Customer Reviews
fabulous.review by Taya - By: , 03 Oct 2008 
A great story about two sisters who have to leave the comfort of home.I enjoyed this great book because Pearl & sister Jodie have some great adventures with a frind called Hartly. But most different ending. Read now.
Amazing!!!! - By: Rex Schneider, 01 Sep 2008 I got hooked on this book & would not stop reading it. though the ending is sad i think it is amazingly well written.
I recomnd this to any one OVER the age 10 as im not sure it is sutible.
BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!
Oh! I forgot I dont recomend this for boys....
(I am a girl but my fathers name is at the top)
bad attitude - By: AngelDawn, 27 Aug 2008 
bad book don't read it bought it for my daughter told me their was swearing, abusive parents,parents getting divorce, 16 year olds getting pregnant very depressing, mums covered with tattoo i band my child from atching tacy beakerin double act 10 year olds going to birmingham without permission, kids bunking of school running away & stealing dont read them ther'e very bad
Fantastic, 5 star!!! Buy this Book! - By: R. Forssman, 28 Jun 2008 My Sister Jodie is a fantastic book. It is a book that once you pick up you can't put down. I love it! I would recommend it to people who like sudden surprisesin books; or just love reading & Jacqueline Wilson. It has an unusual ending that is sudden. I'd probably recommend it for readers aged 10 & up. Defnitley buy this book. It's really interesting!
Surprisingly Dark - By: LE Dewick, 26 Jun 2008 
I am absolutely convinced that our Jackie's books are becoming steadily more dreary. From the miserable fallout caused by a forbidden (and worryingly twisted) relationshipin Love Lessons, to the class-wars waged by the Hannah Montana/Bratz generationin Candyfloss, to the bittersweet ambiguity of Kiss, Wilson's books are revealing an increasingly tense childhood landscape. Children are no longer livingin fear of the 'traditional' problems Wilson has written about so provocativelyin the likes of Tracy Beaker & the Suitcase kid - now they are exposed to whole host of more 'modern' problems such as the rich/poor divide, our image conscious culture & the constant pressure to conform. And this is shown, very dramatically,in this latest tome.
My Sister Jodie is a break from the norm, even by Wilson's later standards. Setin the isolated & gothic splendour of Melchester Manor, a boarding school, it is a far cry from the surburbia we have got used toin Wilson's books. The setting alone makes the book disconcerting, so it is a relief to discover the plot device of weedy protagonist/peppy role model that we've been exposed to before. This time around our weed is Pearl, a sweet-tempered over-achiever set to blossomin her new surroundings. Our peppy role model is, of course, sister Jodie of the title - a girl whose ginger/bleached ponytail, multiply-pierced ears & penchant for bunking & boozing speak of perhaps the first 'chav' Wilson has ever properly includedin her books. As you may have guessed, tough-talking 'chavs' don't go down too well at the well-heeled college & while meek Pearl finds herself popular with her peers, Jodie is repeatedly sneered at by the middle-class boarders. This is all an attack on current culture by Wilson who openly shows her concern for children constantly pressured to look, act, & speak a certain way, & how much money & wordly possession are 'worth'. Andin typical Wilson style, she reveals that if this trend continues, only tragedy will follow....
Despite its noble message, I couldn't help thinking that MSJ was a fairly sedentary outing. Candyfloss dealt with the middle class/working class dividein a much more humorous way, Midnight provided a more interesting example of a doomed sibling relationship & one does not need to venture any further than the fabulous 'Girls...' series to be confronted with thought-provoking material concerning image. My Sister Jodie becomes swallowed by its own dark setting, & has a portentious quality throughout that I found surprising considering Wilson's usual light touch. Jodie's insistance on a black 'funeral parlour' style room, her joking to her mum to 'mourn her little corpse daughter', the death of one of a pair of badger cubs & the locked gates & perpertually cold tower room all reek of a foreboding & morbidity that Wilson's comparitively cheery tomes usually steer well clear of. All the imagery is alarmingly heavy handed as well, though not all children or young people would be aware of this. Aside from this, MSJ is very pedestrian - not an awful lot happens. Jodie complains, Jodie runs off, Pearl is sad, Pearl is happy...the whole book seems to mark time up until the penultimate chapter when the tragedy occurs. It's almost as if Wilson just wanted to write another book about an untimely death, realised she could never best the wonderous black humour, pathos & despair of Vicky Angel & gave up, rather focussing on a horrible end rather than an engaging story line. That said, it is not an awful book, but as one fellow reviewer puts it 'it is not unputdownable'. Very true. This lacks the heart of Wilson's other books & it suffers for it. Re-read Vicky Angel if you want a book about death, re-read Girlsin Love if you want a book about image, & re-read Candyfloss if you want to read about the rich/poor divide. Nuff said.
