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Frankie's Hat

By: Jan Mark
Narrated by: Judy Bennett
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Summary

Three vivid and entertaining short stories about teenagers, from Carnegie Medal-winning author Jan Mark.

In 'Frankie’s Hat', it’s Frankie’s 17th birthday. Finding herself unexpectedly free of her baby, she has a carefree day buying a crazy hat and playing football. In 'Like It Is Round Here', Yo-Yo discovers her new boyfriend would rather spend time with her brother than with her.

'It Wasn’t Me' tells the story of Ronda, who has taken over her mother’s cleaning job while she is ill. When she realises that train passengers can see into the flat, she decides to give them something different to look at....

©1986 Jan Mark (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Literature & Fiction
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I've always loved this book and was pleased to find it on audio, Judy Bennett gives a whole new dimension to the story.
Frankie's seventeenth birthday starts out poorly with her husband away on a course and her presents being all items for the flat... except for her sister Sonia's offering of a white ostrich feather. An unexpected gift and offer from her sister-in-law, Bridget, sends Frankie and Sonia off on an adventure during which the eponymous hat is acquired and decorated. Seeing Frankie morph from wife-and-mother to kid and back again when her husband returns is great fun. The other two stories are equally wry and clear-eyed as Yoyo discovers her boyfriend is really just a big kid and would rather play with her brother and Ronda plays a mean but rather satisfying trick on her mum's kind but thoughtless employer...

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