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  • Series: Formac First Novels
  • Imprint: Formac Publishing Company Limited
  • Publication Date: 1 September 2011
  • Copyright Year: 2011
  • ISBN: 9780887805509
  • Page Count: 64
  • Dimensions: 4.25" x 7"
  • Interest ages: 5-10

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Maddie Needs Her Own Life

by Louise Leblanc

illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

translated by Sarah Cummins

Maddie finds herself looking up to an older kid. Her troubles begin when she creates a cover-up for her after-school activities.
Maddie is bored. She's bored at home, bored with chores and her screaming baby sister. She bored at school, bored with her teacher and her too-perfect friend Clementine. So when she's offered a chance to hang out with a new crowd, she jumps at it.
Her new friends are older, tougher and, it seems, smarter: they have a plan to raise enough money to go see their favourite band's concert. The plan soon goes bad, however, and Maddie finds herself in danger of being called a thief. Until, that is, "too-perfect" Clementine arrives to save the day.
Maddie Needs Her Own Life is the story of a girl whose impulsiveness threatens to lead her into real trouble, and of the friend who draws her back.

About the Authors

Louise Leblanc

LOUISE LEBLANC is an award-winning novelist and childrens writer. A native of Montreal she worked as a teacher a model an actress and a dancer before establishing her full-time writing career in 1985. Her Maddie books have appeared in French English Spanish and Danish editions.'

Marie-Louise Gay

Marie-Louise Gay
MARIE-LOUISE GAY has won awards, including the Governor Generals Award for her children's book illustrations.'

Sarah Cummins

Awards

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection
2003

Subjects (BISAC)

JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Peer Pressure, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

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