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The Worst Thing About My Sister

By Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharrat

Doubleday UK ISBN: 978-0857531001

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Reviewed by Stephanie Knight, age 10

Jacqueline Wilson is a fantastic author and her books just keep getting better and better.
This book is about two totally different girls, a girly girl and a tomboy. When their mum's dress-making business takes off they are forced to share a room which isn't great for mum because they are soon fighting! I think this is such a good book about everyday life between sisters. There is an unexpected twist near the end which makes you want to read more. The book shows you just how good it can be to have a sister and how much you really need them.

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The worst thing about my sister is she’s such a girl. Well, I’m a girl too, but I’m not a dinky-pinky, silly-frilly girlie girl. Think cupcakes and cuddly teddies and charm bracelets – that’s Melissa.

She leaves a little pink trail around the house – sparkly slides and ribbons and notebooks.

You breathe in her revolting scent long after she’s gone off to hang out at her friends’ houses. She’s not allowed to wear real perfume yet, but she’s got this rose hand cream that smells really strongly. She doesn’t just rub it on her hands, she smoothes it in all over, so she’s always slightly slippery.

Her lips shine too, because she’s forever smearing on lip gloss. She’s not really supposed to wear make-up yet either, only for play, but she’s got a big plastic bag patterned with pink kittens, and it’s crammed full of eye shadows and mascara and blusher. It used to be just Mum’s old stuff, but now Melissa spends half her pocket money in Superdrug.

When Melissa was in the loo, I crept into her ultra pink and fluffy bedroom to borrow a pen as mine had all run out. I couldn’t find her school bag – it must have been downstairs by the computer – so in desperation I looked in her plastic make-up bag. I found a brand-new eye pencil with a perfect point and its own cool little sharpener.

I went back to my Marty Den, sat on my top bunk, and started drawing an

amazing new adventure of Mighty Mart. I didn’t mean to use a lot of the pencil. I was just going to do a quick sketch. But then I had this great idea of giving Mighty Mart giant springs in her feet, so she could jump – b-o-i-n-g – over rooftops and lampposts and trees. Drawing all these astonishing feats took up three full pages in my sketchbook – and most of Melissa’s eye pencil.

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  • Georgia April 25th, 2012 • Report this

    • 3 stars

    I love this book

  • Amelia Shipley April 13th, 2012 • Report this

    • 5 stars

    "The worst thing about my sister "is great!I enjoyed it because i like all the stuff that Marty does.It is a brilliant book to read and I think every Jacqueline Wilson fan should read it.

  • MEGAN April 11th, 2012 • Report this

    • 3 stars

    I am really looking forward to read it Jacquelline wilson is the best auther

  • Megan March 1st, 2012 • Report this

    • 3 stars

    Jacqueline Wilson's books are amazing! This one is the newest, and "The Worst Thing About My Sister" is really good! In my opinion, I would recommend it to 9 or 10 year olds, as I'm 11 and coming up to my teenage years, so I'll be reading more of Jac's teenage section. But it's really good otherwise!

  • Zoe Bentley February 11th, 2012 • Report this

    • 4 stars

    Really cool. My friend has got this book and im desperate to read it. I think its really funny when she uses Mellisas eye pencil for drawing. But i think the extract is realy small. I love the idea that one of the sisters is a girly girl and the others a tomboy. I think Jaqueline Wilson is great for coming up with storys and I really would like to know how she comes up with the ideas.

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