The Tiggie Tompson show /
Set in Auckland during the 1990's, Tiggie Tompson is a teenage girl struggling to come to terms with herself. Tiggie thinks she's dumpy, plain and talentless, she knows that her parents and teachers think she's a loser and at school she's the butt of jokes. To make it worse her m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Auckland, N.Z. ; New York :
Puffin Books,
1999.
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| Summary: | Set in Auckland during the 1990's, Tiggie Tompson is a teenage girl struggling to come to terms with herself. Tiggie thinks she's dumpy, plain and talentless, she knows that her parents and teachers think she's a loser and at school she's the butt of jokes. To make it worse her mother is a glamorous television journalist, with a famous face. At her new liberal school all she wants is to continue leading a quiet life. However, things don't turn out quite as she planned, Tiggie Tompson is about to be discovered. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. |
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| Item Description: | Novel for young adults. Cover subtitle: Does she really want to be a TV star? |
| Physical Description: | 203 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Awards: | New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, 2000. |
| ISBN: | 0141305037 (pbk.) : |