Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Book Review - Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson


Which parent would you choose to live with, your mom or your dad? Really think about, would you want to make that decision? Floss is put in the position of having to choose between living with her mom or her dad. Her parents have been divorced for a while, she was unhappy about it, but it was working out. During the week, Floss lived with her mother and her mother’s new husband, Steve and during the weekend she lived with her father. Floss always wished that her parents would get back together, but the wish dies a terrible death when her mother announces that they will be moving to Australia. Floss will have to leave her father. What makes it worse is that her father does not have the money to visit Floss in Australia. Now here is the decision, live with her mother or father? She decides to live with her father and her mother is crushed.

Now she is dealing with snobby girls at school that are spreading rumors about her. They are saying that her mother has abandoned her. They say that she smells. There are even threats about calling child protective services on her father; that he is not taking care of her properly. So who would you choose? Find out what happens to Floss and her family after she makes her decision. This a great story about a girl dealing with the divorce of her parents.

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