Funny Money by Alison Prince
Shannon is used to a life of shopping with her mum.
But a holiday in Arbroath with her gran teaches Shannon that you don't have to spend money to have fun.
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About the author - Alison Prince
Alison Prince is an accomplished artist and respected biographer and poet, as well as one of the top writers for young people.
'Oranges and Murder', Alison's first novel, is a wonderful, atmospheric thriller full of rich period detail and won the Scottish Arts Council Award. Her second novel, 'Three Blind Eyes', is highly intriguing, with murderous villains.
She also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award in 1996 with her contemporary Glaswegian Robin Hood story, 'The Sherwood Hero'.
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