A Girl Called Joy: Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week: Volume 1
Jenny Valentine, Aysha Kala
Subjects
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Average rating
‘A delight for its warmth and humour, but principally because the writing is alive and stunning.’ The Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week.
For readers aged 9+ comes a sparkling new series about family, friends and finding the joy in life! From award-winning author Jenny Valentine, this is the perfect series for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Cath Howe and Lara Williamson! Meet ten-year-old Joy Applebloom, a girl with a knack for finding the silver lining in even the darkest of rainclouds. After years of travelling the world with her parents and older sister, Claude (Claude rhymes with bored, which is just about right), Joy and her family move to suburbia – back to school, back to her grumpy, rule-obsessed grandad and back to normality. Joy soon finds her usual irrepressible positivity and zest for life waning, but when the powers that be threaten to pull down a mighty oak tree, Joy decides to fight back, and realizes that not all magic requires wands and spells, and perhaps the most important sort of magic is the power, resilience and courage that was there all along . . .Enchantingly read by Aysha Kala, narrator of the Pages & Co Bookwanderers series.
Reviews
I loved book. I would recommend this book. I liked it because the message in the story is how important family and trees are.
Captain Babs Hungry-Hippo 06.08.2021
This book was ok but sad cause starting over is hard and sad at times. I would recommend.
Lady Venus Armchair 04.08.2021
I would recommend this book because it was very gripping. It is about a girl called Joy who sees the world in a different way to most people. I listened to this book as an audiobook and I enjoyed it so much I finished it in an afternoon. She has a very mysterious granddad that is a hard character to figure out. So to conclude this is a very good book and I really recommend it. Also it is fiction but it seems like something that could happen in real life.
Earl Dragon Borneo 02.08.2021
I liked the book a lot because not only did it have 1 problem it hand many problems and it was a very long story I enjoyed reading the story when I went to bed .it felt like I could really see what was happening in the story
Queen Candyfloss Toothpaste 01.08.2021
Because her nanny was smiling at the end.
Anonymous 27.07.2021
