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Jenny Downham
Jenny Downham (born 1964) was an actress for many years before concentrating on her writing full-time. She lives in London with her two sons.Her book Before I Die was critically acclaimed and was short listed for the 2007 Guardian Award and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year,... show more

Jenny Downham (born 1964) was an actress for many years before concentrating on her writing full-time. She lives in London with her two sons.Her book Before I Die was critically acclaimed and was short listed for the 2007 Guardian Award and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, and won the 2008 Branford Boase Award.Photography (c) Rolf Marriott, 2007
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Kim's Booklife
Kim's Booklife rated it 12 years ago
The tag line on my book probably says it all: "You want this to be a love story?" I did, I really did - despite how harsh it all sounded. Two families destroyed because of sexual assault and the struggle to accept the truth - finding the strength to speak out or to defend your family...but there was...
Ashleigh Paige
Ashleigh Paige rated it 13 years ago
Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.Because of its premise, You Against Me had an abnormally high level of disaster potential. It can take a few small steps to turn a good book into a bad one, but books with higher disaster potential require even fewer steps to go beyond bad and become vile. I d...
The Page Sage
The Page Sage rated it 14 years ago
I loved it!
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