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Book Spotlight Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison




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Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison





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Today I'm part of a virtual book tour organised by The Write Reads for Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison. The tour for ‘Looking for Lucie' will run from 10th - 23rd April 2024. 


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Publisher: Neem Tree Press

Length: 272 Pages

Genre: Contemporary

Age Category: YA

Date Published: April 2024





About the book

Book synopsis for Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison


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Looking for Lucie is a contemporary YA novel that explores identity, self-discovery, and newfound friendship as an 18-year-old girl sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history.


"Where are you really from?"


It's a question every brown girl in a white-washed town is familiar with, and one that Lucie has never been able to answer. All she knows is that her mother is white, she's never met her father, and she looks nothing like the rest of her family. She can't even talk about it because everyone says it shouldn't matter!


Well, it matters to Lucie and-with her new friend Nav, who knows exactly who he is-she's determined to find some answers.


What do you do when your entire existence is a question with no answer?


You do a DNA test.


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About the author



About the author 

Amanda Addison author of Looking for Lucie


Amanda Addison is an award-winning author of books for adults and children. Her writing has been translated into German, Greek, Italian and Ukrainian. Her picture book, Boundless Sky, was nominated for The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal, and her YA novel, Looking for Lucie, was listed for the Searchlight Writing Novel Opening Award. A graduate of Chelsea school of Art, her writing and artwork are inspired by travel, textiles, and the natural world. Amanda holds an MA in Writing the Visual and lectures in Art & Design and has also led workshops in Creative Writing at the National Centre for Writing. Amanda lives in Norfolk, UK, with her family.


Her writing includes flash fiction, short stories, picture books and novels. She explores themes of home and belonging, and enjoys using the juxtaposition of rural and city life. Her characters are often artists or scientists, as their curiosity about the world around them are two sides to the same coin, and the exploration of art and science can give us meaning and purpose in life with its infinite avenues of discovery. Amanda’s debut YA novel, Looking for Lucie, Neem Tree Press 2024, explores the above. It is a contemporary story of identity, self-discovery, and newfound friendship. Lucie, an 18-year-old art student sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history with her new scientist friend Nav. Together they unravel family secrets.


Amanda believes in the power of stories as a window on the world, and a mirror to better see ourselves and is passionate about stories which are empowering and inclusive. When not writing she can be found swimming in the North Sea or running in the countryside, and that is when she gets some of her best ideas!

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Book Spotlight Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison





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