Sundae Girl - Cathy Cassidy

Gingersnaps - another teenage girl novel

Advantages: Good moral
Disadvantages: Uncomplicated and very familiar

Gone are the days when Ginger was an outsider, always on the fringes of friendship. She has swapped puppy fat and pigtails for make-up and hair straighteners and never looked back ? until now. Ginger and Shannon are best mates, but when they befriend lonely Emily, everything changes. Even the saxophone ?playing boy in the trilby hat can?t help ? he?s part of the problem. Gingersnaps is a book about fear, friendship and falling for the wrong boy. Ginger must learn to believe in herself before she can work out who her true friends are. Will she stick with cool, calculating Shannon ? or take a risk and follow her heart? This fun, easy read is perfect for young girls around the transition years between primary and secondary. It deals with a number of typical teenage issues including making friends, finding your own identity and trusting ...

aimeeb7925 01.11.2009 · Read full review
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Mates, Dates and Sleepover Secrets by Cathy Hopkins

Advantages: Great characters, good story, you can read it over and over and not get bored of it, easy to read
Disadvantages: -

Mates, Dates and Sleepover Secrets Cathy Hopkins The book was published in 2002 by Piccadilly Press Ltd. A bit about the author Cathy Hopkins was born in Manchester but grew up in Kenya from the ages five to eleven. She started writing teenage fiction in the year 2000. (To find out more visit www.cathyhopkins.com) When/ Why did I buy the book? I bought the book a good few years ago, I'd say about five, when I was about ten years old. I actually bought the book from a car boot sale, I think it was about 10p!! Which is an absolute bargain as the book is fantastic and I still read it now. I'm not really sure why I bought it, it obviously must have just caught my eye through all the usual junk you find at a car boot sale. They say don't judge a book by its cover, well everyone does don't they. I think I judged ...

Ruby.xo 28.06.2009 (23.07.2009) · Read full review
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Damaged - Cathy Glass

Advantages: Insight into what some foster carers have to endure
Disadvantages: Sad story made even more moving because it is true

This book had me gripped from the start. It is a true story about a foster carer called Cathy Glass and her experience with a very troubled 8 year old girl named Jodie. Cathy has been a foster carer for over 20 years and looked after more than 50 children. What struck me about this book was the sheer frankness of Cathy. It is a heartwrenching story that goes into quite a lot of detail. Jodie had been through numerous carers before she was taken in by Cathy. Cathy knew this and was made aware in a crisis meeting that Jodie would be taken into a residential care home which would of meant she didn't get the one-on-one care that she so badly needed. The antics Jodie gets up to are disturbing to say the least, from wiping her own excrement on herself to cutting her own wrists, extreme aggression and sexual behaviour. Multiple ...

victorialush 29.05.2007 · Read full review
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