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Amazon.co.uk Review
Jacqueline Wilson's The Bed and Breakfast Star is read here in unabridged form by Josie Lawrence. Wilson is in fine form in this funny and moving story of a little girl who copes with her none-too-glamorous life by telling endless jokes and fantasising about being a comedian. As things go from bad to worse and Elsa and her family find themselves homeless, they have to move into the very un-regal Royal Hotel. But when disaster strikes at the hotel, Elsa gets her chance to be a real star.
Jacqueline Wilson lets the reader eavesdrop on Elsa's life, encouraging an intelligent understanding of her situation but never once suggesting that there might be a magic solution. Instead of letting pity in on the act, Wilson treats us to a realistic and sobering yet smart and entertaining story of a child doing the best she can in an unforgiving world where things are never really as they should be. The story is presented on three cassettes. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Jacqueline Wilson is in fine form in this funny and moving story of a little girl who copes with her none-too-glamourous life by telling endless jokes and fantasising about being a comedian. As things go from bad to worse and Elsa and her family find themselves homeless, they have to move into the very un-royal Royal Hotel. But when disaster strikes at the hotel, Elsa gets her chance to be a real star.
Jacqueline Wilson lets the reader eavesdrop on Elsa¹s life, encouraging an intelligent understanding of her situation but never once suggesting that there might be a magic solution. Instead of letting pity in on the act, Wilson treats us to a realistic and sobering, yet at the same time smart and entertaining, story of a child doing the best she can in an unforgiving world where things are never really as they should be. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This funny book about Elsa is great fun to read and you can't put the book down. The book is full with adventures.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read loads of Jcqueline Wilsons books and I can say that its 1 of the best . And its got loads of jokes in and its really funny . All I can say is that its worth buying !
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Characters:
Elsa, Pippa (her step sister), Hank (her step baby brother), Mack (her step dad), Mum and Naomi are the main characters but people like the manager of the hotel and other guests at the hotel are side characters. The other characters are the TV crew.
Plot:
Elsa and her family get so poor that they have to stay at a special hotel which is called the Royal Hotel but isn't very posh at all. One day a TV crew come to film some of the children for a charity show about poor children and their families. Elsa is very talkative and the cast get tired of her so they ask her about her friends. She goes and gets her best friend, Naomi, to be interview but Naomi's family won't talk to Elsa because they are told to leave the hotel all as the interview made the hotel sound bad (even though it was terrible) at the end Elsa becomes a hero.
Favourite part:
I think it was funny when she tells jokes to some people who like them and become her friend.
Worst Part:
I think the worst part is when Elsa starts writing jokes all over the lavatory walls about her step dad and doesn't own up to the owner of the hotel.
For:
This book is for 9 - 12 year olds because it might upset little children with the smacking and hitting and some of the words are quite mild.
Elsa, Pippa (her step sister), Hank (her step baby brother), Mack (her step dad), Mum and Naomi are the main characters but people like the manager of the hotel and other guests at the hotel are side characters. The other characters are the TV crew.
Plot:
Elsa and her family get so poor that they have to stay at a special hotel which is called the Royal Hotel but isn't very posh at all. One day a TV crew come to film some of the children for a charity show about poor children and their families. Elsa is very talkative and the cast get tired of her so they ask her about her friends. She goes and gets her best friend, Naomi, to be interview but Naomi's family won't talk to Elsa because they are told to leave the hotel all as the interview made the hotel sound bad (even though it was terrible) at the end Elsa becomes a hero.
Favourite part:
I think it was funny when she tells jokes to some people who like them and become her friend.
Worst Part:
I think the worst part is when Elsa starts writing jokes all over the lavatory walls about her step dad and doesn't own up to the owner of the hotel.
For:
This book is for 9 - 12 year olds because it might upset little children with the smacking and hitting and some of the words are quite mild.
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A young yet avid readers thoughs
This book is unbelievable! Not in a good way. Name me one person that actually has had that happened to them! But, I know, its fiction so, as a fiction book, congrats! Read more
Published 15 months ago
Fandabidozzie
I am nine and a half so you may not find this very helpful.Anyway I found it quite good.It is about a girl called Elsa who loves to tell jokes but ever since she got a new dad... Read more
Published 15 months ago
Fab
All three of my kids loved this! My oldest at 11 and my youngest at 6! It's a very interesting book, with a fab author and illustrater. Read more
Published on 29 July 2006 by Issam Ikirmawi
A good read
This is an excellent book with vibrant vocabulary and choice of words. Elsa has to put up with her step dad, Mac the smacker, her mum, her sister Pippa and brother Hank. Read more
Published on 16 July 2004 by "raj6081"
The Bed and Breakfast Star
The Bed and Breakfast Star is written by Jacqueline Wilson, published by Corgi Yearling in 1994 and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Read more
Published on 4 July 2004
A girl, her family and an evil step-dad that live in hotels.
This book is about a girl called Elsa that has to live with her mum, younger annoying sister called Pippa,a baby brother called hank and a evil, horrible step-dad callled Mac. Read more
Published on 10 May 2002
Its good to read in bed
Elsa,a little girl,has lived with her mum since her dad left.Then her mum finds a new boyfriend and they get married. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2002
genius
Jacqueline Wilson is a genius write they way she goes into a childs head and speaks what they are thinking is great.... Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2001
A must read !
I think my favourite book by Jacqueline Wilson so far is The bed and breakfast star.I like it because it tells us of a girl that deals with a very hard situation. Read more
Published on 27 July 2001
Its an astonishing book read it!
...How the book got its title: The title of the book is very suitable because the little girl moves from house to house. Read more
Published on 24 May 2001
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