The Diamond Girls

by Jacqueline Wilson

Hardcover, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Genres

Children's Books

Fiction

Collection

Accelerated Reader

Publication

DOUBLEDAY CHILDRENS BOOKS (2004), Edition: 1st Ed., 229 pages

Description

Dixie is the youngest Diamond girl. She and her sisters-dreamy Martine, glamorous Rochelle, and tough Jude-could hardly be more different, but their mum has always tried to teach them the value of sticking together. Now Mum's expecting yet another baby, and she's convinced this one's a boy. She insists they move to a bigger place-but it's rough, dilapidated, and filthy, and before they've even unpacked, Mum's gone into labor Can the Diamond girls pull together in time for her to come home? And will anyone spot Mum's little secret but Dixie?

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LibraryThing member FrancineA

I very enjoyed this book. I found it a very good book.

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LibraryThing member atreic

A very traditional Jacqueline Wilson about a large family of girls living with their single mum, who is pregnant with another baby. The girls are mostly pencil sketches, the sporty one, the pretty one, the older one, the little one,but the pages turn quickly, as you follow them through their

chaotic house move to a grim council estate. The plot is a compare and contrast - the Diamond girls are judged by the world as poorly looked after by their mother (who is in many ways a terrible parent, the move is poorly planned out, and she is clearly wrestling with many issues) but they end up living next door to a picture perfect child, always clean and with beautiful toys, and it is her who is treated most cruelly by her mother, despite the perfect outwards appearance. You do end up feeling very sorry for Bruce, who volunteers to drive a van once to help out a friend, and is drawn into a chaotic world of looking after children, cleaning houses, and taking people to hospital. But it's all very warm and fuzzy, and you feel his life is better for having made friends with the Diamond girls.

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