Star For A Day

by Jean Ure

A warm and wise tale about the unique challenges of pre-teen life from a master of the genre. Lucy has lived her entire life in her sister's shadow - Lola is always the centre of attention and constantly in need of new clothes for a party or kit for her dancing, meaning Lucy often goes without. But when a talent show comes to town, an unlikely ally helps Lucy step into the spotlight for once. Will Lucy discover her own star quality Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+

72 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2014

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Amelia Galluzzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I borrowed this book from the library just for something to read.
It was very short and I read it in 30 minutes.

I feel like something a bit more interesting should have happened, but other than that it was a nice short story.

[Moe Moe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its was pretty good that i was kinda mad at the little naughty girl but at the end it tells me that sisters are always there for each other.

[Hollie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked how this book was very nice to read because of the pages being light yellow it was very interesting and very informative about what favouritism is.