Jean Ure

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born

January 01, 1942 in London, The United Kingdom

website

http://www.jeanure.com

genre

Children's Books, Young Adult

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Prolific English children and young adult author.

Had her first book published while still in high school, then studied theater at Webber-Douglas in London. Her most well-known work is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Others include Plague 99, After the Plague (previously "Come Lucky April"), Big Tom, Family Fan Club and Shrinking Violet, as well as the fantasy The Wizard In the Woods.

Today, Ure is very popular with British female teenage readers with novels such as Shrinking Violet, Family Fan Club and Passion Flower.

Ure has also translated Danish writer Sven Hassel's WWII novels to English.

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Books by Jean Ure

Average rating: 3.55 · 2,050 ratings · 158 reviews · 145 distinct works

	Skinny Melon And Me 3.48 avg rating — 137 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Shrinking Violet 3.50 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Secret Life of Sally Tomato (Diary Series) 3.51 avg rating — 120 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Passion Flower 3.54 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Fruit and Nutcase 3.38 avg rating — 102 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sugar and Spice 3.72 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Pumpkin Pie (Diary Series) 3.56 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Plague 3.45 avg rating — 109 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Boys Beware 3.32 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Is Anybody There? 3.49 avg rating — 63 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Jean Ure

Peter High (5 books)
by Jean Ure

3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings

Dancing Dreams (3 books)
by Jean Ure

3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings

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