Customer Reviews
Amazing Read! - By: , 11 Sep 2008 
I read thisin one blast! It was hard to put the book down.
I recommend this book to all Jacqueline Wilson readers!
Review of an 11 year old Jacky Daydream by an 11 year old ... - By: A. Rowan, 08 May 2008 
As soon as I heard about the book Jacky Daydream I longed to have it - for two reasons: one - I needed a good book to read & Jacqueline Wilson has never disappointed me & two, after all the books I'd read by her based on children with problems like their parents splitting up or their best friend moving away or their pets dying, I ached to know how Jacqueline Wilson grew up: had she suffered what many of her characters had suffered?
And Jacky Daydream had all the answers to my questions; it had everything from birth to books! It told me all about how things were when Jacqueline Wilson was a child; it described her rooms & had chapters on her family, friends & teachers. It was like going through a time machine starting on the 17th December 1945 when she was born & seeing how she grew upin a flat with her parents, Biddy & Harry; & how Biddy kept her squeaky clean & their flat too, of course! And going right through to when Jacqueline Wilson & her parents went to live with her grandparents & how Hilda Ellen (her gran) told her stories of her own childhood. Poor Hilda Ellen had a very disrupted childhood, moving about a lot.
I read how Jacqueline Wilson loved dolls & got one every Christmas. I also read about her first day of school & those that followed. She made many friends & when she was 11 - like I am now - I almost cried for her poor friend, Christine's, tragic situation (her mum was dying).
Then there was Jacqueline Wilson's father, Harry, who could be sweet & gentle but could burst into fiery moods which Jacqueline Wilson hated; as well as her parents rowing.
I loved the fact that Jacqueline Wilson had imaginary friends & played imaginary games by herself & sometimes with her friends. And - of course - like any good writer, she loved books & two chapters were dedicated to her love of reading & the books she enjoyed.
At the end of each chapter Jacqueline Wilson would pose a question like:
In which of my books did one of my characters do such-and-such?
And then she would answer her question & include an extract from one of her other books & reveal some of her thoughts on that book. And I could see the connections that she had with some of her characters.
The Epilogue included some school reports & a quick review of JW's teenage years.
And a clever ending!
It must have been hard for JW to recall so much of her childhood with such colourful interest, but I think she did an excellent job of making it readable & so brought a writer I love to life, especially as she included photographs.
by Hattie Rowan, aged 11, Tabora, Tanzania
Jacky Daydream is an excellent book - By: Olivia Christian Bucknor, 07 Apr 2008 This book Jacky Daydream is a nearly well know book it was madein 2007. It is about a girl named Jacky Daydream & her life throught out the years ,in this book there are loads of questions asking you about a book & you have to guess what book it is if you have read alot of Jaqeline Books. If you like Tracy Beaker you will love this book I hope you read it & enjoy it. HAPPY READING!
Jacky Daydream - 4 stars - By: L. Miles, 07 Apr 2008 I thought this book was very good. It was very cleverly-written & I enjoyed the parts at the end of each chapter where Jaqueline Wilson compares one of her books to the things she wrote aboutin that chapter. The reason it is so well written is the brilliant amount of detail it goes into. I also loved the pictures & the reports at the end. I can't even think of anything this book could have improved on, it was so good!
Unputdownable - By: Caroline Lawrence, 20 Nov 2007 Jacqueline Wilson's amazing memory, honesty & writing skills combine to make a fascinating, readable & moving autobiography. Would-be writers -- especially girls -- will enjoy it hugely.
