Jelly

This book was fantastic. I felt like Cotterill was had gone back to 11yr old me, taken some of my memories and written them down on paper - and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I laughed, I cried, I sympathised, empathised and reminisced. I wished I'd had this book when I was that age.

Jelly is Angelica Waters and she is dealing with the kinds of things many 11 year olds have to cope with - body changes, noticing how you're different to other people, how other people are different to you, how words and actions can affect positively and negatively, how to find outlets for all those emotions, periods, family dilemmas, friendships.... it goes on.

Beautifully and cleverly written, it's raw, honest, powerful... and just REAL.

I'm sure that it will be spot on for its target age group, but if you've ever been a slightly awkward pre-teen (and even if you haven't!) it's definitely worth a read.

This was a great book to get me reading after a huge slump.

I borrowed a review copy from someone who had received the copy for free from the author. This in no way influenced my review. All thoughts are my own.