Pancake Face

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9781781123034

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Life is tough in Victorian times, especially when you're different. Alice Peasbody was born with no nose. People laugh and jeer and call her Pancake Face. Even when she is given a prosthetic nose and moves to the big city to take an office job, she cowers in dark corners, but the arrival of good-natured, loving friends help her accept herself.

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Author:
Georgia Byng
lllustrator:
Mike Phillips

Reviews

  • 4
    confidence, Victorian era, self-acceptance, self-esteem, romance, toys, bullying, mocking, teasing, loneliness, self-conscious

    Posted by Novel Insight Reviews on 4th Feb 2020

    Alice was born without a nose. Everyone made fun of her for it and called her Pancake Face. One day, Alice goes to a doctor who makes her a unique pair of glasses with a fake porcelain nose attached. It makes her feel normal at last. At 16 years old, Alice moves away, and nobody in her new town knows about her nose. When a handsome young man visits her work, Alice begins to wonder if anyone could love her without a nose.