Books with author Jean Ure

Jean Ure returns with more warmth and wit in a brilliant book about what happens when two girls decide to run away from home.Fourteen-year-old Jade is fed up with fighting with her mum and step-dad, and her shy sixteen-year-old friend Honey is having a miserable time with her mum, but when Jade decides they should both run away, Honey isn't so sure.It's only when they get to London and things don't work out quite how they expected that Honey shows she has hidden depths, and Jade realises that home is not so bad after all…

Salvatore d’Amato is determined to get a kiss before his birthday - easier said than done. From the bestselling and much-loved Jean Ure.Salvatore d’Amato – or Sally Tomato, as his friends sometimes call him – is determined to get a kiss by his thirteenth birthday.And not just any kiss. A kiss from his heart’s desire – the lovely, loveable, luscious Lucy! With his wonderful love poetry, and his secret body-building, how will she be able to resist?If only that horrible Harmony Hynde would stop bothering him in the meantime!

More comedy, calamity and cool characters from acclaimed-writer Jean Ure.Joanna, Chloe and Dee are the best of friends. They may be seen as outsiders at school, but they’re an inseparable trio. Joanna who narrates the story, lives with her mum. But Mum’s not your normal, average parent – she’s a medium. Cool, you might think, but Jo’s inherited her mother’s psychic ability, which is not really compatible with school life! When one of their classmates goes missing, Chloe and Dee persuade Jo to use her gift to find her – but having a gift is one thing, dealing with the consequences is another…

The first in Jean Ure's Foster Family series. Abi's parents decide to foster Sam, and Abi is thrilled. Sam is brilliant, bright and bubbly and Abi just knows they're going to be the best of friends. But when Sam starts giving everyone expensive gifts, Abi is suspicious. Where is the money coming from? Abi wants to think the best of Sam, but there are some things you just can't ignore.

The fifth gloriously funny and poignant book in Jean Ure’s series of ‘secret’ diary stories.Lily and Violet are twins – physically identical but quite opposite in character. Lily is brash, up-front and in your face. Lily Loudmouth, her dad calls her. Violet is timid and shy. She lives very much in Lily’s shadow – a shrinking violet.Finding it difficult to make friends, Violet finds the perfect solution in Katie, her new pen pal. Soon the two are writing at a fast and furious pace and become very attached to each other. That is, until Katie suggests that they meet…