The Diamond Girls

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Jacqueline Wilson

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Pages: 240 (Paperback)

ISBN: 0552556122

Pub: Corgi Childrens

Pub date: 2007-03-01

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23010

Editorial Review:

The Diamond Girls is a wonderfully typical novel by Jacqueline Wilson. It has everything her fans expect… and demand. "A typical slice of real life," proclaims the jacket. "Tough on the outside, warm on the inside." It has some great characters, who talk like normal people talk, some tough moments, some heart-melting moments, a few teasing cliff hangers and a satisfying ending. Hoorah for consistency!
Dixie is the youngest of the Diamond girls and the narrator of the story. Her sisters--Rochelle, Jude and Martine are all very different and each have their owns needs, strengths and weaknesses. Together with their mum, heavily pregnant with baby number five, the family move to a rundown dream house that turns out to be anything but. It's on the roughest estate ever, and is rough, dilapidated and dirty, with peeling wallpaper and rude words spray-painted all over the front door.
Disaster strikes immediately when Dixie's mum goes into labour. Left to fend for themselves the sisters soon go their separate ways, despite their mum's wise words that they should always stick together no matter what. Dixie is the only one who supports her mum when she comes back with Baby Sundance and helps to get the house put right and everybody back together. It's a big task.

Books by Jacqueline Wilson come along at adoringly-appreciated rate of two a year now--one in the Spring, another in the Autumn. But to dismiss The Diamond Girls as yet another novel in a production line of kitchen-sink trauma-dramas is to vastly under-appreciate its immense value and worth. Importantly, with each new story, Wilson deftly chronicles, with insight and skill, the sort of life many children may experience either directly or indirectly. They're entertainment, but there's more to them than that. Wilson is a national institution! (Age 10 and over) --John McLay

Reader Reviews:

Hmmm, deja vu. (1/1 people found this helpful)

An imaginative, although not particularly intelligent girl, the amazingly pretty but slightly, er, promiscuous mum who means well, the obligatory 'nice guy' and the three unimportant sisters (one of which says she hates her mother). Where have we heard this before?

I just wish Jacqueline wouldn't keep recycling all the old stereotypes she's used before. To me it was predictable and boring. The only good point I can mention is that the plot with Mary and her mother was surprisingly interesting, which brings my review from a one to a three. However the end let the book down massively- it was like one big cop out.

All I can say is, can we have something a little different, Mrs Wilson?

the diamond girls (5/8 people found this helpful)

i thought this was one of the greatest books i have ever read. i thought dixie was the nicest,jude was strong and kind,rochelle was not that nice,martine was the best.sundance was very cute to. i think mary worried quite a lot but she was very kind.i hope martines baby is ok. i hope that they get the house fixed up and are a happy family. i think marys mum was very horrible and mad.it is a really nice story and hope they right a following book.

Life like (8/10 people found this helpful)

Dixie, Rochelle, Jude & Martine Diamond have the worst possible lives ever. They finally find the perfect apartment to live in...and soon enough are moving, moving into a run-own house which has vomit on the sink and paint all over the walls. All this and another baby is coming their way. And their mum, Sue Diamond, is hiding something about the baby, that she doesn't want them to know....
I would recommend this book to both boys and girls between the ages of eight and 14. The book takes you to a completly different world and you just can't stop reading it.

The brilliant book of 2004!!!! (6/8 people found this helpful)

Anouther amazing title from the best selling author of double act and many others.Dixie,rochelle,jude and martine the diamond girls are here,and here to stay.But will they love it or hate it in there new house that their mad mum had moved them too?
It was an exciting and well writen book,with the correct standard of writing skills you would expect from such a well known well loved writer.It is great that she has been able to encourage so many new readers, as many children are put off by friends for reading as they think it is 'uncool' to read . But DO NOT be put off,as reading helps you to progress your own reading ability.reading different sorts of books to get your imagination flowing with great creativity,And punctuation.

Reviewed by amara.melechi

Diamond Girls (8/12 people found this helpful)

"Diamond Girls" is a delightful book that helps you to understand lots of different situations in life that lots of different people are dealing with. Jaqueline Wilson describes the characters' emotions when a certain thing is happening so you always understand what is going on and how the characters deal with different situations. I felt like I got to know each unique character in my own way and could always understand what was going on. Jacqueline Wilson also gets straight to the point and does not ever bore or disappoint me in any way with her books. I have been reading Jacqueline Wilson's books for about four years now. I would recommend her stories to all children who like books that involve real life situations.

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