Sleepovers - Softcover

Wilson, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552547093 ISBN 13: 9780552547093

Publisher: Young Corgi, 2002

Synopsis

Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member and is desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is distinctly unfriendly to her at times. Throughout Daisy's first year at the school, the girls plan ever-more elaborate sleepover parties for their birthdays. Daisy is dreading the time when her birthday comes round as she doesn't know what her friends will make of sleeping over at her home, with her rather special older sister...

A superb handling of both the intricacies of young, female friendship and the joys and problems of having an older sister with learning disabilities, from our most accomplished and bestselling author.

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Review:

New-girl-in-school Daisy faces up to familiar childhood dilemmas in Sleep-overs, a great book for younger readers written by the acclaimed, bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson.

Daisy is finding her feet with a new group of friends, slowly becoming "one of the gang" who take it in turns to have sleep-over parties. But with her own turn to play host fast approaching, Daisy is faced with the task of telling her new friends about her mentally and physically disabled older sister, and she is unsure how they will react. The spoilt Chloe, with her snide bullying tactics, presents a particular problem: she has been reluctant to let Daisy into the group, and this could give her just the excuse she needs...

As ever, Wilson combines superlative, on-the-nose storytelling with an intuitive accuracy that captures the essence of familiar childhood insecurities. Readers will laugh, cry and cringe their way through the pages of this outstanding little book as Wilson's trademark heroine wins the day. Ideal for newly confident readers who are looking for more of a challenge Sleep-overs is a cracking book for children aged 7 and over. --Susan Harrison

Review:

Has all the Jacqueline Wilson hallmarks of humour, good sense and a profound realism (Independent)

Jacqueline Wilson, whose books just keep getting better, always puts children at the centre and is also an expert on Tweens (The Times)

Highly entertaining (TES)

As ever, Wilson is thought-provoking rather than preachy (Guardian)

In this funny and touching story by the fantastic Jacqueline Wilson, young readers are encouraged to explore the worries of bullies, disabilities and making new friends. (Waterstones Books Quarterly)

About this edition

• Publisher: Young Corgi
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0552547093
• ISBN 13: 9780552547093
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• Illustrator: Sharratt Nick