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Mavis Jukes

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Mavis Jukes , is an American author of novels for children. She has also published nonfiction books for children and pre-teens about puberty. Her books are usually health-based.

Before becoming an author, Jukes was a lawyer and a teacher. Her first book, No One is Going to Nashville, was published in 1983. She lives with her husband, the sculptor and painter Robert H. Hudson, and their daughters in Sonoma County, California. She is the daughter of Thomas Hughes Jukes, a famous molecular biologist and nutritionist, who pioneered the use of methotrexate as a new cancer therapy and was one of the first to formulate the neutral theory of molecular evolution.

She received the Newbery Honor distinction in 1985 for her book Like Jake and Me.

Mavis Jukes

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Mavis Jukes , is an American author of novels for children. She has also published nonfiction books for children and pre-teens about puberty. Her books are usually health-based.

Before becoming an author, Jukes was a lawyer and a teacher. Her first book, No One is Going to Nashville, was published in 1983. She lives with her husband, the sculptor and painter Robert H. Hudson, and their daughters in Sonoma County, California. She is the daughter of Thomas Hughes Jukes, a famous molecular biologist and nutritionist, who pioneered the use of methotrexate as a new cancer therapy and was one of the first to formulate the neutral theory of molecular evolution.

She received the Newbery Honor distinction in 1985 for her book Like Jake and Me.

Books from Mavis Jukes

Like Jake and Me

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Growing Up: It's a Girl Thing: Straight Talk about First Bras, First Periods, and Your Changing Body

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The New Kid

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Blackberries in the Dark

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Guy Book: An Owner's Manual: Maintenance, Safety, and Operating Instructions for Boys

3.5/5 ( ratings)

It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and in Charge

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Wild Iris Bloom

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Be Healthy! It's a Girl Thing: Food, Fitness, and Feeling Great

Expecting the Unexpected

Expecting the Unexpected

No One Is Going to Nashville

Growing Up It's a Girl Thing: Straight Talk About First Bras, First Periods, and Your Changing Body

Getting Even

Planning the Impossible

Smoke

I'll See You in My Dreams

You're a Bear