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Sleepovers

By Jacqueline Wilson
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Sleepovers is a funny and moving story about friendship and fitting in, following Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy, and Emily, who form the Alphabet Club at school. Newest member Daisy struggles to be accepted, especially by the unfriendly Chloe, and worries about how her friends will react to her older sister at her birthday sleepover party.
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Daisy is the newest member and is desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is very unfriendly to her at times.

When the girls begin planning sleepover parties for their birthdays, Daisy is dreading her own - she doesn't know what her friends will make of her older sister .

Another bestseller from Jacqueline Wilson, for younger readers. Now with a new introduction by Jacqueline Wilson and a brand new cover look!

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A funny, moving story for younger readers about being a good friend, from the award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.

You're invited to the ultimate sleepover!

Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy, and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member and is desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is very unfriendly to her at times.

When the girls begin planning sleepover parties for their birthdays, Daisy is dreading her own – she doesn't know what her friends will make of her older sister...

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Has all the Jacqueline Wilson hallmarks of humour, good sense and a profound realism – Independent
Highly entertaining – TES
Thought-provoking rather than preachy – Guardian
Encourages young readers to explore issues like bullies, disabilities and making new friends – Waterstones Books Quarterly

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780552557832

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 March 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Young Corgi

Illustration: B+W t/o

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Nick Sharratt
  • Illustrated by Nick Sharratt

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 112

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Jacqueline Wilson Young Adult

About the Author

JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade. 'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES 'She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER

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