Swimming to the Moon
Jane Elson
‘Just call me Bee. Please, please call me that. If you call me Beatrix Daffodil Tulip Chrysanthemum Rose Edwards I shan’t answer you. I am not being rude or unfriendly, or insolent as Mrs Dixon my teacher calls me. I just don’t like my name. Well, would you?’
Bee stumbles through life in her stripy socks with her head in the clouds, doing her very best to keep out of the way of her bickering parents and avoid bendy tap dancing Crystal Kelly – who makes her life a misery. But when Crystal double-dares her to volunteer for a sponsored swim in honour of her great grandmother Beatrix’s memory, Bee can’t back down. Even though she is terrified of water and cannot swim!
Then new boy Moon-Star gallops to Bee’s rescue on his horse and takes her to meet Old Alice, a Traveller who lives in a beautiful painted wagon. As Bee enters this new world, her life is changed for ever.
Finally she has an ally. Down by the promise tree the new friends make a pact – Moon Star will teach Bee to swim if Bee will teach him to read. They spit on their hands and shake on their vow and a beautiful friendship begins.
‘Fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Elen Caldecott will like this real-world drama … Warm and dreamy with just the right amount of quirk for young readers to identify with if they feel like outsiders.’ Booktrust
Reviews
Really fun and adventurous!
Princess Mildred Slingshot 04.08.2023
very good
Madam Sapphire Mildew 16.07.2023
I think it would be about a boy and a girl that married and went in a magical forest and never come back. There was a girl called bee she was very kind. I liked bee most. Yes I would.
King Gonzo Custard 11.08.2022
My favorite character is Moon-Star as even though he doesn't know how to write, he has many other talents and even goes the old fasion way. Beatrix is also so brave in this book that I cannot even describe it! You would be shocked to know that she swam 10 lengths although she didn't like swimming! She even saved Chrystal Kelly's mother's son by swimming in a river to get Old Alice. I reccomend you this book RIGHT NOW.
Anonymous 28.08.2020
it was actually very realistic and it highlighted all the behaviours of children in our modern day. It had most of the aspects of British primary schools, for example bullies cliques and the losses of friends! Its all about a young girl called Beatrix Daffodil Tulip Chrysanthemum Rose Edwards. She thinks its VERY weird. But those are the names of the bouquet of flowers he bought from a gas station for her mum when he missed her being born!
Anonymous 18.08.2019
This book is about a girl called Beatrix, her beloved gran died and her school happens to be doing a sponsored swim to raise money for her grans old care home but the only problem is... she can't swim I would recommend this book for children aged around 10.
Anonymous 19.08.2017
Amazing book! My brother chose this book for me at the library and I wasn't sure when I first saw it but a read the blurb and then a few pages and I fell in love with this book! I would recommend this book to any gender above 7!
Anonymous 12.08.2017
this book is amazing!!!
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