Lily Alone

Lily Alone
by Jacqueline Wilson

This book is about a girl called Lily who has two sisters and a brother called Bliss, Pixie and Baxter. They have a single mother who has to leave her children home alone. Since Lily is the eldest she is in charge and normally manages to get the others into bed in time. One day their mum goes to the pub and comes back talking about a man she met. Later on she ends up going with him on holiday. Lily is very worried about the idea of her mother being away for a week and having to look after three children at the age of eleven! The ending was not what I was expecting but I enjoyed it very much and it was exciting.

review by Amy

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The Longest Whale Song

The Longest Whale Song
by Jacqueline Wilson

This book is about a girl called Ella who lives with her mum and her step dad. Ella’s mother is having a baby and when the baby is born she is immediately very ill. Ella is with one of her mother’s friends. A few days later Ella’s step dad takes her to the hospital to see her mum but when Ella sees her mum she feels upset looking at her. Ella has a look at her new little brother Samson and feels a bit better. Ella goes to the hospital to see her mum nearly every day so she takes most days off school. I enjoyed this book because it was very interesting.

review by Amy

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Little Darlings

Little Darlings
by Jacqueline Wilson

This book is about a girl called Destiny who lives with her mum, and a girl called Sunset who lives with her rock star dad Danny Kilman and her mum and her sister and brother Sweetie and Ace. Destiny is an eleven year old girl and doesn’t have a lot of money but Sunset’s family are very rich. The two girls meet at the premiere of a movie that Danny Kilman is featured in. Destiny and Sunset become very good friends. Destiny performs in a school talent show and her dreams start to come true. I enjoyed this book because I could relate to the characters and I really felt they were living their dream.

review by Amy

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