Jenny Valentine

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The United Kingdom

gender

female

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Young Adult, Children's Books

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Jenny Valentine moved house every two years when she was growing up. She has just moved house again, probably not for the last time. She worked in a wholefood shop in Primrose Hill for fifteen years where she met many extraordinary people and sold more organic loaves than there are words in her first novel. She has also worked as a teaching assistant and a jewellery maker. She studied English Literature at Goldsmiths College, which almost put her off reading but not quite.
Jenny is married to a singer/songwriter and has two children.

In 2007, Jenny won the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction with her debut novel FINDING VIOLET PARK.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 3,033 ratings · 547 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors

	Broken Soup 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 1,312 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Me, the Missing, and the Dead 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 945 ratings — published 2007 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ant Colony 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iggy & Me 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iggy and Me (2) - Iggy and Me and The Happy Birthday 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tio stationer 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iggy & Me on Holiday by Jenny Valentine, Joe Berger 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iggy and Me and the Baby 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mates, Dates / Ten Stations by Cathy Hopkins, Jenny Valentine 3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I smiled back and I thought
how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.”
― Jenny Valentine, Broken Soup

tags: goodness, invisible, see, smile, world

72 people liked it

“Even when you’d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.”
― Jenny Valentine, Broken Soup

tags: everything, free, gift, lost, present

59 people liked it

“Everything is going to be fine.”

I hate it when people say that, people who have absolutely no idea of what’s coming next. They turn you into an idiot for even asking.”
― Jenny Valentine

tags: better, everything, fine, idiot, next, turn

18 people liked it

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