La bambina con la valigia

A heartbreaking story of a little girl trying to get her own life together in the world of her divorced parents and their new set of children. Sometimes things are sad, nobody needs you and then you do stupid stuff just to get some attention... So sad that she has to cling to her little toy rabbit f Leggi tutto

I read this book as a child in year 5 and a few times since then. I remember my whole class fell in love with this book. One thing I liked about it was that it allows children, who may have parents who no longer live together, to identify with the main character Andrea. It could be used by those chi Leggi tutto

Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC's Big Read Poll of 2003. Nope.

This is definitely in my top five favourite Jacqueline Wilson books. As a child, I read it over and over again, I just couldn't get enough of it. Andy is coping with the divorce of her parents and having to adjust to having two new mis-matched families. Stepbrothers, stepsisters and not all of them

I actually got this book from buying a magazine when I was a kid. I hadn't been really into reading at the time so I kind of dismissed it. One day I was going for a long drive with my family so I decided to bring a couple of books and I brought along 'The Suitcase Kid'. I started reading it and was

'The suitcase kid' tells the story of 10year old Andrea. Andy, as she is known shares her experiences of divorce and broken families. Andy's parents share custody of her when they split up and start their new families. Andy is torn from Mum's house one week and them Dad's the next. Not only does And Leggi tutto

This is the first Jacqueline Wilson book i've ever read, and no wonder she's been so popular all these years! How amazing to write a story simple enough for kids to enjoy, but about really complex emotions while still feeling really natural and enjoyable. I can't wait to pick up another one of her b Leggi tutto

Also LOVE this book, it's a subject I would not normally relate too or be drawn to in a novel, yet somehow everything that happens to Andy hits me right in the gut. I love the realistic way she writes about Andy's feelings to her knew sister, her distrust of the professionals sent to help her, and h Leggi tutto