We Are Giants
Amber Lee Dodd
‘A total page-turner…very moving and touching.’ JACQUELINE WILSON
A brilliantly funny and wonderfully warm-hearted story about love, family, and what it means to be different.
Sydney thinks her mum Amy is the best mum in the world – even if she is a bit different. When everyone else kept growing, Amy got to four feet tall and then stopped right there. The perfect height, in Sydney’s opinion: big enough to reach the ice cream at the supermarket, small enough to be special. Sydney’s dad died when she was only five, but her memories of him, her mum’s love and the company of her brave big sister Jade means she never feels alone . . .
But when the family are forced to move house, things get tricky. Sydney and Jade must make new friends, deal with the bullies at their new school and generally figure out the business of growing up in a strange new town.
And Sydney doesn’t want to grow up – not if it means getting bigger than her mum…
Reviews
Avery good book, with every character having motivations that felt realistic, and the story taking turns out of the control of the main characters, just like real life. However, the ‘shrinking’ thing was an unnecessary aspect of the book in my opinion - the whole plot could’ve worked without it, and it existing brings down how realistic it is.
Anonymous 17.08.2021
It was very interesting and it makes you want to read more.
Senorita Beany Chocolate-mousse 27.11.2020
It was interesting. I rate it for 11 and above.
Anonymous 28.07.2020
It was good but I lost interest a few chapters in
Anonymous 29.07.2019
This a good book, love, joy, sadness, desperation, inner secrets all in one. If you want a great story with lots of good vocabulary packed in, this is the right choice for you .the main story line is about a family that the father passed away and the mother has dwarfism .after not selling enough furniture in their shop the family of the move to Portsmouth and have to get used to the area. though they never do
Anonymous 18.04.2018
i love how you ca read this and get really stuck into it in seconds.It helped me feel and think i am a giant because everybody in my class was bigger than me exepet from my best friend lily.She is the same size as me.
Anonymous 31.08.2017
It is a courageous and a teamworking story
Anonymous 29.08.2017
I think you should read this book because it so interesting it's about a girl whose mum has dwafisim. But it's not just about that, it's also about family, friendship and love☺️
Anonymous 01.09.2016
