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Jacqueline Wilson
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Pages: 307 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0440867223
Pub: Corgi Yearling Books
Pub date: 2007-07-05
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44520
Reader Reviews:
Fantastic Comeback! (4/4 people found this helpful)
Tracy Beaker is back once again! Jacqueline Wilson's best-loved, award-winning character who featured in `The Story of Tracy Beaker' and `The Dare Game' is back in this fantastically witty and moving story. This brilliant new story shows Tracy at her cheekiest and most appealing.
Tracy is ten and lives in a children's home, "The Dumping Ground", where she longs to be reunited with her absent mother. She is desperate for a role in her school play A Christmas Carol and when she is cast the main role, Ebenezer Scrooge, she wants to know whether her mum will make it back from Hollywood in time to watch her in her starring role. However, Cam is the one helping her to learn her lines and Cam is the one Tracy ends up spending Christmas with. Tracy sadly realises that it is not her mum that she can rely on; but Cam.
Over the years, the reader has followed Tracy through the highs and lows of her life. I feel from reading this book and every other Tracy Beaker book that I know her and am fond of her. Jacqueline Wilson makes her not only a sad, aggressive and boisterous person but also vulnerable, sensitive, creative and extremely cheeky indeed!
As a 14 year old I utterly loved this book. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and I recommend it to all ages from 7 upwards. Tracy Beaker has never been so vibrant and entertaining! Enjoy this masterpiece!
She's Back!!!! (4/5 people found this helpful)
Description of story and main characters:
Beaker is back and she's desperate to be in her school play (A Christmas Carol) to impress her film star mum.
What I think about the book:
Tracy is the narrator of the story and she tells us about her life.
Before I read the book I always thought children in orphanages were sad, worried and frightened, because of the films Oliver and Annie. Sad because no one cares about them. Worried because they might be put with someone mean. Frightened because the care workers assaulted them.
Jacqueline Wilson's book changed the way I thought about kids in care. Kids have fun and they feel happy, content and safe. They also experience the wonderful feeling of having brothers and sisters. The carers look after them in same way as parents.
I was surprised to see a swear word in the book.
Jacqueline Wilson develops the characters throughout the book. The structure of her writing is without chapters, consequently the narrative continues without stopping from the beginning to the end of the story. This made it difficult to put the book down.
Recommendation:
In conclusion, I think that this book was fabulous. I feel this book should only be read by 10 years and over because of the swear word. Will Justine be mean or will Tracy get her revenge? Read this book to find out!!
Lara Aged 11
Beakers back! (3/4 people found this helpful)
Beakers back, and this time she's desperate for a part in the school play, as ebenarzer scrooge in the christmas carol.But it all goes a bit wrong when Tracy finds herself thinking she might not even get a part at all!Plus she's certain that her "super famous" mum will come to see her playing the star role[thats if she gets it!].This is a really fab book and i recomend it to all Beaker fans!
unnecessary scarey (2/13 people found this helpful)
This book is not suitable for children, we have to keep skipping sections as to scarey. WHY does the author have to put witch craft and spells amongst other things, totally unnecessary and inappropriate. I feel it is right to warn others so they can make an informed choice whether to buy - If rated like films would be a PG at least.
Tracy is back! (4/7 people found this helpful)
Starring Tracy Beaker is the superb new novel from Jacqueline Wilson. It covers the life of an angry dumping ground kid who wants to find a home. Tracy Beaker wants to be a ghost in her school play but Miss Simpkins, art and drama teacher does not let her. To Justine Littlewood's dismay, Tracy is chosen to get the lead role and does a cracking job. However, when she looks out into the audience, there is an empty seat where her mum should have sat. Does this upset Tracy? Course not! Tracy is just as cross as before, even crosser, which in this case is good as she is playing Scrooge. An exciting storyline with an exceedingly fast pace when Tracy gets cross.
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