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Jacky Rom

Jacky Rom

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British Drama Teacher turned Author Jacky Rom releases her first Children’s Novel on 26th April 2009.

After many years of writing plays she was just about to turn 50 and had the urge to write her first Novel. Escaping off to the Caribbean she wrote the first of a series of five books called; The Amazing Adventures of Starr. Book 1 is called “The Missing Extra”.

It is a Mystery Novel for 9 o 11 yr old girls full of intrigue and suspense.

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>&quot;A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style.&quot;</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>

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🔗 http://www.local.thesun.co.uk/view/The-Amazing-Adventures-of-Starr/1215522492/uk/

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;">“It was brilliant”</span></strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;"> Maddie Stevenson <strong>Age: 10</strong></span></font></p> <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;">“It was like a real detective story, it was really good”</span></strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;"> Katie Thomas <strong>Age: 12</strong></span></font></p> <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;">“I think it was really good, I enjoyed it”</span></strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;"> Charlotte French <strong>Age: 9</strong></span></font></p> <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;">“It was fabulous”</span></strong><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;"> Rebecca French <strong>Age: 10</strong></span></font></p> <p></p>