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Vanessa Curtis

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I'm a children's author whose first book 'Zelah Green: Queen of Clean' is published by Egmont UK and won the Manchester Children's Book Awards 2010. It was also shortlisted for the 2010 Young Minds, the 2009 Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the NASEN awards and the 2010 Bolton Children's Book Awards. I now write historical novels for young adults, including the Carnegie-longlisted 'The Earth is Singing' which also won the Young Quills Award and is published by Usborne. Usborne are to publish 'The One Who Knows My Name', my story of a girl who finds out that she's been stolen by the Nazis as part of Himmler's 'Lebensborn' programme, in February 2019 when they will also republish 'The Earth is Singing' as an Usborne Modern Classic.

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Ghost Story - out today!

I was really pleased to see that my book for young teens 'The Haunting of Tabitha Grey' (Egmont) has been published a week early. It's been my ambition for ages to write and publish a ghost story, because I love them so much myself and am very interested in the paranormal. A lot of what happens in 'Tabitha' is stuff that has happened to me or to people who work at Preston Manor (the house which is Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 26, 2012 07:06 • Tags: ghost-story

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Vanessa Curtis’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 3,564 ratings · 536 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Earth Is Singing 4.32 avg rating — 1,115 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Zelah Green (Zelah Green #1) 3.73 avg rating — 862 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Stolen Ones 3.96 avg rating — 453 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Baking Life of Amelie Day 4.02 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Haunting of Tabitha Grey 3.53 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	One More Little Problem (Zelah Green, #2) 3.50 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Taming of Lilah May (Lilah May, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Virginia Woolf's Women 3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lilah May's Manic Days (Lilah May, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Hidden Houses of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Vanessa Curtis liked Kylie Adams's review of Zelah Green (Zelah Green #1): "Very good book. Has a lot of deatails"
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Vanessa Curtis made a comment on Kate Morgan’s review of Zelah Green (Zelah Green #1) " You're quite entitled to your opinion of course. I should respectfully point out that the book was very carefully researched in conjunction with peopl ...more "
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Vanessa Curtis made a comment on Lily Skates’s review of The Earth Is Singing " Thanks so much, Lily. I am glad that you still remember the book! "
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Vanessa Curtis made a comment on historicole (nicole)’s review of The Earth Is Singing " Thank you very much for your review and rating. "
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Vanessa Curtis liked historicole (nicole)'s review of The Earth Is Singing: "I purchased this book yesterday at the Bargain Books sale and could not put it down. This book is filled with so much sadness from the beginning, once I got to the scene which illustrates the reason for the title of the book, I had to give it 5 stars" Read more of this review »
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Vanessa Curtis made a comment on K.’s review of The earth is singing " Thank you. I wanted to bring the story of Riga to a wider audience. It is indeed a dark and harrowing true story of brutality and persecution. "
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Vanessa Curtis liked Jodi Basterman's review of The Earth Is Singing: "This book is crazy. Left me in tears. The title is traumatizing. I love this book so much. When I started this book I was in a huge slump and it continued until the middle of the book (it was surely my fault, idk) but after some time, after meeting ne" Read more of this review »
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“I’m so stressed that a weird Olympic-style commentary starts up in my head.
And here we have Zelah Green, the fourteen-year-old champion of rituals, attempting the
afternoon toilet-touching event for the first time …
I take my first faltering step towards the rim.
And she’s approaching the target, booms the voice. Steady approach, good footwork …
My right hand, naked and trembling, is now hovering over the inside of the toilet.
Will she set a new world record? screams the voice. Will Zelah Green take the gold medal for
bravery and/or total stupidity?
‘I’m going in!’ I say.
I skim the curved cool surface of the bowl with the fingertips of my right hand and jump back as if
I’ve been electrified.
And she’s done it! shrieks the commentator. Zelah Green wins the gold medal for toilet touching!”
― Vanessa Curtis

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