaster strikes - Dad's money troublescatch up with him and they have to move out of the cafe. They're homeless- but can their new fairground friends help out?--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known andhugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7.She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including theBritish Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's FictionAward (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children'sBook Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commendedfor the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for servicesto literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She wasthe author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade.'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES 'She should be prescribedfor all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Has a raregift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER.