Maya longs to be in Mr Kelly's play! She can already see herself on the stage, waving her arms around and saying her words so loudly everyone at the back can hear. Wonderful! But then there's an unexpected problem... With short chapters, simple words and sentences and pictures throughout, The Same Old Story Every Year is terrific for developing readers.
Author Biography
Anne Fine read Politics and History at Warwick and became a teacher. Her first novel was published in 1975 and now she is one of the UK's most successful children's writers. Her awards include two Carnegie Medals, the Guardian Fiction Prize, two Whitbread Prizes and a Smarties Prize. GOGGLE-EYES was serialised on TV and MADAME DOUBTFIRE became a Hollywood hit movie. Anne lives in County Durham.
