Looking For JJ

Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of the town towards Berwick Waters. Later that day only two of them came back...

Alice Tully knows exactly what happened that spring day six years ago, though it's still hard for her to believe it's real. The images, the sounds, and the aftermath are imprinted on her memory. She'll never be able to forget, even though she's trying to lead a normal life. She's making a go of things, putting her past behind her at last. But Alice's past is dangerous, and violent, and sad. And it's about to rip her new life apart.

​A gripping and emotionally searing novel from a talented author, Looking for JJ explores the circumstances and motives behind the murder of a child - by her friend. Six years later, JJ has now been released, and has a new identity. But is there any way that she can lead a "normal" life?​

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Review

​Booktrust Teenage Prize(2004)

North East Teenage Book Award(2005)​

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anne Cassidy has lived in London for most of her life. She worked in a bank for five years but then became a teacher.

In 1989 she started writing books for teenagers. Her first book, Big Girls’ Shoes, a murder mystery, was published in 1991 and since then she has published over fifty books, thirty of which have been teen novels.

She writes dark crime fiction and is best known for her book Looking for JJ which was shortlisted for the Carnegie medal. The sequel to this book is called Finding Jennifer Jones.

Anne's most recent novels are No Virgin and its sequel No Shame.

Anne’s first middle grade novel, The Drowning Day, was published in spring 2022.

PRODUCT DETAILS

• Publisher  : Scholastic Press; First Edition 2nd Impression (13 feb 2004)
• Language ‏ : ‎English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎304 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎0439977126
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎978-0439977128
• Item weight ‏ : ‎499 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎14 x 0.3 x 26 cm