The Reading Agency Reading Guide to: The Ant Colony by Jenny Valentine This great guide will help you present a title to a reading group. There are ideas to trigger in-depth discussion and information about some exciting online resources. There are six guides in total, one for each of the 2009 shortlisted titles. Title:The Ant ColonyFormat [eg: pb/hb]: pb Pgs: 215 Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books Price: £6.99 ISBN: 978-0007283590 About the author: Jenny Valentine lives in Hay on Wye. She is married to a singer/songwriter and has two children. Jenny moved house every two years when she was growing up. She worked in a wholefood shop in Primrose Hill for fifteen years where she met many extraordinary people – including the inspiration for character Violet Park – and sold more organic loaves than there are words in her first novel. She has also worked as a teaching assistant and a jewellery maker. She studied English Literature at Goldsmith’s College, which almost put her off reading but not quite. Obscure fact:Jenny runs a wholefood shop in Hay on Wye, hoping to find more inspiration for future novels. What’s it about?: Number 33 Georgiana Street houses many people and yet seems home to none. To runaway Sam it is a place to disappear. To Bohemia, it’s just another blip between crises, as her mum ricochets off the latest boyfriend. Old Isobel acts like she owns the place, even though it actually belongs to Steve in the basement, who is always looking to squeeze in yet another tenant. Life there is a kind of ordered chaos. Like ants, they scurry about their business, crossing paths, following their own tracks, no questions asked. But it doesn’t take much to upset the balance. Dig deep enough and you’ll find that everyone has something to hide!
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