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<\/figure>\nLOOKING FOR LUCIE BY AMANDA ADDISON <\/strong><\/h4>\nPaperback published by Neem Tree Press <\/strong><\/h4>\nISBN 9781911107682<\/strong><\/h4>\nWhere are you really from? It\u2019s 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\u2019s never met her father, and she looks nothing like the rest of her family. She can\u2019t even talk about it because everyone says it shouldn\u2019t matter. Well, it matters to Lucie and with her new friend Nav, who knows exactly who he is she determined to find some answers. What do you do when you question your entire existence? You do a DNA test. <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\nMY REVIEW <\/strong><\/h4>\nI have my fingers crossed, I\u2019m not telling a lie, Looking for Lucie is hundred percent a page turner. This splendid novel in my view isn\u2019t just for YA readers it\u2019s for any reader. I literally got hooked from page one up,until the last page. I highly recommend this novel to every book blogger and book clubs. I felt really sorry for Lucie, being able to not tell anyone her feelings about wanting to know who her father really is. Lucie is always told the same old story by her mother that, she doesn\u2019t know who her real father is, and that Lucie\u2019s mother used an anonymous sperm donor. Lucie\u2019s stepdad who she only knows, calls him dad. Lucie looks nothing like the rest of her family. Steve her dad, is blonde,blue-eyed<\/strong>, Maisie, Lucie\u2019s sister, is also blonde, with blue eyes, while Lucie has caramel brown skin, dark green eyes. What is more upsetting for Lucie, is every time she meets someone,she is asked the same questions, where is she from, when Lucie tells them Norfolk, that simply isn\u2019t enough for someone people, they question Lucie more, they want to know her biological father\u2019s origins. Soon Lucie starts to question her DNA, she send a sample sending of her DNA, off, to find out who her real father is. All Lucie can do now is wait anxiously for the email to drop in her in box with the results. I too was nervous for Lucie waiting for that moment of the email of truth. As a this is a touching story I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever felt that nervous reading a book before. <\/strong><\/h4>\nAbout author Amanda Addison<\/strong><\/h4>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bookread2day.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_7427-1.jpg?w=266\")
<\/figure>\nAmanda 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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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! https:\/\/Twitter.com\/AmandaAuthorArt<\/a> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amandaauthorsart<\/a> https:\/\/www.amandaaddison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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ISBN 9781911107682<\/strong><\/h4>\nWhere are you really from? It\u2019s 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\u2019s never met her father, and she looks nothing like the rest of her family. She can\u2019t even talk about it because everyone says it shouldn\u2019t matter. Well, it matters to Lucie and with her new friend Nav, who knows exactly who he is she determined to find some answers. What do you do when you question your entire existence? You do a DNA test. <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\nMY REVIEW <\/strong><\/h4>\nI have my fingers crossed, I\u2019m not telling a lie, Looking for Lucie is hundred percent a page turner. This splendid novel in my view isn\u2019t just for YA readers it\u2019s for any reader. I literally got hooked from page one up,until the last page. I highly recommend this novel to every book blogger and book clubs. I felt really sorry for Lucie, being able to not tell anyone her feelings about wanting to know who her father really is. Lucie is always told the same old story by her mother that, she doesn\u2019t know who her real father is, and that Lucie\u2019s mother used an anonymous sperm donor. Lucie\u2019s stepdad who she only knows, calls him dad. Lucie looks nothing like the rest of her family. Steve her dad, is blonde,blue-eyed<\/strong>, Maisie, Lucie\u2019s sister, is also blonde, with blue eyes, while Lucie has caramel brown skin, dark green eyes. What is more upsetting for Lucie, is every time she meets someone,she is asked the same questions, where is she from, when Lucie tells them Norfolk, that simply isn\u2019t enough for someone people, they question Lucie more, they want to know her biological father\u2019s origins. Soon Lucie starts to question her DNA, she send a sample sending of her DNA, off, to find out who her real father is. All Lucie can do now is wait anxiously for the email to drop in her in box with the results. I too was nervous for Lucie waiting for that moment of the email of truth. As a this is a touching story I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever felt that nervous reading a book before. <\/strong><\/h4>\nAbout author Amanda Addison<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/figure>\nAmanda 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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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! https:\/\/Twitter.com\/AmandaAuthorArt<\/a> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amandaauthorsart<\/a> https:\/\/www.amandaaddison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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MY REVIEW <\/strong><\/h4>\nI have my fingers crossed, I\u2019m not telling a lie, Looking for Lucie is hundred percent a page turner. This splendid novel in my view isn\u2019t just for YA readers it\u2019s for any reader. I literally got hooked from page one up,until the last page. I highly recommend this novel to every book blogger and book clubs. I felt really sorry for Lucie, being able to not tell anyone her feelings about wanting to know who her father really is. Lucie is always told the same old story by her mother that, she doesn\u2019t know who her real father is, and that Lucie\u2019s mother used an anonymous sperm donor. Lucie\u2019s stepdad who she only knows, calls him dad. Lucie looks nothing like the rest of her family. Steve her dad, is blonde,blue-eyed<\/strong>, Maisie, Lucie\u2019s sister, is also blonde, with blue eyes, while Lucie has caramel brown skin, dark green eyes. What is more upsetting for Lucie, is every time she meets someone,she is asked the same questions, where is she from, when Lucie tells them Norfolk, that simply isn\u2019t enough for someone people, they question Lucie more, they want to know her biological father\u2019s origins. Soon Lucie starts to question her DNA, she send a sample sending of her DNA, off, to find out who her real father is. All Lucie can do now is wait anxiously for the email to drop in her in box with the results. I too was nervous for Lucie waiting for that moment of the email of truth. As a this is a touching story I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever felt that nervous reading a book before. <\/strong><\/h4>\nAbout author Amanda Addison<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/figure>\nAmanda 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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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! https:\/\/Twitter.com\/AmandaAuthorArt<\/a> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amandaauthorsart<\/a> https:\/\/www.amandaaddison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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About author Amanda Addison<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/figure>\nAmanda 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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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! https:\/\/Twitter.com\/AmandaAuthorArt<\/a> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amandaauthorsart<\/a> https:\/\/www.amandaaddison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\nAmanda 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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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! https:\/\/Twitter.com\/AmandaAuthorArt<\/a> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amandaauthorsart<\/a> https:\/\/www.amandaaddison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished by