Candyfloss

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Let me just preface this review by saying that at the ripe age of 74, Jacqueline Wilson came out as gay. As such, I've read the book through my rose rainbow coloured glasses as well as plainly seeing trauma where it was due.

Floss also has her best friend, Rhiannon, who isn't much of a friend – making fun of her and her father and starting cruel rumours about Floss's mother walking out on Floss. Rhiannon's posh and snobby mother assumes that Charlie is an unfit father and repeatedly tries to lecture him and pamper Floss believing she is living in an unclean dump. Floss ends her friendship with Rhiannon and finds a new friend, Susan, who is interested in all her favorite things. This causes Rhiannon to turn on her and befriends the class's other bullies Margot and Judy. She continually torments Floss by calling her "Smelly Chip".

Now, for the plot. Steve gets a 6-month transfer to Australia, and her mum breaks this news to her on her Birthday. She can't go without her father and will miss him, so she decides that she won't go and will stay with her father instead. Her mum is sad and angry but she can't do anything to change her mind. Charlie Barnes – Floss's father, Sally's ex-husband. He runs a little local café but is massively in debt and loses it midway through the book. He ends up running a chip van until it gets burnt down. He is plump with dark hair. Despite being a little absent minded sometimes, he cares deeply for Floss and only wants what's best for her. He saves her life when the chip van gets burnt down. He ends up starting a romantic relationship with Rose from the funfair. Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. In between, Floss changes her life - and friends - on the way. The ending was really, really nice, though I want to know what happens to Floss and her mother. If I depend on my imaginations, it won't work out!! Wilson, tell me!!!

Jacqueline Wilson just had to add trauma to her books. But that’s the thing—kids need to read her books because she knows relatable and the true struggle of most preteen girls. And despite her overdose of frank and harsh reality, Jacqueline Wilson still knows how to add the right amount of personality. Mr Potts – Susan's father. He is only mentioned once in the book, when he drops Susan round at Charlie's house for a playdate with Floss. Not much is said about him, but Floss remarks that he looks much older than her father.Floss's parents are separated, have been for a few years, her mum has remarried and had another baby. Floss gets to see her dad every week and things seem alright. But then her step-dad gets a promotion and her mum springs it on her that they are moving to Australia for 6 months. Floss asks the question 'But what about dad?' I like the imagination that has been put into the characters, it sutis them because of the sort of situations that they are in. Tim (Tiger) Westwood – Floss's half-brother, the son of Steve and Sally. His real name is Tim, but Floss calls him Tiger because of his tiger-like personality. Flossie is a likable character who discovers the meaning of true friendship, suffers hardship with aplomb, and learns some important life lessons along the way. Readers will cheer her on and feel satisfaction when she sees her ex-best friend for the bully and snob that she is.” —School Library Journal