Sleepovers
By (Author) Jacqueline Wilson
Illustrated by Nick Sharratt
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Young Corgi
1st May 2008
13th March 2008
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
823.914
Paperback
112
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 7mm
86g
A funny, moving story for younger readers about being a good friend, from the award-winning Jacqueline Wilson. You're invited to the ultimate sleepover! 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 very unfriendly to her at times. When the girls begin planning sleepover parties for their birthdays, Daisy is dreading her own - she doesn't know what her friends will make of her older sister . . .
Has all the Jacqueline Wilson hallmarks of humour, good sense and a profound realism * Independent *
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 *
JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade. 'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES 'She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER