Book Review!

Tonight I finished The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jaequeline Wilson. This book is on the BBC Top 100 Novels and is also the first book for me to read on my new Kindle! Here is a quick summary:

The book is the "autobiography" of Tracy Beaker, a ten-year old tomboy. Tracy is living in a childrens residential care home (nicknamed "the dumping ground") where she has been placed as a result of adult neglect. She is unhappy because she hasn't seen her mum for a long time, she doesn't get on well with the staff or the other children at the care home, (especially a girl called Justine Littlewood) and has been rejected by two couples who tried fostering her. From an adult's point of view, Tracy has "behavioural problems" and she is always telling tales. A recurring story that Tracy likes to tell is that her mother is a glamorous Hollywood movie star, and that she is coming to collect her someday. Among other things, Tracy's autobiography details her life so far, her being "deprived and abused" in the children's home (for example, she is deprived of Mars Bars and Smarties) and the types of revenge she would like to take upon her enemies. She is very imaginative and believes that her mum will come home one day. She often portrays a deep and complicated mind.

I thougth this book was very cute and interesting. I had never even heard of this author until I decided on this book, and I chose it mostly because it was only $5 to send it to my Kindle. ((Another little note, I am loving my Kindle!!)) This book as in the form of a diary, that the main character, Tracy Beaker's social worker got her to start writing in. It was kind of fun being in the narrator's thoughts throughout the whole book. The only thing about this book is that it totally leaves you hanging, sort of knowing how it's going to turn out for Tracy, and sort of still wondering what really happened in the end. So now I want to read the rest of the books in this trilogy!