Looking for JJ, looking for a new life, looking for a new start where no one knows her past, or her background, she's changed; she doesn't know what overcame her to kill her.
"Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of town towards Berwick waters. Later that day, only two ... Read review
Advantages: brilliantly written book to read Disadvantages: can't seem to be able to find the strength to put it down
Looking for JJ, looking for a new life, looking for a new start where no one knows her past, or her background, she's changed; she doesn't know what overcame her to kill her.
"Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of town towards Berwick waters. Later that day, only two of them come back…"
Jennifer Jones has been in prison for the last six years for murdering a girl who was bossy, and b***hy. ... ...in deep guilt for the past years. She doesn't need papers, or prison to make her feel the guilt of it all, she already has it lumbered upon her back. That one spring day, where an accident happened, three girls went out to the woods, yet only two of them came back.
Alice Tully is one of the only people that know who Jennifer is, and what she's like as a real person. Alice has a life, a job, a boyfriend who she loves truly, and friends ... more
Looking for JJ, looking for a new life, looking for a new start where no one knows her past, or her background, she's changed; she doesn't know what overcame her to kill her.
"Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of town towards Berwick waters. Later that day, only two of them come back…"
Jennifer Jones has been in prison for the last six years for murdering a girl who was bossy, and b***hy. Jennifer didn't mean to, she remembers everything, and has been in deep guilt for the past years. She doesn't need papers, or prison to make her feel the guilt of it all, she already has it lumbered upon her back. That one spring day, where an accident happened, three girls went out to the woods, yet only two of them came back.
Alice Tully is one of the only people that know who Jennifer is, and what she's like as a real person. Alice has a life, a job, a boyfriend who she loves truly, and friends who stand by her through everything. Alice has many friends who support and care for her; she is one of two people that know what happened that day that changed who Jennifer was. She's trying to get on with her life, making a real go of it, but will Jennifer's past come back, haunt and rip Alice's new life apart?
Through the storms, through the wind, through the rain, will Alice be able to get through the worst of the media, through the worst of what people think? Will Alice be able to have the new start, the new life that she's always wanted, to forget the past she thought she left behind? Will she be able to withstand this storm within her life?
This book is wonderfully written, and I love it truly. The story is amazing, the plot is wonderfully written, and the characters were well thought out. At one point, I got confused, but when I re-read the page, I managed to get it. Sometimes, I even ask myself, I wonder if this sort of thing has happened to a child killer before, although I don't know of any child murder stories.
My final conclusion is that this is a brilliant book, which goes from the past, to the present, to the past and so on. It's written perfectly and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. This is a magically written book, catching the essence of the world with people who just want to start over again, without the past haunting them. somehow, i didn't seem to be able to put it down.
Winner of the Book trust teenage prize 2004 Short listed for the Whitbread children's book award 2004 'Compassionate, unsensational and unflinching' guardian 'The power play between the three young girls at the centre of the story is spot on…this book is difficult to put down.' Adele Geras, TES 'Dark, chilling and clever' Celia Rees
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Advantages: Completely different... addictive read Disadvantages: Finished it too quick....and got sunburnt doing it
...bought it.
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Looking for JJ is a very very strange book. It is six years on from the murder, and JJ is now officially an adult and being released into the world again.
Being mid twenies, for me, the only case like it in my lifetime (that I have been old enough to be aware of) was Jamie Bulger, and everything that went with the release of his killers, so that was constantly at the back of my mind as I read. I would like to stress though that ... ...out everything about a person before making a decision - not to judge on first appearances or hearsay.
I loved Looking for JJ - it was completely different to anything I've read in a long time, and completely unputtabledownable (and I have the VERY sunburnt legs to prove it!!!). ...
flamesparrow 27.06.2005 (28.06.2005)
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Advantages: Fast paced and exciting! Disadvantages: None - that I can think of!
...been short-listed for book awards. Looking for JJ is on this year's short list for the North East Book Award. (NEBA) I have taken part in the NEBA for the past two years and I thoroughly enjoyed it because it is always a list of excellent books. Unfortunately, this year I am too old to take part, :-( but my school librarian let me borrow this book. :-) And I was NOT disappointed!
Three girls went on an adventure but only two of them came back.
... ...but the media are constantly looking for JJ.
The book is split into 3 main sections. The first section is about JJ and her new identity. She seems to be such a lovely person and I actually started to like the character but then I remembered what she had done. She seemed so nice that it was hard to imagine that she could have taken another persons life. So all the way through the first section I couldn't help thinking - How did she kill her? Was ...
bluejules 25.09.2005
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Advantages: Good story, great plot twists, realistic. Disadvantages: Dislikeable main character which remains hateable for a long time.
-twisted and believable, although the main character is dislikeable through several of the chapters and hard to empathise with at first. Fans of her other books and people interested in thriller/crime style teen fiction will enjoy this but people who want an insightful read which makes the reader think won't think the book is for them. I'd read this again if I hadn't in a while and would recommend this to my friends.
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Modern Fiction
Title
Looking for JJ
Author
Anne Cassidy
ISBN
0152061908; 0439977126; 0439977177
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A gripping and emotionally searing novel from a talented author, Looking for JJ explores the circumstances and motives behind the murder of a child - by her friend. Six years later, JJ has now been released, and has a new identity. But is there any way that she can lead a "normal" life?
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