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June 2016, Simon & Schuster Children's, 272 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Summary from Simon & Schuster
Little Lucy has a scheme to get popular, but if you want to keep all your hair, you’d better not ask what it is.
Chloe’s facing the fight of her life and this time she can’t win it with her fists.
Ella would just like everyone to stop shouting so she can do her homework.
Then there’s Amelia. The moody big sister. Except Amelia’s decided to
ditch the sulks and the sarcastic remarks. But that’s not so easy when
your best friend is keeping secrets, your mum won’t even let you babysit
and you’re terrified to do a solo in the school concert.
Amidst all the chaos, is Amelia ready to grow up and grab the spotlight?
Nayu's thoughts
I want the next book in this series already! I absolutely loved
returning to the Strawberry household, and it was refreshing to see
life from Amelia's view, as she is quite a drama queen. There's a lot
going on in her life, and she is trying to be nicer after being so
horrid to her dad in book #1, Perfectly Ella (link takes you to my review).
I was moved to tears as Amelia's
relationship wih her stepmother (can't quite remember if they got
married), progressed to the stage she confided in Suvi AND felt able
to offer some advice which transforms part of Suvi's life. Amelia
does revert to her former self sometimes, but she realises when she
goes too far. By working on being kinder she is able to walk in her
sisters' shoes, and figure them out too.
Ella really suffers when a
massive change is sort of forced upon them, but Amelia and the others
rally round for her. I loved how all the different aspects of a
divorced family are explored, how hilarious the sisters are
(especially Lucy), and how realistic their lives are. I
loved Chloe's stress busting technique, as well as how fired up Suvi
gets on her behalf when injustice occurs. This is a book I'll reread
lots as I never want to be out of the Strawberry sisters' lives!
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