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Mavis Jukes

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Mavis Jukes (born May 3, 1947 in Nyack, New York), is an American author of novels for children. She has also published nonfiction books for children and pre-teens about puberty. Her books are usually health-based.

Before becoming an author, Jukes was a lawyer and a teacher. Her first book, No One is Going to Nashville, was published in 1983. She lives with her husband, the sculptor and painter Robert H. Hudson, and their daughters in Sonoma County, California. She is the daughter of Thomas Hughes Jukes, a famous molecular biologist and nutritionist, who pioneered the use of methotrexate as a new cancer therapy and was one of the first to formulate the neutral theory of molecular evolution.

She received the Newbery Honor distinction in 1985 f...more

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Average rating: 3.29 · 270 ratings · 71 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Cinderella 2000: Looking Back . . . 3.21 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Like Jake and Me 3.48 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Smoke 3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Blackberries in the Dark 3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The New Kid 2.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Growing Up: It's a Girl Thing by Mavis Jukes, Debbie Tilley (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and in Charge 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Guy Book: An Owner's Manual 3.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	You're a Bear by Mavis Jukes, Steve Johnson, Lou Fancher 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Wild Iris Bloom 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	My rating: