Review: Sundae Girl by Cathy Cassidy

 

Sundae Girl is a book by Cathy Cassidy, first published in 2007 by Penguin Books Ltd.

Jude's family are one crazy, weird mix. Her dad is an Elvis impersonator and her mum is just...mum. All Jude wishes for is a hassle free life...but when you live her life that is pretty hard to come by...

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But Mum is on a roll, running through 'Over The Rainbow' again and again before subsiding into endless slit-your-wrist Irish songs. Grandad shakes his head and goes to check on the turkey, but it's not ready yet, so we open a bottle of ginger beer and pour it into mugs. Alcohol is banned in our house, even at Christmas, on account of Mum's problem.

We have mince pies, warm from the microwave, and cream, sitting back to pull crackers and watch the Queen's speech. Grandad huffs and grumbles and swears under his breath all the way through. It's his favourite part of Christmas. 

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I loved this book at about age 10-12, and it hasn't lost it's magic yet. It's a great pre-teen book, and although is not quite as good as it was when I was younger, I still love it. 

This book really does explain things very well. Problems that arise in some and problems that arise in all teenagers and pre-teens lives. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good, well written and easy to read book. I have to say, this book isn't a masterpiece, I don't marvel at it. But it's not half bad as books go.

-Beth

Happy Reading!♥