- Hörkassette
- Verlag: Chivers Children's Audio Books (November 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0754063577
- ISBN-13: 978-0754063575
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The Worry Website is Mr Speed the class teacher's idea of a Web site for his primary school pupils to write their worries down anonymously and then get help with solving them from their peers. Jacqueline Wilson has linked the worries of six children in the book through six short stories, and a seventh story is contributed by 12-year-old Lauren Roberts, winner of an online competition. Each story refers to the other class members, so that they do not sit in isolation, and "Greg's Worry", the second story, links particularly well with the first story, "Holly's Worry". From divorced parents to living with a disability, and from feeling useless at school to nightmares at home, Wilson has sensitively touched on the small and big problems that worry eight and nine-year-olds. Holly's story of wishing her potential stepmother turns out wicked brings a lump to the throat, while William's huge appetite but less huge academic achievements are described with knowing but kind humour.
Lauren Roberts' story "Lisa's Worry" perhaps tells more about the reality of children and their worries than Wilson's own upbeat versions--as Wilson herself says, Lisa's "story ends so sadly". Unlike the other stories, it does not have a resolution and Lisa is evidently not as keen as Holly, Claire, Natasha, Greg et al. to share her concerns with her class or her teacher. This suggests that a real-life "worry Web site" might not be so avidly subscribed to as Mr Speed's, a reminder that despite Wilson's effortless knack in engaging with children, some worries sadly appear to remain safer when fictionalised or unspoken. However, here's hoping that if there are many Mr Speeds around UK schools no child is going to remain unhappy for long--every reader couldn't help but smile if he was their teacher! --Olivia Dickinson -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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A collection of linked short stories based around an anonymous website for classmates to type in their worries and offer advice to others. Taken from a story that was originally published in electronic form this book also contains a story by a twelve-year-old fan who entered a competition to write a companion story to Jaqueline's.
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe:
Gebundene Ausgabe
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It is not a terrible book!
23. Dezember 2004
Format:Hörkassette
I noted with apprehension that the previous reviewer condemned this book, saying that the book has no point to the plot.
I would like to redeem the book's worth by highlighting the following points:
1. Each chapter of this book starts off with a 'worry' entered by one of Mr Speed's students. And it is this 'worry', that the entire chapter is based on. The chapter does not take the form of a diary entry, so it is different from books like Anne Frank's diary or Dear Mr Henshaw. It is instead narrative in nature and takes on a first-person perspective from the point of view of the student entering the worry. Hence, it is conversational and 'spoken' in the manner that children of that age would speak in, resulting in many humorous/depressed observations and happenings.
2. From each chapter, you don't just get to know more about the student who entered the worry, you also find out about the other students in the class and other outside characters as well, through the various dialogues and observations from the student.
3. Since information is provided in snippets about various characters from each chapter, there is a great sense of continuity throughout the story. For example, in the first chapter when Holly enters her worry, she mentions characters like Greg and Claire etc. Then in the second chapter, Greg enters his worry, and his character development carries on from where it was left off in chapter 1, expanding the reader's perception of Greg's life. In the process, Greg would also bring the reader to view snippets of other characters, and the same process goes on.
To put it simply, this book is like a collection of short stories of the lives of some of the students in Mr Speed's class. However, it is unlike a usual short stories collection, in the sense that it links all these short stories together - the glue being Mr Speed himself, who tends to appear at the end of every chapter to apply some level of resolution to the short story.
Kudos to Ms Wilson for her skill in writing!
I would like to redeem the book's worth by highlighting the following points:
1. Each chapter of this book starts off with a 'worry' entered by one of Mr Speed's students. And it is this 'worry', that the entire chapter is based on. The chapter does not take the form of a diary entry, so it is different from books like Anne Frank's diary or Dear Mr Henshaw. It is instead narrative in nature and takes on a first-person perspective from the point of view of the student entering the worry. Hence, it is conversational and 'spoken' in the manner that children of that age would speak in, resulting in many humorous/depressed observations and happenings.
2. From each chapter, you don't just get to know more about the student who entered the worry, you also find out about the other students in the class and other outside characters as well, through the various dialogues and observations from the student.
3. Since information is provided in snippets about various characters from each chapter, there is a great sense of continuity throughout the story. For example, in the first chapter when Holly enters her worry, she mentions characters like Greg and Claire etc. Then in the second chapter, Greg enters his worry, and his character development carries on from where it was left off in chapter 1, expanding the reader's perception of Greg's life. In the process, Greg would also bring the reader to view snippets of other characters, and the same process goes on.
To put it simply, this book is like a collection of short stories of the lives of some of the students in Mr Speed's class. However, it is unlike a usual short stories collection, in the sense that it links all these short stories together - the glue being Mr Speed himself, who tends to appear at the end of every chapter to apply some level of resolution to the short story.
Kudos to Ms Wilson for her skill in writing!
I agree with J. Lee!
13. Juli 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
This is a great book. I loved it! I loved how each child had their own personal worry and it mostly got resolved at the end. I am a kid, so I know that at least from a kids point of view this is a phenomenal book. I highly recommend it. So to all the kids out there-- this is a must-read! Definitely! :)
Thanks to Ms. Wilson for writing such an awesome book,
Hannah
Thanks to Ms. Wilson for writing such an awesome book,
Hannah
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terrible
17. August 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
this book was terrible, like the title.this book had no point to the plot!!!!!i dont recomend this book inless youi want to fall a sleep then its a good book.the auther has other good books to ofer but not this one in perticualer.i would have liked to feed this b ook to my dogs but my parents bought the book and would have gotten mad if i did.i am very disapointed in ms.wilson. hopefully she will have some good books out very soon.
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