Fourteen-year-old Prue and her sister Grace have been educated at home by their controlling, super-strict father all their lives. Forced to wear Mum's odd hand-made garments and forbidden from reading teenage magazines, they know they're very different to 'normal' girls - but when Dad has a stroke and ends up in hospital, unable to move or speak, Prue suddenly discovers what it's like to have a little freedom.
Sent to a real school for the first time, Prue struggles to fit in. The only person she can talk to is her kindly, young - and handsome - art teacher, Rax. They quickly bond, and Prue feels more and more drawn to him. As her feelings grow stronger, she begins to realise that he might feel the same way about her. But nothing could ever happen between them - could it?
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### Review
“A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety.” –*The Times * “Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues.” –*Bookseller*
### About the Author
Jacqueline Wilson is a well-known and hugely popular author. **The Illustrated Mum **was chosen as British Children’s Book of the Year in 1999. She is the winner of the prestigious Smarties Prize and the Children’s Book Award for **Double Act**.
Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children and won numerous awards for his picture books.
Description:
Fourteen-year-old Prue and her sister Grace have been educated at home by their controlling, super-strict father all their lives. Forced to wear Mum's odd hand-made garments and forbidden from reading teenage magazines, they know they're very different to 'normal' girls - but when Dad has a stroke and ends up in hospital, unable to move or speak, Prue suddenly discovers what it's like to have a little freedom.
Sent to a real school for the first time, Prue struggles to fit in. The only person she can talk to is her kindly, young - and handsome - art teacher, Rax. They quickly bond, and Prue feels more and more drawn to him. As her feelings grow stronger, she begins to realise that he might feel the same way about her. But nothing could ever happen between them - could it?
**
### Review
“A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety.”
–*The Times
*
“Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues.”
–*Bookseller*
### About the Author
Jacqueline Wilson is a well-known and hugely popular author. **The Illustrated Mum **was chosen as British Children’s Book of the Year in 1999. She is the winner of the prestigious Smarties Prize and the Children’s Book Award for **Double Act**.
Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children and won numerous awards for his picture books.